Ex Parte Province

The motions for judgment on the pleadings are to be decided upon the pleadings only. Challen v. City of Cincinnati, 40 Ohio St., 113. The motions admit the truth of the well-pleaded facts in the pleading of the petitioner.

It is the contention of the petitioner that the child is held without legal authority,, upon the ground that the petitioner at no time received notice or citation of hearing as to the dependency of the child, although the petitioner was at all times within the state and her whereabouts were known or could easily have been ascertained.

The pleadings reveal the following facts:…