Manning v. Miami County Children's Services Board

“Whoever is * * * entitled to the custody of another, of which custody such person is unlawfully deprived, may prosecute a writ of *213habeas corpus * * R.C. 2725.01, Appellant claims that he is entitled to the custody of his natural children and that he is being unlawfully deprived of their custody by virtue of the fact that he did not voluntarily enter into the April 29, 1982 permanent surrender of custody agreements. Thus, the first issue in this case is whether appellant voluntarily entered into those agreements.

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R.C. 5153.16(B) is the authority relied upon by Children’s Services to enter…