State ex rel. Furnas v. Monnin

{¶ 1} This is an original action for a writ of prohibition to prevent a juvenile court judge from proceeding in a parentage action and to direct him to dismiss the case and vacate all orders contained therein. We deny the writ because even after a final decree of adoption is entered, a juvenile court judge does not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to determine paternity solely for the limited purpose of allowing the putative father to exercise his statutory rights under R.C. 3107.09 and 3107.091 if he is determined to be the biological father. Those statutes allow a biological…