In re Bailey

{¶ 1} Appellants, Gordon and Linda Bailey, are the biological parents of Danielle N. Bailey, a minor child born on June 19, 1992. In November 1995, appellants voluntarily placed Danielle with appellee, Alice Hempen, a nonrelative. In 1996, Gordon Bailey, Linda Bailey, and Hempen filed petitions in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, for custody of Danielle. Gordon Bailey withdrew his petition and agreed that custody of Danielle should be awarded to Hempen. The juvenile court found that Gordon and Linda Bailey were “unable, unfit, and unsuitable to parent at this time…