In Re M.L.R.

Kenneth A. Rocco, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellant father appeals from a common pleas court judgment awarding permanent custody of his son, M.L.R., to the Cuyahoga County Department of Children and Family Services (“CCDCFS”). He raises eight assignments of error. First, he argues that the court plainly erred by not appointing substitute counsel for him and continuing the dispositional hearing. Second, he claims that the court erroneously allowed hearsay testimony at the adjudication hearing. Third, he claims that the court’s finding of dependency and award of permanent custody to CCDCFS was…