In re East

This matter is before the court on the complaint of the executive secretary of Highland County Children Services alleging that the two day old baby of an unwed mother is a dependent child whose condition and environment under R. C. 2151.04(C) is such as to warrant the state, in the interests of the child in assuming his guardianship. The court has assumed the custody of the two day old in*66fant and ordered him placed with children services pending final disposition of this cause.

The court’s first consideration should be and always is to place the child with the natural parent if possible.

The…