Walls v. Combs

Paragraph four of the syllabus of In re Adoption of Biddle (1958), 168 Ohio St. 209, 152 N. E. 2d 105, reads:

“4. Under the provisions of Section 3107.06, Revised Code, the allegation in an adoption proceeding that a parent 'willfully failed to properly support and maintain’ the child raises a question of fact for the determination of the Probate Court.”

Thus, if the evidence presented to the Probate Court was such that reasonable minds could conclude therefrom that the mother “willfully failed to properly support and maintain” the two children involved in this case “for a period of more than…