In Re A.B.

{¶ 1} The Ninth Appellate District has certified the following question to us after determining that its decision conflicts with a decision from the Eighth District: “After a child agency is granted temporary custody of a child and files a motion for permanent custody, does a juvenile court have the authority to place the child in a planned permanent living arrangement when the agency does not request this disposition?”

{¶ 2} For the reasons that follow, we answer this question in the negative. Therefore, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and remand the cause to the trial court.

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