McGinty v. Jewish Children's Bureau

The primary question before the Summit County Court of Appeals in case No. 13926, the appeal involving Sharon’s request to revoke her consent, was whether Sharon had executed a knowing and voluntary surrender. That question is also at the heart of the instant case, as parental consent to an adoption order is the jurisdictional prerequisite which, if absent, allows the order to be attacked as void in a habeas corpus proceeding. See In re Ramsey (1956), 164 Ohio St. 567, 571, 58 O.O. 431, 434, 132 N.E. 2d 469, 473; Manning v. Miami Cty. Children’s Services Bd. (1985), 18 Ohio St. 3d 211,…