In re McBride

*20{¶ 1} We accepted this discretionary appeal to determine whether a natural parent who lost permanent custody of a child has standing to file a petition for custody of that child as a nonparent.

{¶ 2} In the summer of 1996, appellant, Hamilton County Department of Human Services, now known as Hamilton County Job and Family Services (“HCJFS”), filed a complaint alleging that Selina McBride, who was born on February 8, 1990, and her brother were neglected, dependent, and abused. When the amended complaint was filed, Peggy Fugate, Selina’s natural mother, was incarcerated, and the children, then…