Hockstok v. Hockstok

[Cite as In re Hockstok, 98 Ohio St.3d 238,

2002-Ohio-7208.] IN RE HOCKSTOK; HOCKSTOK, N.K.A. GORSLENE, APPELLEE, V. HOCKSTOK ET AL., APPELLANTS. [Cite as In re Hockstok, 98 Ohio St.3d 238,

2002-Ohio-7208.] Domestic relations — Children — Custody — In a child custody case arising out of a parentage action between a natural parent of the child and a nonparent, a trial court must make a parental unsuitability determination on the record before awarding legal custody of the child to the nonparent. (No. 2001-2134 — Submitted October 16, 2002 at the Licking County Session — Decided December 27,…