In re Baby Boy Blackshear

[This opinion has been published in Ohio Official Reports at 90 Ohio St.3d 197.] IN RE BABY BOY BLACKSHEAR. [Cite as In re Baby Boy Blackshear,

2000-Ohio-173.] Juvenile law—Cocaine abuse—Termination of parental rights—When newborn’s toxicology screen yields a positive result for an illegal drug due to prenatal, maternal drug abuse, the newborn is, for purposes of R.C. 2151.031(D), per se an abused child. When a newborn child’s toxicology screen yields a positive result for an illegal drug due to prenatal maternal drug abuse, the newborn is, for purposes of R.C. 2151.031(D), per se an abused…