Vaughn v. Wyrembek

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from a judgment entered by the Court of Appeals for Franklin County dismissing the petition of appellants, Jason and Christy Vaughn, the prospective adoptive parents of G.T.B., a minor child, for a writ of habeas corpus to compel the child’s biological father, appellee, Benjamin Wyrembek, to return physical custody of the child to the Vaughns. We affirm the dismissal, albeit for different reasons than the rationale stated by the court of appeals.

{¶ 2} The court of appeals dismissed the Vaughns’ petition on the rationale that it lacked “jurisdiction over the child…