In Re Sheffey

Colleen M. O’Toole, Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from the Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas, Juvenile Division, terminating a mother’s parental rights and granting permanent custody of her newborn child to appellee, Ashtabula County Children Services Board (“ACCSB”). Because we hold that the trial court failed to follow the basic due-process notice provisions of R.C. 2151.414 and the basic constitutional due-process requirements of both the Ohio and United States Constitutions, we reverse the decision of the trial court.

{¶ 2} By way of background, Mariah was born on January 13, 2005, to…