In Re Hederson

Permanent custody of Joy Ann Marie Hederson, born March 17, 1981, was granted to the Summit County Children’s Services Board (“CSB”) in July 1985. George Monroe Hederson, defendant-appellant and natural father of Joy, murdered Joy’s mother, Sheryl, when Joy was two years old. Sheryl Hederson was Hederson’s stepdaughter, whom he married after she became pregnant. Hederson is serving a life sentence for the aggravated murder of Sheryl and will not be eligible for a parole hearing until April 1999. Joy will then be eighteen years of age.

Assignments of Error

“I. The trial court erred in finding by…