Pal v. Budget Commission

The only issue before this court is whether the BTA properly dismissed Pal’s appeal under R.C. 5705.341 for failure to join as necessary parties to the appeal the County Commissioners and the Mental Health Board.

The Budget Commission contends that both the Mental Health Board and the County Commissioners should have been named as appellees, and that the failure to name them deprived the BTA of jurisdiction over the necessary parties. Pal on the other hand contends that the Budget Commission is the only necessary party to an appeal under R.C. 5705.341.

*198R.C. 5705.341 provides that “[a]ny person…