In RE ADOPTION OF M.G.B.-E. Et Al.

*17 {¶ 1} This appeal addresses a probate court's authority to proceed on an adoption petition-specifically, to determine whether parental consent is required for the adoption-when preexisting matters concerning the parenting of the child are pending in another court. Appellant, D.H. ("Father"), asks this court to hold broadly that a probate court "may not proceed with an adoption petition if any pending parenting matter is proceeding in another court." We reject Father's proposition of law, but we hold more narrowly that a probate court must consider the existence of pending parenting matters…