In Re Clark

Anne L. Kilbane, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of Juvenile Court Judge Patrick F. Corrigan granting appellee Cuyahoga County Department of Child and Family Services (“CCDCFS”) permanent custody of the three children of appellant Deborah Clark. She claims that the permanent custody proceedings were procedurally flawed because the judge did not adequately determine that she understood her rights under Juv.R.' 29, he allowed the permanent custody hearing to go forward although the children’s guardian ad litem was absent, and the guardian ad litem could not properly act as her son…