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...er than thirty days, without intent to return for the child, to any of the following: (A) An entity or person specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code; (B) A peace officer, peace officer support employee, hospital employee, or emergency medical service worker specified in section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code, by calling 9-1-1 and waiting with the child until the officer, support employee, employee, o...

...The following entities or persons, while acting in an official capacity on behalf of any of the entities, shall take possession of a child delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code: (A) A law enforcement agency, a peace officer employed by the agency, or a peace officer support employee; (B) A hospital or a person granted the privilege to practice at, or employed by, the hospital; (C...

... taken into possession; (3) If possible, make available to the parent who delivered the child forms developed under section 2151.3527 of the Revised Code that are designed to gather medical information concerning the child and the child's parents; (4) If possible, make available to the parent who delivered the child written materials developed under section 2151.3527 of the Revised Code that describe services a...

...ion of a child and in accordance with rules of the department of children and youth, a public children services agency shall do all of the following: (A) Consider the child to be in need of public care and protective services; (B) Accept and take emergency temporary custody of the child; (C) Provide temporary emergency care for the child, without agreement or commitment; (D) Make an investigation concerni...

...ergency hearing as soon as possible to determine whether the child was delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code. The court shall give notice to the parents of the child in accordance with Rule 16 of the Rules of Juvenile Procedure. If the court determines at the initial hearing or at any other hearing that a child was delivered in accordance with section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code, the co...

...If a juvenile court adjudicates a child a deserted child, the court shall commit the child to the temporary custody of a public children services agency or a private child placing agency. The court shall consider the order committing the child to the temporary custody of the agency to be an order of disposition issued under division (A)(2) of section 2151.353 of the Revised Code with respect to a child adjudicated a ...

...is not in the child's best interest to return the child to the natural parents.

...d as if the child were adjudicated a neglected child and shall follow the same procedures under this chapter in performing those functions as if the deserted child was a neglected child.

...e that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child is not immune from civil or criminal liability for abuse or neglect. (C) A person or entity that takes possession of a child pursuant to section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code or takes emergency temporary custody of and provides temporary emergency care for a child pursuant to section 2151.3519 of the Revised Code is immune from any civil liability that might ...

...nt who voluntarily delivers a child may leave the place at which the parent delivers the child at any time after the delivery of the child. (B) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a parent who delivers or attempts to deliver a child who has suffered any physical or mental wound, injury, disability, or condition of a nature that reasonably indicates abuse or neglect of the child does not have the right to ...

...he forms may be fully or partially completed or left blank, that completing the forms or parts of the forms is completely voluntary, and that no adverse legal consequence will result from failure to complete any part of the forms. (B) The director shall promulgate written materials to be made available to the parents of a child delivered pursuant to section 2151.3516 of the Revised Code. The materials shall descri...

...evised Code: (A) The parent may complete all or any part of the medical information forms made available under section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code. (B) The parent may deliver the fully or partially completed forms at the same time as delivering the child or at a later time. (C) The parent is not required to complete all or any part of the forms. (D) The parent may refuse to accept the materials made ava...

...herwise try to force the parent to complete all or any part of the medical information forms made available under division (A)(3) of section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code; (5) Coerce or otherwise try to force the parent to accept the materials made available under division (A)(4) of section 2151.3518 of the Revised Code. (B) Divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section do not apply with respect to a person who delivers...

...If a child is adjudicated a deserted child and a person indicates to the court that the person is the parent of the child and that the person seeks to be reunited with the child, the court that adjudicated the child shall require the person, at the person's expense, to submit to a DNA test to verify that the person is a parent of the child.

...standing division (A) of section 2151.3526 of the Revised Code, video surveillance is permitted at the facility where the incubator is located. The surveillance footage may be reviewed only when: (1) A child has been surrendered under the circumstances described in division (B) of section 2151.3526 of the Revised Code; (2) There is reason to believe a crime has been committed within view of the video surveillan...

... health shall specify that a newborn safety incubator is deemed to be supervised when either of the following is the case: (1) A person authorized by section 2151.3517 of the Revised Code to take possession of a child is present at the facility where the incubator is located to take possession of a child placed in the incubator. (2) An alternate peace officer, peace officer support employee, hospital employee, ...

...pecial care of a child who has a legal settlement in another county shall be at the expense of the county of legal settlement if the consent of the juvenile judge of the county of legal settlement is first obtained. When the consent is obtained, the board of county commissioners of the county in which the child has a legal settlement shall reimburse the committing court for the expenses out of its general fund. If th...

...hapter, the juvenile court, at its discretion, may issue an order pursuant to Chapters 3119., 3121., 3123., and 3125. of the Revised Code requiring that the parents pay for the care, support, maintenance, and education of the child if the parents adopted the child. (B) When determining whether to issue an order under division (A) of this section, the juvenile court shall consider all pertinent issues, including, ...

...s parent or a government agency, shall determine the school district that is to bear the cost of educating the child. The court shall make the determination a part of the order that provides for the child's placement or commitment. That school district shall bear the cost of educating the child unless and until the department of education and workforce determines that a different district shall be responsible for bea...

...At any time the juvenile judge may require from an association receiving or desiring to receive children, such reports, information, and statements as he deems necessary. He may at any time require from an association or institution reports, information, or statements concerning any child committed to it by such judge under sections 2151.01 to 2151.54, inclusive, of the Revised Code.

...Subject to sections 2151.353 and 2151.412 to 2151.421 of the Revised Code, and any other provision of law that specifies a different duration for a dispositional order, all dispositional orders made by the court under this chapter shall be temporary and shall continue for a period that is designated by the court in its order, until terminated or modified by the court or until the child attains twenty-one years of ag...

...child is adopted, reaches majority, becomes self-supporting or is discharged with the concurrence of the department. All placements proposed to be made in this state by a party located in a state which is a party to the interstate compact for the placement of children shall be made according to the provisions of sections 5103.20 to 5103.22 of the Revised Code, or, if the interstate compact on the placement of childre...

...rt may seek the co-operation of all societies or organizations having for their object the protection or aid of children. On the request of the judge, when the child is represented by an attorney, or when a trial is requested the prosecuting attorney shall assist the court in presenting the evidence at any hearing or proceeding concerning an alleged or adjudicated delinquent, unruly, abused, neglected, or dependent ...

...nable efforts to place the siblings together, unless it would be contrary to the siblings' best interest or well-being. If siblings are not placed together, the agency should make reasonable efforts to ensure the siblings maintain frequent connections through visitation or other ongoing interaction, unless contrary to the siblings' placement or well-being.

...ring for the child even with reasonable assistance, or have a detrimental effect on the health, safety, and best interest of the child, the child should be placed in the legal custody of a suitable member of the child's extended family; (3) If a child described in division (H)(2) of this section has no suitable member of the child's extended family to accept legal custody, the child should be placed in the legal c...