[Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it may be cited as In
re C.C.S., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7472.]




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                          SLIP OPINION NO. 2016-OHIO-7472
                                       IN RE C.C.S.
  [Until this opinion appears in the Ohio Official Reports advance sheets, it
        may be cited as In re C.C.S., Slip Opinion No. 2016-Ohio-7472.]
Appeal dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
   (No. 2016-0395—Submitted August 31, 2016—Decided October 27, 2016.)
               APPEAL from the Court of Appeals for Franklin County,
                            No. 15AP-884, 2016-Ohio-388.
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        {¶ 1} The cause is dismissed as having been improvidently accepted.
        O’CONNOR, C.J., and O’DONNELL, LANZINGER, and O’NEILL, JJ., concur.
        PFEIFER, KENNEDY, and FRENCH, JJ., dissent.
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        Steven E. Hillman, for appellant, C.L.S.
        A. Patrick Hamilton; and Tucker Ellis, L.L.P., and Jon W. Oebker, for
appellee, Adoption by Gentle Care.
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       Erik L. Smith, urging reversal, for amici curiae Ohio Birthparent Group and
Kate Livingston, Ph.D.
       Julia Cain; and Ginn Law Office, L.L.C., and Barbara Thornell Ginn, urging
affirmance, for amicus curiae American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.
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