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Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2151.4118

Court determination intensive efforts not required

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case In re K.C. (2025)

Most recently applied in In re K.C. (November 2025)

Effective: September 30, 2021; Latest Legislation: House Bill 110 - 134th General Assembly

A court may issue an order that determines, with respect to a child described in section 2151.4116 of the Revised Code who is not receiving care in the home of a kinship caregiver, that the continuation of the child's current placement is in the child's best interest and that intensive efforts to identify and engage an appropriate and willing kinship caregiver for the child are unnecessary if the court makes the findings in section 2151.4119 of the Revised Code.

Last updated September 15, 2021 at 6:12 PM

Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.