State ex rel. Allen Cnty. Children Servs. Bd. v. Mercer Cnty. Common Pleas Court Probate Div.

In Prohibition. This cause originated in this court on the filing of a complaint for a writ of prohibition.

Upon consideration thereof, it is ordered by the court that a peremptory writ of prohibition is granted. Respondents are hereby prohibited from exercising jurisdiction in the case captioned In the Matter of the Placement and Adoption of M.A.S.A. , Mercer County Common Pleas Court, Probate Division, Case No. 2016 5005, consistent with the opinion to follow. Costs assessed to respondents.

It is further ordered by the court that respondents' motion to seal exhibits and motion to seal answer and motion to dismiss are granted, and respondents' motion to dismiss is denied.

O'Connor , C.J., and Lanzinger , Kennedy , French , and O'Neill , JJ., concur.

Pfeifer and O'Donnell , JJ., dissent and would grant the motion to dismiss.