PROBATE COURT OF _____________ COUNTY, OHIO ADOPTION OF _______________________________________________________________ (Name after adoption) CASE NO. ______________________________ JUDGMENT ENTRY FINDING CONSENT NOT REQUIRED [R.C. 3107.07] The Court finds that all parties properly before the Court by waiver of notice or by proper service and after hearing the testimony of witnesses, and the evidence, finds that the consent of ______________________________ __________________________________________________ is not required because: ____ That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide more than de minimis contact with the minor for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing of the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner. _____ That person is a parent who has failed without justifiable cause to provide for the maintenance and support of the minor as required by law or judicial decree for a period of at least one year immediately preceding the filing the adoption petition or the placement of the minor in the home of the petitioner. _____ State other grounds under R.C. 3107.07 (includes putative father of the minor born before January 1, 1997.) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ It is ordered that the consent of the above-named person is not required. ______________________________________, Probate Judge American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com FORM 18.4 – JUDGMENT ENTRY FINDING CONSENT NOT REQUIRED Eff. Date January 1, 2010 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com