However, a proceeding to procure the court's consent is not in the nature of an adversary proceeding. See In re Surrender Anne K. (1972), 31 Ohio Misc. 218. It is the Juvenile Court's function in consenting to a permanent surrender to insure that the surrender is made by the parent voluntarily, with full knowledge of the legal import of the relinquishment of parental rights accomplished thereby; and to insure that the child welfare agency does not enter into improvident contracts.
However, a proceeding to procure the court's consent is not in the nature of an adversary proceeding. See In re Surrender Anne K. (1972), 31 Ohio Misc. 218. It is the Juvenile Court's function in consenting to a permanent surrender to insure that the surrender is made by the parent voluntarily, with full knowledge of the legal import of the relinquishment of parental rights accomplished thereby; and to insure that the child welfare agency does not enter into improvident contracts.