This case is easily distinguishable from the case at bar. {¶ 11} More on point is In Re: G.M., 188 Ohio App.3d 318, 2010-Ohio-2295, 935 N.E.2d 459 (Third District), wherein the Court of Appeals for Defiance County held a court loses jurisdiction to classify an adjudicated delinquent child as a sex offender registrant after he has attained the age of 21. The court particularly noted the trial court had notice G.M.'s 21st birthday was approaching, but failed to schedule the hearing until later.

See State ex rel. N.A. v. Cross, 125 Ohio St.3d 6, 925 N.E.2d 614, 2010-Ohio-1471, at ¶¶ 10-13 (if delinquent child is still a "child" under R.C. 2152.02(C)(2), juvenile court has jurisdiction to declare delinquent child a juvenile sexual offender even though he has turned twenty-one). {¶ 15} Jean-Baptiste cites In re G.M., 188 Ohio App.3d 318, 2010-Ohio-2295, 935 N.E.2d 459, in support of his contention that a juvenile court does not have jurisdiction to conduct a juvenile sexual offender classification hearing once a juvenile offender has reached age twenty-one. However, G.M is distinguishable because G.M. was adjudicated a delinquent child at age sixteen; therefore, under R.C. 2152.02(C)(6), the juvenile court had jurisdiction over G.M. only until he reached age twenty-one.

Appellant cites a recent decision from the Third District that held that a juvenile court loses jurisdiction to classify an offender a Tier III sex offender once the offender reaches the age of 21 years. See In re G.M., 188 Ohio App.3d 318, 2010-Ohio-2295, 935 N.E.2d 459, at ¶ 18. Appellant argues that he was 21 at the time of the March 22, 2010 hearing, and, thus, the trial court lacked jurisdiction.