Ohio Code 5120.653 – Termination of participation in program
An inmate’s participation in the prison nursery program may be terminated by the department of rehabilitation and correction if one of the following occurs:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5120.653
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) The inmate fails to comply with the agreement entered into under division (A) of section 5120.652 of the Revised Code.
(B) The inmate’s child becomes seriously ill, cannot meet medical criteria established by the department of rehabilitation and correction for the program, or otherwise cannot safely participate in the program.
(C) A court issues an order that designates a person other than the inmate as the child’s residential parent and legal custodian.
(D) A juvenile court, in an action brought pursuant to division (A)(2) of section 2151.23 of the Revised Code, grants custody of the child to a person other than the inmate.
(E) An order is issued pursuant to section 3109.04 of the Revised Code granting shared parenting of the child.
(F) An order of disposition regarding the child is issued pursuant to division (A)(2), (3), or (4) of section 2151.353 of the Revised Code granting temporary, permanent, or legal custody of the child to a person, other than the inmate, or to a public children services agency or private child placing agency.
(G) The inmate is released from imprisonment.