Ohio Supreme Court September 20, 2006, No. 2005-2118 (In re Adoption of Pushcar)

Alice Robie Resnick, J.

{¶ 1} The appellee, Nicholas Verdone, is the natural father of Rebecca Lynn Verdone, who was born on September 9, 1999. The appellee signed the birth certificate, and the signature resulted in his entry in the Centralized Paternity Registry, which registered the appellee as the child’s legal father in an out-of-wedlock birth.