COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT

                           COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA

                              NO. 61028

 IN RE:  ELISE SCHLESINGER,           :
 A MINOR                              :
                                      :       JOURNAL ENTRY
             Plaintiff-Appellant      :
                                      :            and
      -vs-                            :
                                      :          OPINION
                                      :
             Defendant-Appellee       :


 DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
 OF DECISION:                          MAY 7, 1992

 CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:                CIVIL APPEAL FROM THE
                                         JUVENILE COURT DIVISION
                                         CASE NO. 9100501

 JUDGMENT:                               APPEAL DISMISSED

 DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:                __________________________

 APPEARANCES:

 For plaintiff-appellant:           HYMAN FRIEDMAN
                                    CUYAHOGA COUNTY PUBLIC DEFENDER
                                    BY:  ROBERT M. INGERSOLL
                                      ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER
                                    THE MARION BUILDING, ROOM 307
                                    1276 WEST THIRD STREET
                                    CLEVELAND, OH  44113-1569
 For defendant-appellee,
 Department of Human Services:      CARL LoPRESTI
                                    3955 EUCLID AVENUE
                                    CLEVELAND, OHIO  44115
 For Guardian ad litem,
 for Elise Schlesinger:             FRANK D. AQUILA
                                    5086 LANSDOWNE DRIVE
                                    SOLON, OH  44139

 For Mary Schlesinger:              GREGORY T. STRALKA
                                    400 STANDARD BUILDING
                                    CLEVELAND, OHIO  44113

















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 SPELLACY, P.J.:
      Appellant Robert  Schlesinger ("appellant")  appeals from  the

 Juvenile   Court's   decision   adjudging   his   daughter,   Elise

 Schlesinger,  born  March 2,  1974,  to  be a  dependent  child and

 ordering that she be committed to the temporary custody of appellee

 Cuyahoga County Department of Human Services.

      Appellant raises the following assignments of error:

      I.   THE TRIAL  COURT DENIED ROBERT  SCHLESINGER HIS
           RIGHT TO COUNSEL AND TO A FULL AND FAIR HEARING
           ON THE QUESTION OF CUSTODY OF HIS DAUGHTER WHEN
           IT   PROCEEDED   TO  A   DISPOSITIONAL  HEARING
           IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE ADJUDICATORY HEARING.

      II.  ROBERT SCHLESINGER WAS DENIED A FAIR HEARING BY
           THE   REPEATED   INTRODUCTION   OF  PREJUDICIAL
           HEARSAY EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM.

      III. ROBERT  SCHLESINGER  WAS  DENIED HIS  RIGHT  TO
           EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL  WHEN THE TRIAL
           COURT PROCEEDED WITH BOTH THE ADJUDICATORY  AND
           THE  DISPOSITIONAL HEARINGS IN  THE CASE AT BAR
           AT  A  TIME  WHEN  MR. SCHLESINGER'S  APPOINTED
           COUNSEL  WAS IN  ANOTHER  COURT AND  COULD  NOT
           ATTEND.

      We address appellant's  assignments of error together.   Elise

 Schlesinger  is now  eighteen  years  of age.    As a  result,  the

 Juvenile   Court   has   lost   jurisdiction   over  her.      R.C.

 2151.353(E)(1).  The issues  raised in this appeal, therefore,  are

 moot.  Tschantz v. Ferguson (1991), 57  Ohio St. 3d 131, 133; Miner

 v. Witt (1910), 82 Ohio St. 237, 237-239; In the Matter of:  Denise

 Gerkin  (November  9,  1990),  Wood  App.  No.  19990,  unreported.

 Appellate  court's have  no authority to  review issues  which have

 become moot.  State v. Berndt (1987), 29 Ohio St. 3d 3, syllabus.

       Appeal dismissed.













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      It  is ordered that appellee recover  of appellant their costs

 herein taxed.

      The court finds there were reasonable grounds for this appeal.

      It is ordered  that a special mandate issue  out of this court

 directing the Juvenile Court to carry this judgment into execution.

      A  certified copy of  this entry shall  constitute the mandate

 pursuant to Rule 27 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure.


 HARPER, J., AND

 MARTIN, J.*, CONCUR
 (*William J. Martin, of the
 Carroll County Common Pleas
 Court, Sitting by Assignment)
                                          LEO M. SPELLACY
                                          PRESIDING JUDGE







 N.B. This entry  is made  pursuant to  the third  sentence of  Rule
 22(D), Ohio Rules of Appellate Procedure.   This is an announcement
 of decision (see Rule 26).  Ten (10) days from the date hereof this
 document will  be stamped to indicate journalization, at which time
 it will become the judgment and order of the court and  time period
 for review will begin to run.



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