COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT 
                        COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA 
                             NO. 71501
LAURA KINGSLEY HONG           :
                              :
        Petitioner            :     PETITION FOR WRIT OF 
                              :        HABEAS CORPUS
     -vs-                     : 
                              :
SUE PING CHEN                 :
                              : 
        Respondent            :
                              :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT          :       
  OF DECISION                 :      NOVEMBER 1, 1996  
JUDGMENT                      :    WRIT ISSUED. 
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION        :                        
APPEARANCES:
For petitioner:                
Thomas S. Kilbane, Esq.
Daniel J. O'Loughlin, Esq.
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.
4900 Key Center
127 Public Square
Cleveland, Ohio  44114
For respondent:  
Sue Ping Chen
1776 E. 32nd Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
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JAMES D. SWEENEY, P.J.
     In In the Matter of:   Zhang, Cuyahoga County Court of  Common
Pleas, Juvenile Division,  Case No. 9411811, juvenile  court placed
Rhonda Lan  Zhang ("Rhonda")--who  was born  in Cleveland,  Ohio on
November 3,  1993--in the foster care of  petitioner Laura Kingsley
Hong in  March 1995.   See  Petition, Exhibit A.   Petitioner  Hong
avers  that respondent  Sue  Ping  Chen--Rhonda's natural  mother--
abducted Rhonda to China on or about October 15, 1996.
     "A Court of Appeals has  jurisdiction to entertain a  petition
for a writ of habeas corpus involving the  custody of a child."  In
re Black (1973), 36 Ohio St.2d 124, 304 N.E.2d 394, paragraph three
of the  syllabus.   We find  that the  petition states  a claim  in
habeas corpus and that, pursuant to R.C. 2725.06, we must grant the
writ of habeas corpus.
     Petitioner  Hong or  her designee  shall serve  copies of  the
summons and complaint as well as a copy of this order on respondent
Chen and file  a return of  service with the  clerk of this  court.
Petitioner Hong shall notify this court in writing when service has
been effected.
     Accordingly,  the  writ   of  habeas  corpus  is   issued  and
respondent Sue Ping  Chen is  commanded to bring  Rhonda Lan  Zhang
before this court within seven days of service upon respondent Chen
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of copies of the summons  and complaint as well  as a copy of  this
order  for a hearing  on the  merits which  will be  scheduled upon
receipt of the return of service.
     Writ issued.  
TERRENCE O'DONNELL, J., and      
TIMOTHY E. McMONAGLE, J., CONCUR.  
                                        JAMES D. SWEENEY
                                        PRESIDING JUDGE
.