COURT OF APPEALS OF OHIO, EIGHTH DISTRICT
                       COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA
                            No. 70831
IN THE MATTER OF:             :
KENNETH HILL                  :
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          Plaintiff-Appellee  :
                              :         JOURNAL ENTRY
                              :              AND
          -vs-                :            OPINION
                              :
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                              :
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          Defendant-Appellant :
DATE OF ANNOUNCEMENT
 OF DECISION                        August 14, 1997
CHARACTER OF PROCEEDING:            CIVIL APPEAL FROM THE
                                    JUVENILE COURT
                                    CASE NO. 9512999
JUDGMENT:                           APPEAL DISMISSED.
DATE OF JOURNALIZATION:
APPEARANCES:
For Plaintiff-Appellee:             JOHN H. LAWSON (#0025380)
                                    THE CAXTON BUILDING
                                    812 HURON ROAD, SUITE 800
                                    CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115
For Defendant-Appellant:            CYNTHIA BOWERS (#0026154)
                                    CUYAHOGA COUNTY DEPARTMENT
                                      OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY
                                      SERVICES, LAW DEPARTMENT
                                    3955 EUCLID AVENUE
                                    CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115
SPELLACY, J.:
     This is  an appeal from  a judgment of  the Court of  Common
Pleas, Juvenile Division, of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, regarding the
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temporary custodial placement  of Kenneth Hill, a minor that  had
been previously adjudicated delinquent.  The trial court's judgment
on May 24, 1996, ordered the temporary custody of Kenneth changed
from his maternal grandmother,  appellee herein, to the  Cuyahoga
County  Department of  Children  and Family  Services,  appellant
herein.  As  part of its journal  entry, the trial court  ordered
appellee's counsel to submit a memorandum of fact.  Subsequently,
appellee's counsel submitted  a memorandum of  fact to the  trial
court.   The  trial  court,  however, failed  to  formally  adopt
appellee's memorandum of fact as part of its dispositional order.
     R.C. 2151.35.3(H) provides the following:
          (H) The court shall not issue a dispositional
          order pursuant to division (A) of this section
          that removes a  child from  the child's  home
          unless  the  court  makes  the  determination
          required by section 2151.419[2151.41.9] of the
          Revised Code and includes in the dispositional
          order the findings  of fact required by  that
          section.
     R.C. 2151.419(B) sets forth the following:
          (B) The court shall issue written finding  of
          facts setting  forth its determination  under
          division (A) of this section.  In its written
          finding of  facts,  the court  shall  briefly
          describe the relevant services provided by the
          agency to  the family  of the  child and  why
          those services did not prevent the removal of
          the child from his home or enable the child to
          return home.
     In the present case, the trial court made no formal findings
of  fact  and conclusions  of  law.   Further,  we note  that  no
transcript of the dependency proceedings below was provided to this
court for review.   Therefore, this court  is unable to effect  a
meaningful appellate review of this judgment as it is not a final
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appealable order.  See In The Matter OF: Megan Demster, An Abused
Child (July 18, 1994), Morgan County App. No. CA93-9, unreported.
     Appeal dismissed.
     Appeal dismissed.
     It is ordered  that appellee recover of appellant her  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.
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JOHN T. PATTON,P.J. AND
ROBERT E. HOLMES, J.* CONCUR.
(*Robert E. Holmes, Retired
Justice of the Ohio Supreme
Court Sitting by Assignment)
                                        LEO M. SPELLACY
                                             Judge
N.B. This is an announcement of the court's decision.  See App.R.
22(B),  22(D) and 26(A);  Loc.App.R. 27.   This decision will  be
journalized and will become  the judgment and order of the  court
pursuant to App.R. 22(B) unless a motion for reconsideration with
supporting brief, per App.R. 26(A), is filed within ten (10) days
of the announcement of the court's decision.  The time period for
review by the Supreme Court of  Ohio shall begin to run upon  the
journalization of  this court's announcement  of decision by  the
.