The Court of Appeals affirmed the Trial Court’s order, holding that MCR 2.612 applies in adoption proceedings. Further, the Trial Court properly vacated its order terminating respondent-father’s parental rights under MCR 2.612(C)(1)(a) because the court made a material mistake of fact when it entered the original termination order.

A trial court did not err in terminating a father’s parental rights, thereby allowing a petition for stepparent adoption to proceed, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.