Mother’s ‘Too Small’ Living Arrangement Is Insufficient Reason To Terminate Her Rights
The allegation that an extended-stay motel room was “too small” for the respondent-mother to live in with her child and the child’s father was insufficient grounds for terminating her parental rights, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in a published opinion.
Split Appeals Court Upholds Parental Rights Termination, But Dissenter Says ‘Not In Children’s Best Interests’
A divided Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed the termination of a mother’s parental rights, with one appellate judge saying the termination order should be reversed because the trial court “clearly erred” in finding that termination was in the children’s best interests.
Requiring Father To Admit To Drug Use To Avoid Termination Does Not Violate Father's Fifth Amendment Rights
The Trial Court did not clearly err when it determined termination of Respondent-Father’s parental rights was appropriate under MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j) and that termination was in the minor child, KS’, best interests.