The father in this termination of parental rights case did not have standing to claim that his child’s attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel.

Trial court relied on an outdated statutory definition of “relative” when deciding to terminate a mother’s parental rights.

The MI Supreme Court has ordered the Ingham County Circuit Court to appoint appellate counsel for the respondents in a termination of parental rights case.

The trial court wrongly held that the statutory grounds for jurisdiction over the child were established by a preponderance of the evidence.

The termination of the respondents’ parental rights must be vacated because the trial court didn’t properly conduct the adjudication hearing in the case.

“We reverse and remand for further proceedings on whether termination is in the children’s best interests,” the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court properly terminated the respondent-mother’s parental rights because termination was in the children’s best interests.

The Michigan Supreme Court will not hear the appeal in a termination of parental rights case.

Respondent-father had the ability to provide “consistent support though not ample support” for his children while he was incarcerated but did not do so.

Clear and convincing evidence existed to terminate the mother’s parental rights in this case and doing so was in the child’s best interest.

Termination of a mother’s parental rights overruled by Michigan COA, due to trial court overemphasizing the mother’s use of marijuana.

The trial court erroneously held that statutory grounds for terminating the respondents’ parental rights had been established by clear and convincing evidence.

The trial court erroneously ordered that the children in this case be removed from their mother’s care based on medical neglect.

Father’s parental rights properly terminated though the decision to do so was partly based on the testimony of a social worker with disciplinary proceedings.

The trial court’s termination of the respondents’ parental rights must be vacated because, among other things, the statutory factors for termination were not supported by clear and convincing evidence.

The trial court erroneously refused to view and admit video-recorded forensic interviews with the children, who were allegedly abused by their father, the Michigan COA has ruled.