Trial court properly denied the plaintiff-mother’s objections to the FOC referee’s recommendation that sole legal and physical custody be awarded to the defendant-father.

“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.

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 improperly terminated the respondent-mother’s parental rights because DHHS failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify the respondent with her children.

The trial court in this case wrongly imposed restrictions on a father’s parenting time of his three minor children, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court correctly held that the minor children in this case would be harmed if returned to their mother’s care and, as a result, properly terminated her parental rights.

The MI SCT is considering whether to hear the case of a mother whose parental rights were terminated after the trial court agreed with the petitioning agency that she had subjected her children to “aggravated circumstances”.

A trial court properly terminated a father’s parental rights to his two older children after the youngest child died because termination was in the older children’s best interests.

The trial court did not abuse its discretion by appointing the paternal aunt as the juvenile guardian of the respondent-father’s children.

A trial court did not violate a father’s due process rights and properly terminated his parental rights because the father validly waived his participation in the best-interest hearing.