Mother’s Drug Use During Pregnancy Does Not Qualify as an Aggravated Circumstance Allowing for Termination
The Court of Appeals vacated the Trial Court’s order terminating mother’s parental rights because mother’s drug use during pregnancy does not qualify as an aggravated circumstance.
Michigan Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Include Non-Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse in Statutory Scheme of Criminal Penalties for Making a False Report
The COA held that the defendant was neither a mandatory reporter of child abuse nor did she make the report of child abuse herself, she was still criminally liable for the false report.