COA Vacates Trial Court Order Terminating Father's Parental Rights; Remands Case Citing Failure To Consider Child's Placement With Fictive Kin
The Trial Court’s best interest analysis in terminating Respondent-Father’s parental rights was “erroneously incomplete” due to the Trial Court’s failure to consider CJM’s placement with a “relative” as defined by MCL 712A.13a(1)(j) during the best interest determination.
A Father’s Right to Control Custody and Care of His Child Must Yield, at Least Temporarily, to the State’s Interest
A father’s right to control the custody and care of his child must yield, to the state’s interest in preventing upheaval for the child who had been in care with the same foster family for nearly 2 years.