The Trial Court plainly erred when it found that Respondent-Mother was not entitled to reasonable efforts to reunify Respondent-Mother with her minor children and when it failed to inform Respondent-Mother of her appellate rights following the Trial Court’s removal of the children from Respondent-Mother’s care.

The Michigan Supreme Court decided on the propriety of a trial court in conducting an in camera interview of a subject child in the context of child protective proceedings.