The trial court in this child removal case properly accepted the respondent-mother’s waiver of a probable cause hearing and did not err by enforcing that waiver in subsequent proceedings, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

An adult sibling has standing to initiate child-protective proceedings against his parents over the care of his minor sister.

The Michigan Supreme Court has ruled that the trial court improperly took jurisdiction of children & placed them in foster care because there was insufficient evidence of “educational neglect”.

The trial court properly assumed jurisdiction over the respondents’ children and placed them in foster care because a preponderance of the evidence demonstrated educational neglect.