Mother’s Waiver Correctly Enforced In Later Removal Hearings
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.
Trial Court Must Re-Examine Mother’s Ineffective Assistance Of Counsel Claim
The Michigan Supreme Court has vacated part of a lower court’s decision that had rejected a mother’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim in her termination of parental rights case.