The trial court improperly terminated the respondent-mother’s parental rights because DHHS failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify the respondent with her children.

DHHS’s petition to terminate parental rights was declined because the petition did not establish probable cause that the father posed a substantial risk of harm to the children’s mental well-being.

The order from which the respondent appealed in this termination of parental rights case was not a “final order” pursuant to the court rules, a Michigan Court of Appeals majority has decided.

The trial court correctly held that the minor children in this case would be harmed if returned to their mother’s care and, as a result, properly terminated her parental rights.

Trial court erred by terminating a father’s parental rights for purposes of a stepparent adoption because there was “no factual basis to clearly and convincingly” support that determination.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has vacated an order terminating the parental rights of a mother who was the victim of domestic violence.

A father in a TPR case was denied effective assistance of counsel. The Michigan COA vacated the order of termination and remanded the case for further proceedings.

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.

The respondents in this termination of parental rights case were not denied a fair trial or effective assistance of counsel, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court erroneously admitted an exhibit that contained hearsay and, as a result, the adjudication, termination order and injunctive order must all be vacated.

A father’s parental rights were erroneously terminated under MCL 712A.19b(3) because his incarceration was the condition that led to the initial adjudication.

DHHS made reasonable efforts to reunify the respondent-parents with their child despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic

The Michigan COA has ruled that it did not have jurisdiction to hear the appeal in a child-welfare case because trial counsel filed the appeal, and not the father whose parental rights were terminated.

The COA 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.

The MI SCT is considering whether to hear the case of a mother whose parental rights were terminated after the trial court agreed with the petitioning agency that she had subjected her children to “aggravated circumstances”.

The trial court properly terminated the respondent-mother’s parental rights because at least one of the statutory termination factors was met.