IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT P.

Docket No. 11490.

36 Mich. App. 497 (1971)

194 N.W.2d 18

IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT P.

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided October 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butler & Martin, for petitioner.

Neale, Steeh & Hader, for Catholic Social Services of Macomb County.

Before: LEVIN, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and J.H. GILLIS, JJ.


R.B. BURNS, J.

This dispute concerns the custody of a 9-1/2-month-old child born out of wedlock.

Approximately one month after the child's birth the 16-year-old mother released the child for adoption to a nonprofit child placement agency.1 Under Michigan law, the mother's release of the child to the agency permanently terminated her rights to the child.2

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