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REIST v. BAY CIRCUIT JUDGE

Docket No. 56919, (Calendar No. 19).

396 Mich. 326 (1976)

241 N.W.2d 55

REIST v. BAY CIRCUIT JUDGE

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 1, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary J. Kolb, Thomas J. Blackmar, and Jan Armon, Legal Services of Eastern Michigan (Rose Marie Adamo, Genesee County Legal Aid Society, of counsel), for plaintiff.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Milton I. Firestone and William K. Basinger, Assistants Attorney General, for defendants.

Amici Curiae:

Alan W. Houseman, Robert A. Burt, and David L. Chambers for Michigan Legal Services, Inc.

James C. Zeman and George G. Matish for Legal Aid and Defender Association of Detroit.

Robert P. Allen, Civil Counsel, and John F. Ross, Jr., Assistant Civil Counsel, for Oakland County.

Eugene G. Wanger for the Michigan Association of Counties.

LEVIN, J.

On a finding of neglect,1 the probate court terminated Carol Reist's parental rights to her 2-1/2 year old son, Richard. Her one-year old son, Robert, was made a temporary ward of the court and termination proceedings were set to begin in six months absent a showing of fitness by Reist.

Reist, who is indigent, was appointed counsel pursuant to a court rule2 for the probate court

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