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IN RE MACOMBER

Docket No. 86646, (Calendar No. 7).

436 Mich. 386 (1990)

461 N.W.2d 671

In re MACOMBER KENT COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. MACOMBER

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided September 26, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, William A. Forsyth, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. McMorrow, Chief Appellate Attorney, for the petitioner.

N. Garth Petersen for the respondent-appellee.

Amici Curiae:

Paul N. Baker for the Juvenile Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.

Donna T. Morris for the Michigan Probate Judges Association.

RILEY, C.J.

The Legislature has given a broad grant of authority to the probate court to protect children who come within its jurisdiction.

We disagree with the reading of chapter XIIA of the probate code by the dissent to the extent it would limit the authority of the probate court to those orders expressly listed in § 18. Our reading of the provisions granting and describing the jurisdiction of the probate court persuades us that probate court power...

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