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IN RE MASON

Docket No. 139795.

782 N.W.2d 747 (2010)

486 Mich. 142

In re MASON, Minors. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Richard Mason, Respondent-Appellant, and Clarissa Smith, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 26, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric J. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney, and Robert John Berlin and Jurij Fedorak, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for the Department of Human Services.

John J. Bologna, Troy, for Richard Mason.

Becker & Lundquist, PLC (by Eric Lundquist, Jr.), for the minor children.

CORRIGAN, J.

We reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals, which affirmed the circuit court's order terminating the parental rights of Richard Mason, the respondent-father (respondent), to his two sons, J. and C. The circuit court committed several legal errors and the Department of Human Services (DHS) failed in its duties to engage respondent in the proceedings against him. First, the court and the DHS failed to facilitate...

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