IN RE LEACH

No. 362618, No. 362621.

14 N.W.3d 178 (2023)

347 Mich. App. 26

IN RE A. C. LEACH, Minor. In re J. K. Spaller-Leach, Minor.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 18, 2023, at 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Lucido, Prosecuting Attorney, Joshua D. Abbott, Chief Appellate Attorney, and Marian Dwaihy-Briske, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the Department of Human Services.

University of Michigan Child Welfare Appellate Clinic (by Vivek S. Sankaran) for respondent-father.

Before: Garrett, P.J., and K. F. Kelly and Hood, JJ.


After respondent-father was charged with child abuse and jailed on a high bond, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) petitioned the trial court to exercise jurisdiction over his children, JSL and AL, and terminate his parental rights. The trial court declined to authorize the petition because the children lived safely...

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