Flint Board of Education v. Williams

Defendant Patrick Williams appeals two orders of the Genesee County Circuit Court. The respective orders: (1) affirmed the ruling of the Genesee County Probate Court that the probate court could take jurisdiction over defend ant under MCL 712A.2(a)(4); MSA 27.3178(598.2)(a)(4), and (2) denied defendant’s motion to stay the disposition order effectuating the verdict of a probate court jury. The order made defendant a temporary ward of the court and committed him to the state Department of Social Services for placement.

Defendant was born November 24, 1964. In 1971, after beginning school in the…