Doe v. Monroe County Probate Judge

Out of the welter of state and federal litigation, only two issues are before this Court, because we are being called upon to review the action of the circuit court on the petition for superintending control.

First, what recognition, if any, must be given to Judge Pratt’s decision?

Second, did the circuit judge correctly refuse to consider the Child Custody Act?

On the first issue, comity requires us to recognize the decision for what it is, that in terminating the parental rights of Dahlari Weldon, due process was not accorded.

On the second issue, we find the judge erred because he failed to…