In Re Buckingham

Respondent mother appeals by leave granted from an order of the probate court, juvenile division, terminating her parental rights. We reverse._

The Department of Social Services petitioned the probate court to take permanent custody of respondents’ children pursuant to the juvenile code. MCL 712A.1 et seq.; MSA 27.3178(598.1) et seq. The petition alleged that respondent father had deserted and abandoned the children, MCL 712A.19a(b); MSA 27.3178(598.19a)(b), and that both respondent parents had neglected the children in the past and that there was a reasonable probability of neglect in the…