In Re Wirsing

ON REMAND

Before: Gribbs, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr., and P. S. Teranes,* JJ. Gribbs, P.J.

In 1981, eighteen-year-old Lora Faye Wirsing (the ward) was adjudicated to be a developmentally disabled person as a result of congenital retardation. Her mother, Donna L. Wirsing, was appointed as her plenary guardian under the Mental Health Code, MCL 330.1600 et seq.; MSA 14.800(600) et seq. In March 1986, Donna L. Wirsing, as guardian of the ward, petitioned the probate court for authorization to consent to sterilization of the ward for birth control *133purposes. After holding an extensive hearing, the…