In Re Hurlbut

Respondent, Charles Stanley Glisson, appeals as of right from the probate court’s December 9, 1985, order assuming jurisdiction and terminating his parental rights in his minor child under MCL 712A.19a(d); MSA 27.3178(598.19a)(d). Section 19a(d) authorizes termination where the parent has been convicted of a felony the nature of which proves his unfitness to have future custody of the child or where the parent’s imprisonment will deprive the child of a normal home for more than two years. In this case, the child’s mother was dead and the respondent father was serving a life sentence for…