In re Deng

In these child protective proceedings under the juvenile code, MCL 712A.1 et seq., respondent appeals by leave granted a dispositional order requiring that respondent’s children receive physician-recommended vaccinations. Because the trial court has the authority to make medical decisions over a respondent’s objections to vaccination for children under its jurisdiction and the court did not clearly err by determining that vaccination was appropriate for the welfare of respondent’s children and society, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Respondent and her husband have four children…