In re Payne/Pumphrey/Fortson

This case implicates the evidentiary standards required to terminate parental rights under the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA), 25 USC 1901 et seq., the Michigan Indian Family Preservation Act (MIFPA), MCL 712B.1 et seq., and the Michigan court rules. Respondent-mother appeals as of right the trial court’s second order terminating her parental rights to her four minor children following a remand from this Court. See In re Payne I Pumphrey I Fortson, unpublished opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued September 18, 2014 (Docket Nos. 318105 and 318163). We affirm the trial court’s order in…