In the Matter of LaFlure

On October 14, 1969, the Midland County Probate Court determined that Gary Lee LaFlure was a neglected child. The boy was made a temporary ward of the court and was placed in a foster home. He is still there. We do not have before us the record of the 1969 proceeding. However, from the record we do have before us we have managed to deduce the following: For some time prior to October, 1969, Gary’s parents had been living apart. The boy was living with his mother, appellant herein, who worked as a cocktail waitress to support herself and her son. Late one evening the mother refused the…