In the Matter of Kidder

This is an appeal from a Barry County Circuit Court order which affirmed an order of the Barry County Probate Court permanently terminating the parental rights of Delbert Kidder, Sr., in his infant son, Delbert Kidder, Jr.

On September 21, 1973, a petition was filed by the Barry County Department of Social Services stating that 4-1/2 month old Delbert Kidder, Jr., was brought to Pennock Hospital in Hastings, Michigan, where it was determined he had sustained as many as 13 fractures in both hands, both arms and both legs. He also had bruises on his right eyebrow, left cheek, nose and upper…