Department of Social Services v. Miller

After the probate court terminated the parental rights of respondent Glen Miller with respect to his son, Ryan Miller, now six years old, its order was reversed by a divided panel of the Court of Appeals.1 We are required to decide whether there was sufficient evidence under the appropriate standard of review to support the order of the probate court. Contrary to the holding of the Court of Appeals, we conclude that the *333probate judge’s decision was not clearly erroneous, and therefore we reverse in part.2

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With supplementation provided in the course of our opinion, we adopt the following…