Department of Social Services v. Brock

The Department of Social Services and the guardian ad litem appeal from the Court of Appeals decision reversing the probate court’s orders of jurisdiction and placement of respondents’ minor children in foster care.1 We reverse the Court of Appeals decision and uphold the orders of the probate court.

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This child protective proceeding was initiated by two reports to the Department of Social Services by respondents’ neighbor, who also occasionally baby-sat the minor children. The referent’s first contact with the nss, in November 1990, reported "soft signs” of possible sexual abuse: complaints…