Robards v. Barlow

In bringing this appeal, the plaintiff-appellant raises important questions of first impression arising under the Michigan Adoption Code, MCLA 710.21 et seq.; MSA 27.3178(555.21) et seq., effective January 1, 1975. Appellant asks us to reverse the Court of Appeals affirmance of an order of the probate court terminating his parental rights, pursuant to the Adoption Code, to a child fathered by him and born out of wedlock on *223July 28, 1975. We conclude the probate court erred in finding that the best interests of the child mandated terminating appellant’s rights.

I

On July 29, 1975, one day after…