DeBoer v. Child & Family Services of Michigan, Inc.

This involves a challenge to the release provisions of the new Michigan Adoption Code, being MCLA 710.21 et seq.; MSA 27.3178(555.21), et seq.

On January 7, 1976, plaintiff filed a petition with the probate court for the County of Allegan requesting that the releases of her two children, Jonathan Raymond (born August 10, 1972) and Tamella Rashel (born February 3, 1974), both executed on December 22, 1975, be set aside. Following a January 26, 1976, hearing on the matter, Judge Cheever, in an oral opinion, denied her request. Thereafter, on February 20, 1976, plaintiff filed a petition for a…