In re LaFrance Minors

In these consolidated cases, respondents, parents of four minor children, appeal as of right the order of the family division of the circuit court terminating their parental rights. We reverse as regards the *715three older children and remand this case to the trial court for redetermination of the youngest child’s best interests in light of our decision.1

I. FACTS

The children involved in this case are the issue of a 10-year relationship between respondents, who never married. The petition asking the court to take jurisdiction arose from allegations that respondent-father negligently failed to…