Legal Opinion
In Re Rood
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 2009No. Docket 136849; Calendar 1PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCorrigan, J.
The Department of Human Services (DHS) challenges reversal by the Court of Appeals of a circuit court order terminating the respondent father’s parental rights to his daughter. In re Rood, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued June 12, 2008 (Docket No. 280597). We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals. As that court opined, respondent behaved as a “less-than-ideal parent” and “shares responsibility” for his lack of communication with the DHS and the court. Id. at 3. But the “fundamental liberty interest of natural parents in the care, custody, and management of…
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