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In Re Cotton

Citations

  • 526 N.W.2d 601
  • 208 Mich. App. 180

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that petitioner had burden of showing by clear and convincing evidence that child protection agency representative acted arbitrarily or capriciously
  • suggesting that a reviewing court can review whether allegations are frivolous, fanciful, or without “factual support” when determining if the superintendent’s decision to withhold consent is arbitrary and capricious
  • “[I]t is the absence of any good reason to withhold consent, not the presence of good reasons to grant it, that indicates that the representative was acting in an arbitrary and capricious manner.”

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Judges: Sawyer, Weaver, Turner

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