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Michigan Supreme Court· 6/2/2014

In re Sanders

Citations

  • 495 Mich. 394
  • 852 N.W.2d 524

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that due process requires that each parent receive a specific adjudication of his or her unfitness
  • holding that the right to control and custody of children constitutionally must extend equally to a parent, despite the other parent being the direct subject of neglect proceedings for supervision of children
  • holding that the fact that there was a “serious dispute” on the record concerning whether the respondent had “a healthy bond” with her children supported that termination of her parental rights was in the children’s best interests
  • holding that the fact that there was a “serious dispute” on the record concerning whether the respondent had “a healthy bond” with her children supported that termination of her parental rights was in the children’s best interests
  • holding that the fact that there was a “serious dispute” on the record concerning whether the respondent “had a healthy bond of any sort with her children” supported that termination of her parental rights was in the children’s best interests
  • holding that the fact that there was a “serious dispute” on the record concerning whether the respondent “had a healthy bond of any sort with her children” supported that termination of her parental rights was in the children’s best interests

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Judges: Cavanagh, Kelly, Markman, McCormack, Viviano, Young, Zahra

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Cites

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