Ingham County Department of Social Services v. Curry

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that the trial court erred by assuming jurisdiction when both parents were in prison when there was no showing that the grandparent’s home in which the children were living was unfit
• observing that incarcerated parents may achieve proper custody by placing a child with relatives
• observing that incarcerated parents may achieve proper custody by placing a child with relatives
• incarcerated parents may achieve proper custody by placing a child with relatives
• incarcerated parents may achieve proper custody by placing a child with relatives
• “Until there is a demonstration that the person entrusted with the care of the child by that child’s parent is either unwilling or incapable of providing for the health, maintenance, and well being of the child, the state should be unwilling to interfere.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).