in Re Hawthorne Minors

• Court: Michigan Supreme Court
• Decided: March 8, 2006
• Docket: 130486
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

March 8, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice

130486 Michael F. Cavanagh ________________________________________ Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan IN RE KONSTANTINO HAWTHORNE and Robert P. Young, Jr. HALLIE HAWTHORNE, Minors. Stephen J. Markman, Justices ________________________________________

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, f/k/a FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY, Petitioner-Appellant, v SC: 130486 COA: 262433 Macomb CC Family Division: 03-054071-NA EFTHYMIA HAWTHORNE, Respondent-Appellee.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 19, 2006 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we REVERSE the judgment of the Court of Appeals and REINSTATE the Macomb Circuit Court’s order terminating respondent’s parental rights to her children. There was clear and convincing evidence supporting termination of respondent’s parental rights pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). There was also clear and convincing evidence that termination of respondent’s parental rights was not contrary to the best interests of the children. MCL 712A.19b(5).

I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. March 8, 2006 _________________________________________ s0301 Clerk