in Re mcconnell/true Minors

Opinion

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

March 25, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

150832 Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra

Bridget M. McCormack

David F. Viviano

Richard H. Bernstein,

In re McCONNELL/TRUE, Minors. SC: 150832 Justices COA: 321878 St. Clair CC Family Division: 14-000039-NA

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the December 18, 2014 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We DIRECT respondent Department of Human Services to answer the application for leave to appeal within 28 days of the date of this order. We further invite the children’s lawyer-guardian ad litem, Samantha A. Lord, to answer the application for leave to appeal within the same time period.

The application for leave to appeal remains pending.

I, Larry S. Royster, 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 25, 2015

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Clerk