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Return to Calhoun County Courts Home PageA review and summary of recently decided juvenile cases which have significant impact on the law. The reviews are provided by Berrien County Probate Judge Thomas E. Nelson and Cass County Probate Judge Susan L. Dobrich. The month under which the cases appear are when they are recieved from the authors.
FUNDAMENTAL DUE PROCESS NOTIONS DICTATE THAT AN INCARCERATED RESPONDENT FATHER SHOULD BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT TO MEANINGFULLY PARTICIPATE BY TELEPHONE IN A TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING
DHS v. Tyler, (Unpublished, #292818), 1/26/10
A PUTATIVE INDIGENT FATHER WAS NOT ENTITLED TO COURT APPOINTED COUNSEL UNTIL HE HAD BECAME A “RESPONDENT” BY ESTABLISHING PATERNITY TO THE CHILD INVOLVED IN A CHILD PROTECTION CASE
DHS v. Moore, (Unpublished, #291842), 1/12/10
THE TRIAL COURT PRESIDING OVER A JUVENILE PROCEEDING HAS NO AUTHORITY TO CONDUCT IN CAMERA INTERVIEWS OF THE MINOR CHILDRENTop of Page
In the matter of H.R.C., A.M.C., S.H.C., W.S.C., T.M.C., R.E.C., P.L.C., AND K.E.C., Minors, ___Mich App___, (2009), #290213, 12/15/09
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