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IN RE HATCHER

Docket No. 94520, (Calendar No. 11).

443 Mich. 426 (1993)

505 N.W.2d 834

In re HATCHER (DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES v. HATCHER)

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided August 31, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Balgooyen Law Offices, P.C. (by Gerald W. Gibbs), guardian ad litem, for the petitioner.

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Kevin A. Lynch, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the Department of Social Services.

Potuznik, Carrozza, Wilson, Hermanson & Wistrom, P.C. (by Kevin J. Wistrom), for the respondent.

MALLETT, J.

The dispositive issue in this case is whether the probate court's assumption of subject matter jurisdiction over a minor child may be challenged by the child's parent after a termination decision and, if so, whether the entire termination proceedings should be declared void ab initio. In the instant case, we find that the probate court properly assumed jurisdiction and that the parents' collateral attack on the...

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