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WESTERVILLE v. KALAMAZOO COUNTY, ETC.

No. K 81-60.

534 F.Supp. 1088 (1982)

Paul WESTERVILLE, on behalf of his children, Joseph Westerville and Catherine Westerville, Petitioners-Relators, v. KALAMAZOO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES; Kalamazoo County Probate Court, Juvenile Division; Roger Carr and Sharon Carr, Respondents.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

February 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Wilkinson, Kalamazoo, Mich., for petitioners-relators.

Richard Lamb, Kalamazoo, Mich., Guardian Ad Litem.

James R. Durant, Kalamazoo, Mich., for Roger & Sharon Carr.

A. Peter Govorchin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lansing, Mich., for remaining respondents.

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This case requires the Court to determine whether a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is available for a federal constitutional challenge to Michigan's statutory scheme for involuntarily terminating a parent's rights in his children.1 The action presently comes before this Court on Respondent's sundry Motions to Dismiss filed pursuant to Rules 12...

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