IN THE MATTER OF ATKINS

Docket No. 56768.

112 Mich. App. 528 (1982)

316 N.W.2d 477

IN THE MATTER OF ATKINS

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank J. Kelley, Attorney General, Robert A. Derengoski, Solicitor General, and Janis Meija and Bernard Rosner, Assistants Attorney General, for petitioner.

Kathleen M. Cummins, for respondent.

Before: MacKENZIE, P.J., and BRONSON and BEASLEY, JJ.


BEASLEY, J.

The Juvenile Division of the Wayne County Probate Court took temporary custody of three of the children of respondent, Patricia Atkins, pursuant to a neglect and/or dependency petition filed by the Wayne County Department of Social Services (DSS) on June 18, 1973. A second petition was filed on September 30, 1977, seeking to have the three children, who were then in foster care homes, made permanent wards of the court for purposes of adoption. After a...

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