IN RE RFF

Docket No. 221581.

617 N.W.2d 745 (2000)

242 Mich. App. 188

In the Matter of RFF, Minor. LAF, Appellant, v. BJF, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided August 15, 2000, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication October 18, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynch, Gallagher, Lynch & Martineau, P.L.L.C. (by Jennifer M. Galloway), Mt. Pleasant, for LAF, putative father.

Kemp, Klein, Umphrey & Endelman, P.C. (by Lauran F. Howard), Troy, and Currie Kendall Polasky Meisel, PLC (by Julia close), Midland, for BJF, mother.

Before WILDER, P.J., and McDONALD and DOCTOROFF, JJ.


McDONALD, J.

Appellant, LAF, appeals as of right the trial court's order terminating his parental rights to his son, RFF, pursuant to § 39 of the Adoption Code, M.C.L. § 710.39; MSA 27.3178(555.39). We affirm.

This case is troubling. We set forth the complete factual context to emphasize the numerous issues we believe the Legislature should consider in examining the statute at issue.

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