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IN RE ROOD

Docket No. 136849.

763 N.W.2d 587 (2009)

In re ROOD, Minor. Department of Human Services, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Darroll Donald Rood, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 2, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Susan Kasley Sniegowski, Prosecuting Attorney, for petitioner.

Jeffrey C. Nellis, Ludington, for respondent.

Vivek S. Sankaran for amicus curiae Children's Law section of the Michigan State Bar.

Opinion

CORRIGAN, J.

The Department of Human Services (DHS) challenges reversal by the Court of Appeals of a circuit court order terminating the respondent father's parental rights to his daughter. In re Rood, unpublished opinion per curiam of the Court of Appeals, issued June 12, 2008, 2008 WL 2389498 (Docket No. 280597). We affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeals. As that court opined, respondent behaved as a "less-than-ideal parent" and "shares...

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