IN RE BECK

Docket No. 140842. Calendar No. 12.

793 N.W.2d 562 (2010)

488 Mich. 6

In re BECK, Minors. Department of Human Services, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence Michael Beck, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 20, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jessica R. Cooper , Prosecuting Attorney, John S. Pallas , Chief Appellate Division, and Thomas R. Grden , Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the Department of Human Services.

H. Elliot Parnes , guardian ad litem, for the minor children.

Nancy A. Plasterer , Bloomfield Hills, for Lawrence M. Beck.

Vivek S. Sankaran for Amici Curiae the University of Michigan Law School Child Advocacy Law Clinic.

Suzanne K. Hollyer for Amici Curiae the Michigan Friend of the Court Association.

Kent Weichmann , Ann Arbor , for Amici Curiae the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.


Opinion

YOUNG, J.

The respondent-father in this case had his parental rights terminated pursuant to MCL 712A.19b(3)(c)(i), (g), and (j). The sole issue respondent advanced on appeal is the propriety of the trial court's order requiring respondent to continue paying child support after the termination of his parental rights. Respondent argues that his obligation to pay child support ended as a matter of law when his parental rights were terminated...

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