AYOTTE v. DEPT. OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

No. 339090.

927 N.W.2d 730 (2018)

326 Mich. App. 483

Joseph AYOTTE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided November 27, 2018, 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, B. Eric Restuccia , Chief Legal Counsel, and Brian K. McLaughlin , Assistant Attorney General, for the Department of Health and Human Services.

Allegiant Legal, PC (by Paula A. Aylward ), Marshall, for Joseph Ayotte.

William E. Ladd , Detroit, for Amicus Curiae, the State Bar of Michigan Children's Law Section.

Dorene S. Allen , Midland, Monte J. Burmeister , Grayling, and Susan J. Dobrich for Amicus Curiae, the Michigan Probate Judges Association.

Before: Meter, P.J., and K. F. Kelly and Gleicher, JJ.


Defendant, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, appeals by leave granted an order reversing defendant's determination to cancel the Title IV-E1 foster-care funding of plaintiff, Joseph Ayotte. We conclude that because the temporary detention order issued against plaintiff was not an order...

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