2007 Senate Bill 543

Revise child ward of the state appeals

Introduced in the Senate

May 25, 2007

Introduced by Sen. Jim Barcia (D-31)

To establish that an appeal by an attorney of a ruling by the superintendent of the Michigan Children's Institute (the entity that is the statutory legal guardian for such children) on behalf of a child who is a ward of the state (because parental rights have been terminated) must proceed in the same manner as a “contested case” under the state Administrative Procedures Act.

Referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services