Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
March 26, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Mary Beth Kelly
151039 Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
Richard H. Bernstein,
Justices
In re N. S. A. McCARTHY, Minor. SC: 151039
COA: 318855
Oakland CC Family Division:
07-739244-NA
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 15, 2015
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral
argument, for the morning session on May 5, 2015, on whether to grant the application or
take other action. MCR 7.302(H)(1). The parties and the lawyer-guardian ad litem
(LGAL) shall file briefs no later than April 17, 2015, addressing whether termination of
parental rights was in the best interests of the child. In particular, the parties and the
LGAL shall address the effect given to the child’s age, her expressed desire for her
mother to retain parental rights, and the LGAL’s concurrence that parental rights should
not be terminated. See MCL 722.23(i). The parties should not submit mere restatements
of their application papers.
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
March 26, 2015
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Clerk