Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
May 28, 2010 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
140842 & (51) Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
_________________________________________ Diane M. Hathaway,
Justices
In re LENA ANNE BECK and AVERY JOEL
BECK, Minors.
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DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
Petitioner-Appellee,
v SC: 140842
COA: 293138
Oakland CC Family Division:
07-733751-NA
LAWRENCE MICHAEL BECK,
Respondent-Appellant.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the March 4, 2010
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
address whether a parent whose rights to his children have been involuntarily terminated
in a child protective proceeding under the Juvenile Code can nonetheless be ordered to
pay child support for those children.
The motion for leave to file brief amicus curiae is GRANTED. The Children’s
Law Section and Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan and the Friend of the
Court Association are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups
interested in the determination of the issue presented in this case may move the Court for
permission to file briefs amicus curiae.
I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
May 28, 2010 _________________________________________
s0525 Clerk