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- Title: Matter Christina Marie Colon and Fran
- Author : Court of Appeals of Michigan
- Release Date : January 19, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 67 KB
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Respondent appeals as of right from a probate court order terminating his parental rights pursuant to the Michigan Adoption Code, MCL 710.51(6); MSA 27.3178(555.51)(6). Respondent raises questions concerning statutory construction and his right to a jury trial at the adoption proceeding. We affirm. On May 12, 1982, petitioner Mary Lou Rodriguez petitioned to have the parental rights of respondent/natural father terminated so that the stepfather, Jony Rodriguez, could adopt respondent's two children. Petitioner had been granted legal custody of the children, Christina, born July 17, 1976, and Fran, III, born October 6, 1977, in a divorce judgment entered April 27, 1979. Subsequently, Mr. Rodriguez had filed a petition under the Adoption Code to adopt the children. Mary Lou Rodriguez's petition for termination of parental rights alleged that respondent had failed to provide regular and substantial support for four years, and had substantially failed to visit, contact, or communicate with the children for three years.