CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals

In re Cobb/Jennings Minors

Termination appeal: no-contest plea waiver, incomplete transcripts, and best-interests findings

Decided

The citation

In re Cobb/Jennings Minors, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 22, 2026 (Docket No. 375815), pp 2-3

From the case summary

Four special-needs children were removed from mother in November 2019 over housing, mental-health, support, and physical-abuse concerns. Mother's progress was inconsistent and she repeatedly tested positive for cocaine; father was largely uninvolved with ELC. On DHHS's supplemental petition, mother pleaded no contest to the statutory…

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