in Re churchill/belinski Minors ( 2019 )

Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan March 20, 2019 Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice 157991 & (96) David F. Viviano, Chief Justice Pro Tem Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra In re CHURCHILL/BELINSKI, Minors. SC: 157991 Richard H. Bernstein COA: 337790 Elizabeth T. Clement Clare CC Family Div: Megan K. Cavanagh, Justices 16-000046-NA _________________________________________/ By order of November 16, 2018, this Court directed the Clerk to schedule oral argument on the application relating to the minor child, OTC. This Court also reversed the March 15, 2018 Court of Appeals judgment in part and vacated the Clare Circuit Court’s February 17, 2017 order of adjudication and March 15, 2017 order of disposition as they pertained to the minor children SLB and JWC. In lieu of oral argument on the application, the parties have now filed a joint motion to vacate the circuit court’s orders of adjudication and disposition and the Court of Appeals judgment as to the minor child, OTC, and to remand this case to the circuit court with instructions to dismiss without prejudice the petition against the respondent as to all three children. On order of the Court, the motion is GRANTED. We VACATE those parts of the March 15, 2018 Court of Appeals judgment and the Clare Circuit Court’s orders of adjudication and disposition pertaining to the minor child, OTC, and we REMAND this case to the Clare Circuit Court, which shall dismiss without prejudice the petition against the respondent as to all three children. The application for leave to appeal as it pertains to the minor child, OTC, is DISMISSED with prejudice and without costs. We do not retain jurisdiction. 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 20, 2019 t0313 Clerk