Judge adopts case-services plan, orders trauma and psychological assessments in Long children matter

A judge in Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court on record in the matter of the Long children adopted a case-services plan, ordered trauma and parenting assessments paid by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and maintained supervised parenting time while allowing modification if service-provider recommendations support it.

The judge said the plan “appears to accurately reflect the services necessary for these two parents to overcome the barriers for purposes of reunification,” and ordered that the plan become part of the court’s disposition order. The judge also ordered a trauma assessment for the older child and parenting assessments, and instructed the agency to document any change in parenting time in subsequent court reports.

The caseworker Fostering Solutions supervisor Leslie Conrad testified that “the children are adjusting well,” adding that the older child has shown emotional distress but is “establishing a routine in her grandparents' home” and is doing well in school. Conrad…