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Judge keeps parenting time suspended for Lenawee County mother pending therapeutic visits
Summary
In a review and permanency-planning hearing, the Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court kept reunification as the goal for mother Kirsten Miller but ordered parenting time suspended until a therapeutic supervisor evaluates the case; the court set the next review for June 2 and consolidated the father’s review for April 15.
A judge in Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court reviewed the case of mother Kirsten Miller and her three children and continued reunification as the goal but kept parenting time suspended until a qualified therapeutic supervisor reviews the trauma assessments and parenting-time recommendations.
The court said the children have shown improvement in foster care and that reinstating visits now could reverse recent gains. “I am not inclined to allow the parent time to continue at this juncture,” the judge said, noting trauma-assessment findings and supervisors’ observations about the oldest child’s behavior after visits.
The hearing focused on trauma assessments, parenting-time recommendations and the services Miller has engaged in since the children were removed from her care on Nov. 21, 2024. Nicole Underwood, the guardian ad litem for the children, told the court: “At this time, we are asking the court to continue, with the, goal of reunification.”…
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