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Juvenile court orders change to adoption goal, suspends father’s parenting time in Hamblin case
Summary
Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court granted the department’s request to change the permanency goal to adoption, suspended Dakota Hamblin’s parenting time and left the child in licensed foster care after testimony about ongoing domestic violence and limited parental engagement.
Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court on May 19 granted the Department of Health and Human Services’ request to change the permanency goal for a nearly 6‑month‑old child to adoption and suspended the father’s parenting time, the judge said at a review hearing.
The court said the child will remain in a licensed foster home where he has lived since birth. The judge also continued supervised parenting time for the child’s mother while the department pursues a termination petition and set a combined review and potential termination hearing for May 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Court reports and testimony by the department’s caseworker documented repeated domestic‑violence incidents involving the parents, limited engagement by the father and mixed progress by the mother. The caseworker testified that the department had received screenshots showing post‑hearing contact between the parents after an earlier assertion there would be no contact, and said the father was arrested…
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