Court adopts case service plan, keeps reunification goal in Lenawee County juvenile hearing

At a hearing in Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court, the court adopted the department's proposed case service plan and left reunification as the permanency goal for a young child now placed with grandparents on both sides.

The caseworker, Brandy Delagarza, a foster care worker with Fostering Solutions, told the court the department's permanency goal for the child is "reunification," and described barriers including the mother's recent location after an earlier period when she could not be found, ongoing substance‑use concerns, pending criminal matters and the need for housing, income and a psychological evaluation. The court accepted the caseworker's report and attachments into the record and incorporated the case service plan into today's order as the measure for future review.

The caseworker said the…