Judge keeps child in foster care; police report admitted, Jan. 12 reviews scheduled

A judge of the Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court ordered that the child remain in foster care, admitted a police report into evidence and set follow-up review and permanency-planning hearings for Jan. 12, 2026, court participants said.

The decision came after the court received a written court report and case service plans and heard testimony about both parents’ engagement with services, the mother’s unstable housing, a pending Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) request for placement with guardians in Pennsylvania, and possible additional criminal charges involving the father.

Macy Moore, a foster care worker with Catholic Charities, told the court she had recent contact with the legal father, Christopher Cundiff, and that he “confirmed his parenting time for this afternoon” and had provided identification, registration and insurance. Moore said the father remained on the waiting list for the Orchards foster-care supportive-visitation program and that the agency had placed him on a schedule of supervised parenting time and referrals to parenting classes and other services.

Moore reported several updates about the mother: she has begun…