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Judge suspends parenting time, orders MDHHS subpoena and sets trial dates in Lenawee County juvenile case
Summary
A Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court judge suspended a respondent mother's parenting time after testimony from the guardian ad litem and service providers, ordered a judicial subpoena for MDHHS records, referred the parties to mediation, and scheduled pretrial and jury-trial dates.
A judge in Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court suspended a respondent mother’s parenting time and ordered a judicial subpoena for Michigan Department of Health and Human Services records after a pretrial hearing that included testimony from the guardian ad litem and service providers.
The presiding judge said she found evidence that visits were causing harm and granted the therapeutic-supervised parenting-time coordinator, Renee Moore, authority to guide parenting-time decisions. "I'm suspending parenting time," the judge said after hearing observations from the guardian ad litem and therapists and reviewing prior case history. The court scheduled a follow-up pretrial for December 1 at 3:00 p.m. and set jury-trial dates the judge said would proceed as follows: Mr. Patterson’s jury trial to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2026, and a separate jury trial on Feb. 13, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.
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