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Court terminates parental rights of Carla Collier, cites prolonged abandonment and safety risks
Summary
After a final review on Nov. 17, 2025, Judge Brown found clear and convincing evidence that Carla Collier abandoned her daughter and posed ongoing risks; the court terminated Collier’s parental rights and committed the child to the Department of Health and Human Services for adoption.
Judge Brown of the Lenawee County Probate & Juvenile Court on Nov. 17 ordered the termination of Carla Collier’s parental rights to her daughter, finding the child’s prolonged absence from the mother’s care, persistent safety concerns and insufficient remedial progress supported the change to an adoption goal.
The department of health and human services argued that after more than 25 months of involvement and multiple review hearings, the child has waited “a significant amount of time to achieve permanency,” and that active efforts and services had not produced the changes necessary to safely return her home. "The child has waited a significant amount of time to achieve permanency and finality," Sasha Thomas, counsel for the department, said in closing.
The court’s opinion summarized the record dating to the emergency removal on Sept. 1, 2023, and recounted repeated patterns the judge attributed to the respondent: transience and homelessness across multiple states,…
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