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Date Created: 2023-09-22 05:05:48.525924+00
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                          STATE OF MICHIGAN

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                                                                   UNPUBLISHED
In re McDAID, Minors.                                              September 21, 2023

                                                                   No. 364341
                                                                   St. Joseph Circuit Court
                                                                   Family Division
                                                                   LC No. 2022-000950-NA

Before: SWARTZLE, P.J., and O’BRIEN and FEENEY, JJ.

FEENEY, J. (concurring)

        I concur in the result but write separately to provide guidance on remand. Given the
testimony gleaned at the original preliminary hearing, an emergency removal hearing would be
appropriate on remand to protect HM and ZM from a substantial risk of harm to their life, physical
health or mental well-being. See In re Williams, 333 Mich App 172, 185; 958 NW2d 629 (2020),
MCR 3.965(C)(2), and MCL 712A.13a(9); see also Fletcher v Fletcher, 447 Mich 871, 889; 526
NW2d 889 (1994). Indeed, this Court’s reversal does not indicate that respondent is able to safely
care for ZM, a medically fragile child, and HM, a child whose developmental delays are best
served through Early On participation. Rather, the trial court failed to make the required factual
findings supporting the factors in MCR 3.965(C)(2) and MCL 712A.13a(9) regarding each child
after addressing and encouraging respondent at the preliminary hearing, and merely checking
boxes on a SCAO form is insufficient to permit appellate review.

                                                            /s/ Kathleen A. Feeney

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