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SB218 • 2026

Children: parental rights; process to allow the reinstatement of terminated parental rights; create. Amends 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.21 - 712B.41) by adding sec. 21a to ch. XIIA.

Children: parental rights; process to allow the reinstatement of terminated parental rights; create. Amends 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.21 - 712B.41) by adding sec. 21a to ch. XIIA.

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Official Summary Text

Children: parental rights; process to allow the reinstatement of terminated parental rights; create. Amends 1939 PA 288 (MCL 710.21 - 712B.41) by adding sec. 21a to ch. XIIA.