IN RE JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER HUGHES MINOR
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER
HUGHES, Minor.
DAVID CIAK and LESLIE CIAK,
UNPUBLISHED
December 1, 2000
Petitioners-Appellees,
v
DANIELLE ELIZABETH HUGHES,
No. 224140
Genesee Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 99-014280
Respondent-Appellant.
Before: Smolenski, P.J., and Holbrook, Jr. and Gage, JJ.
MEMORANDUM.
Respondent’s parental rights to the minor child were terminated under § 43 of the
Adoption Code, MCL 710.43; MSA 27.3178(555.43), after she consented to the child’s adoption
by petitioners. Respondent subsequently filed a timely motion for rehearing, alleging that her
consent was given under duress and was involuntary. The trial court denied the motion.
Respondent now appeals as of right, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by denying
her motion for rehearing, and also erred by failing to state the reasons for its decision. We
remand.
The trial court was required to state its reasons for denying respondent’s motion for
rehearing, either in writing or on the record. MCL 710.63; MSA 27.3178(555.63); MCR
5.756(B). The record indicates that the trial court summarily denied respondent’s motion without
explanation. Absent a statement of reasons for the court’s decision, we are unable to review that
decision. Accordingly, while retaining jurisdiction, we remand for the trial court to state the
reasons for its decision in accordance with MCL 710.63; MSA 27.3178(555.63) and MCR
5.756(B).
Remanded. We retain jurisdiction.
/s/ Michael R. Smolenski
/s/ Donald E. Holbrook, Jr.
/s/ Hilda R. Gage
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