IN RE CALHOUN/CALHOUN-THORNTON MINORS
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STATE OF MICHIGAN
COURT OF APPEALS
In the Matter of JAYWAN CALHOUN and JOY
CALHOUN-THORNTON, Minors.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES,
UNPUBLISHED
June 2, 2009
Petitioner-Appellee,
v
No. 288409
Wayne Circuit Court
Family Division
LC No. 91-292406-NA
ALICE DISOLETTA CALHOUN,
Respondent-Appellant,
and
JONATHAN MAURICE THORNTON,
Respondent.
Before: Sawyer, P.J., and Murray and Stephens, JJ
STEPHENS, J. (concurring).
I concur with the holding in this case, but not the implication that holding a separate best
interest hearing is not the presumptive method for affording an opportunity to present evidence
on best interest issues. In re AMAC, 269 Mich App 533, 538; 711 NW2d 426 (2006). In this
case, the record below does not establish that the attorney for respondent asked for, and was
denied, a separate hearing on best interests or objected to the immediate disposition. Moreover,
the appellate brief failed to articulate any evidence that would have been proffered at a best
interest hearing that might have led to a different result.
/s/ Cynthia Diane Stephens
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