Opinion
367714
10-29-2024
IN RE L J LOMBARD MINOR
LC No. 2022-001595-NA
Allie Greenleaf Maldonado Presiding Judge Sima G. Patel Noah P. Hood Judges
ORDER
This Court's opinion and order, entered on May 30, 2024, vacated the trial court's order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights, and remanded, while retaining jurisdiction, for further proceedings. Specifically, the trial court was ordered to reconsider the propriety of a guardianship in the context of its best-interests analysis. On remand, the trial court considered testimony from the Department of Health and Human Services and the minor's grandfather, the minor's need for stability and diagnoses, and respondent-mother's lack of engagement and bond with the minor, concluding guardianship was not in the minor's best interests. Because the remand proceedings have rendered moot any remaining appellate issues, we AFFIRM the trial court's order terminating respondent-mother's parental rights. MCR 7.211(C)(2); MCR 7.216(A)(7). We do not retain jurisdiction.