We review the trial court's dispositional rulings for an abuse of discretion and the trial court's factual findings underlying its decision for clear error. In re Velasquez, 344 Mich.App. 118, 127; 998 N.W.2d 898 (2022). "The trial court abuses its discretion when it chooses an outcome outside the range of reasonable and principled outcomes."

"The Immigration and Nationality Act of 1990 'established SIJ status as a path for resident immigrant children to achieve permanent residency in the United States.'" In re Velasquez, 344 Mich.App. 118, 128; 998 N.W.2d 898 (2022) (citation omitted). Both "8 USC 1101(a)(27)(J) and 8 CFR 204.11 (2017) afford 'undocumented children, under the jurisdiction of a juvenile court, the ability to petition for special immigrant juvenile status in order to obtain lawful permanent residence in the United States.'"

The trial court's standard of proof for predicate factual findings for SIJ status is the preponderance-of-the-evidence standard. In re Velasquez, 344 Mich.App. 118, 132-135; 998 N.W.2d 898 (2022).

; In re Velasquez, 344 Mich.App. 118, 142; 998 N.W.2d 898 (2022) (concluding that this Court has the authority to enter its own findings of fact and conclusions of law when the record is sufficient).