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<br /> Volume XV, Issue II Spring 2013<br /> Official Publication of the<br /> State Bar of Michigan Children’s Law Section<br /> State Bar of Michigan Children’s Law Section<br /> Robinjit Kaur Eagleson, Chairperson<br /> Christine P. Piatkowski, Chairperson-elect<br /> Megan E. Mertens, Secretary<br /> John H. McKaig, II, Treasurer<br /> The<br /> Michigan<br /> Child<br /> Welfare<br /> Law<br /> Journal<br /> Table of Contents<br /> Editor’s Note ................................................................................................................................ inside cover<br /> Message from the Chair ............................................................................................................................... 1<br /> The Referees’ Association of Michigan ....................................................................................................... 3<br /> by Shell<a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=1"> Volume XV, Issue II Spring 2013 </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=2"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=3"> Spring 2013 Message from the Chair  “It is </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=4"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=5"> Spring 2013 The Referees’ Association of Michi</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=6"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=7"> Spring 2013 on with this case,” that he wanted </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=8"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=9"> Spring 2013 penalized for failure to participat</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=10"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=11"> Spring 2013 Mason held that mere present</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=12"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=13"> Spring 2013 termination decisions in case</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=14"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=15"> Spring 2013 55 Oregon Department of Human Serv</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=16"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=17"> Spring 2013 Engaging Families in Case Planning</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=18"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=19"> Spring 2013 bers, fictive kin, and other indivi</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=20"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=21"> Spring 2013 Findings in the Child and Family Se</a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=22"> The Michigan Child Welfare Law Journal  </a> <a title="Child Welfare Law Journal May 2013 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/69c43167?page=23"> Spring 2013 developed with families. 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