IN RE BALTODANO MINORS

Court of Appeals, State of Michigan
ORDER
IN RE BALTODANO MINORS
Docket No. 378683
LC No. 2025-000625-NA
Anica Letica
Presiding Judge
Michelle M. Rick
Kristina Robinson Garrett
Judges
For the reasons stated in the opinion issued with this order, we REMAND this case for
further proceedings. We retain jurisdiction. After the remand proceedings conclude, we will review the
decisions that the trial court made during those proceedings and consider any remaining issues in this
appeal. Any challenges to the trial court’s decisions on remand must be raised in this appeal. Therefore,
the parties and the trial court must not initiate a new appeal from an order entered on remand within the
scope of this appeal. The Clerk of the Court is directed to reject the initiation of a new appeal from such
an order.
Appellant must initiate the proceedings on remand within 28 days of the Clerk’s
certification of this order, and the trial court must prioritize this matter until the proceedings are concluded.
As stated in the accompanying opinion, we vacate the trial court’s best-interests determination and remand
solely for the trial court to address the children’s best interests in light of their placement with a relative.
The proceedings on remand are limited to this issue.
The parties must serve copies of their filings in the trial court on this Court. Appellant
must file with this Court copies of all orders entered on remand within seven days of entry.
Appellant must ensure the transcript of all proceedings on remand is filed in the trial court
and this Court within 21 days after completion of the proceedings.
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Presiding Judge
September 10, 2026

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