HOUSE BILL No. 5643

 

December 2, 2009, Introduced by Rep. Calley and referred to the Committee on Families and Children's Services.

 

     A bill to amend 1939 PA 288, entitled

 

"Probate code of 1939,"

 

(MCL 710.21 to 712A.32) by adding section 23g to chapter X.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

CHAPTER X

 

     Sec. 23g. In an adoption proceeding under this act, at the

 

time a child is removed from a home from which that child's sibling

 

related by blood has been previously removed, the department shall

 

consider and evaluate placing the child in the same placement as

 

the previously removed sibling.