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( H )
The home, school, and community
record of the child.
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Who can provide leadership to attend school?
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Who can provide leadership in extracurricular activity participation?
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Who is actively involved in school conferences, transportation, and
attendance at school events?
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Who can more adequately assist either reducing necessity for other
agency involvement (Juvenile Court, FIA) or if other agency is involved who
can cooperate more fully?
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Who can more adequately assure child's access to friends and peers
useful for the child's development?
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Who can more adequately plan and supervise the child's undertaking of
home responsibilities that are appropriate to the child's age and
circumstances?
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Who takes responsibility for completion of school assignments?
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This information comes directly from the Washtenaw County website which is
"public domain." Except for formatting, no changes have been made to this
material. It is included herein with the specific knowledge of the County
webmaster. Further, as a Washtenaw County Circuit Court writing, this is neither
binding precedent nor governing dictate even on other judges in this specific
county.
Footnote 1: Written by The Honorable Judge John N. Kirkendall, Family Division, Washtenaw
County Trial Court, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The author gratefully acknowledges
contributions from the following lawyers and judges: Craig S. Ross, Esq.,
Washtenaw County Friend of the Court's Office; Norman N. Robbins, Esq., domestic
relations practitioner, author and lecturer; Hon. Bruce A. Newman, Genesee
County Probate Judge; Hon. Joan E. Young, Oakland County Circuit Judge; and
Monika H. Sacks, domestic relations practitioner, author and lecturer. They have
reviewed the chart and suggested additions and improvements. I thank Stuart D.
Lurie, law clerk, who has helped revise the chart since its first publication.
Errors are mine. The chart should be viewed as "evolving", not "finished."
Therefore, the reader's suggestions and comments will be helpful.
Footnote 14: In cases where the courts have found the
children too young to express a preference, the court may also determine
that the children are too young to have established a home, community,
and school record. Therefore, in very young children, this may turn out
not to be a relevant factor.
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