400.201 Michigan children’s institute; creation; transfer of records and property from state public school. Sec. 1. That in order the state may more effectively exercise the duty and obligation which it owes to unfortunate children, there is hereby created and established the Michigan children’s institute. Such records, papers, equipment and appurtenances as needed from the […]
400.202 Children’s institute; control by social welfare commission; superintendent, officers and employees. Sec. 2. The said Michigan children’s institute shall be under the control and management of the Michigan social welfare commission, hereinafter referred to as “the commission”, whose appointment and duties are provided in Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, as […]
400.203 Provisions for admission of child under 17 to Michigan children’s institute. Sec. 3. (1) A child under 17 years of age, provision for whose support and education has been made under regulations of the department, may be admitted to the Michigan children’s institute by commitment to the department. All children committed to the Michigan […]
400.204 Michigan children’s institute; commitment order; transportation; expense; communication with child’s attorney. Sec. 4. (1) Within 30 days after an order is made committing a child to the superintendent of the Michigan children’s institute, the court shall send to the superintendent a certified copy of the petition, the order of disposition in the case, and […]
400.205 Committed children; placement in private home, investigation, court order. Sec. 5. In case a child has been committed to said institute, and a person in the same county has been found who is willing to take said child into his home under the same conditions as children placed out on agreement, or for adoption […]
400.206 Committed children; temporary residential facilities. Sec. 6. The commission shall maintain at Ann Arbor and at such other places as may be made available to the commission, temporary residential facilities for the reception of children sent to the institute under sections 3 or 4 of this act, or for their care between placements in […]
400.207 Rules for maintenance, health, instruction, and training of children; liability for cost of child’s care; superintendent as authorized agent; receipt and disposition of donation, grant, or personal property; investments; crediting earnings; expenditures; requisition from trust fund; utilization of county facilities; services of voluntary organization; enforcement of rules; cancellation of agreement; restoration of child to […]
400.208 Committed children; return to home county. Sec. 8. The said commission is authorized to return to the counties from which they were sent, the following classes of children: First, those who have become 16 years of age and who, for any reason, cannot be placed or retained in family homes. Second, those who by […]
400.209 Committed children; adoption, marriage, guardianship, or emancipation; consent by superintendent; authorization to allow child to hunt game; preliminary consent denial review process. Sec. 9. (1) The superintendent of the institute or his or her designee is authorized to consent to the adoption, marriage, guardianship, or emancipation of any child who may have been committed […]
400.210 Committed children; application for removal from institute, procedure; visitation to homes. Sec. 10. Any person desiring to take a child from said institute by agreement or adoption shall apply for that purpose in writing, on such form as said commission shall prescribe, to the superintendent or to the judge of probate of the county […]
400.211 Preservation of records; confidentiality. Sec. 11. The commission shall preserve in said institute all legal and other papers of importance including reports of investigation of parentage, of family conditions of the children committed to said institute, and also a brief history of each child, showing its name, age, county, former residence, occupations, habits and […]
400.212 Repealed. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section conveyed land for use of Michigan children’s village, gave state hospital commission jurisdiction over village, and regulated admissions.
400.213 Construction of act; severing clause. Sec. 13. This bill being remedial in its nature and purposes shall be liberally construed in order to accomplish the beneficial purposes herein sought. Should any clause, paragraph, or section of this bill be declared unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the remainder […]
400.214 Aiding child to escape; penalty. Sec. 14. Any person who shall aid or assist, or entice a child under the control of the said institute to escape from a home in which said child has been placed, or shall aid, entice or assist any such child to leave the state, or shall marry any […]
400.215, 400.216 Repealed. 1955, Act 220, Eff. Oct. 14, 1955. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed sections regulated location of Michigan children’s institute, limited acquisition and construction costs, repealed inconsistent acts, abolished name “state public school”, and saved pending proceedings.
