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3 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 72 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from In Re Mason.

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1 In Re Mason Anchor
mich · 2010
green “the mere present inability to personally care for one's children as a result of incarceration does not constitute grounds for termination.” 38
2 In Re Mason
mich · 2010
green “the state is not relieved of its duties to engage an absent parent merely because that parent is incarcerated.” 31
3 In re Pops
michctapp · 2016
green “when an incarcerated parent requests placement of his or her children with a relative, as long as the children are provided adequate care, state interference with such decisions is not warranted.” 3

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