Michigan law allows a court to terminate a parent’s rights if, after a trial, it finds that the parent has committed certain acts affecting the child, or failed to perform certain duties to care for the child. These include:

• Abandonment of the child for 91 or more days;
• Sexual abuse of the child;
• Failure to provide support to the child despite having the means to do so;
• Imprisonment for at least two years without the ability to care for the child; or
• Conviction of certain violent criminal offenses.