Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

January 6, 2012 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway 143673(72) Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra, Justices ___________________________________ In re J.L. GORDON, Minor. ___________________________________ DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Petitioner-Appellee, SC: 143673 v COA: 301592 Oakland CC Family Division: COURTNEY HINKLE, 2008-746988-NA Respondent-Appellant. ____________________________________

On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by Michigan Indian Legal Services, Inc. and the American Indian Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan for leave to file a brief amicus curiae is considered and it is granted.

I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court. January 6, 2012 _________________________________________ Clerk