A hearing for the Oakland County mom who is accused of abandoning her three children for years is expected to happen Thursday afternoon.

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced the charges on Tuesday, alleging 34-year-old Kelli Bryant, of Pontiac, pocketed more than $29,000 in government aid that was meant to help her kids.

Kelli Bryant, 34, is accused of abandoning her three children in a squalid Pontiac townhome. A court order bars Bryant from contacting her children or those now caring for them.

An Oakland County mom who is accused of abandoning her three kids for years appeared in court for a pretrial hearing on Thursday, July 10, 2025. This comes after she was released from jail on bond in ...

A judge reduced Kelli Bryant's bond from $250 million to $50,000 on Friday. Bryant is accused of abandoning her three children in a Pontiac home years ago. The children were found living alone in ...

A photo from inside the Pontiac townhome where three chldren were reportedly living after being abandoned by their mother, Kelli Bryant, in 2020 or 2021. (photo from Oakland County Sheriff's Office) ...

Their mother, Kelli Bryant, 34, allegedly moved out as far back as spring 2020. Mental health experts say the children, now in the care of an unnamed family member, will need years of support but ...

The two instances — one in 2022 and another last summer — happened in the time frame prosecutors allege Kelli Bryant caused "serious mental harm" to her three children by leaving them to live ...

Kelli Bryant, 34, of Pontiac, was charged on Feb. 19, 2025, with three counts of first-degree child abuse for allegedly abandoning her three young children, and forcing them to live in squalor ...

Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said 34-year-old Kelli Bryant violated a no-contact court order when she called the caretaker of her children 10 times between March 9 and March 12 to ...