PONTIAC, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – The Oakland County mother accused of abandoning and neglecting her children for years and forcing them to live in filth and squalor had her bond lowered.

Judge Cynthia Walker lowered the bond for 34-year-old Kelli Marie Bryant from $250 million to $50,000 cash. Judge Rhonda Fowlkes set the initial bail. Bryant remains in jail.

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Bryant faces three counts of first-degree child abuse after officials discovered Bryant’s three children, ages 15, 13, and 12, living in a townhome filled with feces and trash last month.  Bryant allegedly abandoned the children four or five years ago and sporadically dropped off food for them.

The children have been placed with relatives and are under the supervision of Michigan Child Protective Services.