Appeals Court Enters Order Establishing SIJ Status For Guatemalan Child
The MI COA has ruled, for the first time, that the preponderance of the evidence standard applies in Special Immigrant Juvenile proceedings because the statute is silent on this issue.
Michigan Supreme Court to Decide Whether to Include Non-Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse in Statutory Scheme of Criminal Penalties for Making a False Report
The COA held that the defendant was neither a mandatory reporter of child abuse nor did she make the report of child abuse herself, she was still criminally liable for the false report.
Tennyson "tends to" Clarify Application of Criminal Child Neglect Statute
In People v Tennyson, the MSC held that the possession of drugs and firearms, by itself, was not legally sufficient to support the defendant's conviction under MCL 750.145.