Father’s Parental Rights Terminated After He Deserted the Child and Did Not Seek Custody During 91-Day Period
Trial Court was correct in stating that respondent-father lacked standing to challenge the effectiveness of the child’s lawyer-guardian ad litem.
Court of Appeals Clarifies that the Safe Delivery of Newborns Law Provides a Mechanism to Establish Legal Parenthood
The trial court correctly determined that a nonsurrendering parent who establishes a 99.99% probability of paternity and obtains summary disposition on the issue of paternity is a legal parent under the Safe Delivery of Newborns Law (SDNL).
Trial Court erred When it Compelled DNA Sample to Establish Paternity
The Trial Court erred when it compelled Appellant to provide a DNA sample to establish that Appellee was the biological son of decedent.
Getting Away With Murder
In a travesty of justice, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled on July 25 that the discovery rule is no longer applicable to wrongful death actions--even if it was impossible to bring the suit within three years of the death.