DHHS made reasonable efforts to reunify the respondent-parents with their child despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic

The Michigan COA has cleared two former MSU officials who were charged with lying to investigators in connection with the sexual abuse investigation of former MSU gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.

A trial court wrongly held that the plaintiff’s motion to enforce the parties’ judgment of divorce was untimely and frivolous, and that it did not have the authority to consider the plaintiff’s motion.

An award of grandparenting time requires reversal where the trial judge erroneously decided the grandparenting time issue during the child custody hearing.

A probate court erred by appointing a divorced couple as the co-personal representatives of their deceased daughter’s estate.

The Michigan Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for entry of an order quashing the bind-overs on charges of owning a dangerous animal.

It remanded the case back to the COA for consideration of the plaintiff’s claim that her termination was a violation of public policy.

An employee who was fired after reporting a suspected future violation of law could not bring a retaliatory discharge claim under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act.

The COA upheld a probate court’s order that approved as reasonable and necessary legal fees billed by a law firm that had been retained by a former trustee, even though the fees were partly due to the trustee's negligence.