The trial court’s decision to award a father joint legal custody must be vacated because the ruling was “against the great weight of the evidence”.

The trial court improperly terminated the respondent-mother’s parental rights because DHHS failed to make reasonable efforts to reunify the respondent with her children.

A father’s right to control the custody and care of his child must yield, to the state’s interest in preventing upheaval for the child who had been in care with the same foster family for nearly 2 years.

Sentencing juvenile defendants to life without parole for first-degree murder is “cruel or unusual punishment” in violation of the state Constitution, a divided Michigan Supreme Court has ruled.

The COA reversed and remanded the Trial Court’s ruling that a court-ordered independent medical examination (“IME”) was necessary to look for evidence of sexual assault of a minor.

The trial court properly terminated the respondent-mother’s parental rights because at least one of the statutory termination factors was met.

The trial court in this disputed parentage case properly held that, in light of its finding that the plaintiff had committed fraud on the court.

The trial court’s order removing the minor child from the respondent’s care must be vacated because the respondent was denied her fundamental right to procedural due process.

The trial court improperly dismissed an authorized petition to terminate the respondent’s parental rights because it did not issue a decision on the merits of the case.

An automobile liability policy should not be voided on public policy grounds because the policyholder had a “sufficient” insurable interest, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

A stepparent adoption petition was properly dismissed, because the mother did not have a court order establishing that she had custody of the child.

An administrative law judge violated the petitioners’ due process rights by not letting them present their arguments at a hearing on the denial of a support subsidy for their adopted child.

A trial court properly dismissed defamation and tortious interference claims brought by an attorney who had represented indigent mothers in child-protective proceedings.

A defendant’s failure to satisfy the plain-error test regarding a trial court’s alleged error doesn’t, by itself, prohibit the defendant from bringing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

The COA in Kevin Smith v City of Flint, a for publication opinion, affirms lower court grant of summary disposition on Plaintiff’s claim under the Whistleblowers’ Protection Act

Joy filed for divorce from Robert in 2012 after confirming that Robert had been having an affair with Hansen, during which, Robert gave her over $300K to remodel her East Ellen St. house.