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).
Appeals Court: Divorce Complaint Is Custody Petition Under Safe Delivery Law
The petitioner’s parental rights as a non-surrendering parent under the Safe Delivery of Newborns Law because the petitioner’s divorce complaint constituted a timely petition for custody.
In re Miller Minors
The Michigan Court of Appeals issued the very first decision (published or unpublished) under the Safe Delivery of Newborn Law (SDNL), which has existed since 2000.