Custody, Parenting-Time Case Remanded Yet Again For Various Errors
This custody and parenting-time case must be remanded because the trial court once again committed various errors in making its decisions.
PPO Properly Terminated After Plaintiff Did Not Show At Zoom Court Hearing
The trial court properly granted the defendant’s motion to terminate a personal protection order issued against him.
Charging Lien For Legal Fees Not Enforced In Divorce Case
The trial court in this high-asset divorce action properly declined to enforce the charging liens that had been filed by the plaintiff’s attorneys.
Trial Court Erred By Denying Partial Summary Disposition Under No-Fault Act Amendments
The trial court erred in failing to grant partial summary disposition on the issue of the 2019 amendments to the No-Fault Act, the Court of Appeals reversed.
Trial Court Did Not Correct ‘Clerical Error’ When Issuing Amended Order
The trial court’s amended order didn’t correct the clerical error under MCR 2.612(A)(1) because the correction “substantially changed” the initial order.
Michigan Appeals Court Split On Termination Of Mom’s Parental Rights
Clear and convincing evidence existed to terminate the mother’s parental rights in this case and doing so was in the child’s best interest.
Trial Court Erred in Granting the Respondent a Directed Verdict During a Child Protective Proceeding Bench Trial
The trial court erred in granting the respondent a directed verdict during a child protective proceeding bench trial because the court rules limit directed verdicts to jury trials
Appeals Court: Plaintiff’s Legal Malpractice Claim Was Wrongly Dismissed
The trial court improperly interpreted the terms of the parties’ agreement and, as a result, the plaintiff’s malpractice suit was improperly dismissed, the Michigan COA has ruled.
Order Not Appealable ‘By Right’ Is Instead Treated As ‘Application’ To Appeal
The order from which the respondent appealed in this termination of parental rights case was not a “final order” pursuant to the court rules, a Michigan Court of Appeals majority has decided.
Trial Court Erred By Not Stating ‘Specific Reasons’ For Denying PPO
Trial court didn’t comply with the statutory requirements for denying an ex parte PPO by “merely concluding” that the allegations were “insufficient” for relief, the Michigan COA has ruled.
Justices To Examine Whether COA Correctly Decided In re Hockett, Minor
Hockett, a published and binding opinion from Oct. 2021, concerns whether a trial court had sufficient statutory grounds to exercise jurisdiction over a minor child who has mental health issues.
Appeals Court: No Appointed Counsel For Mom In Custody Case
The Michigan Court of Appeals has denied a mother’s request for appointed counsel in her child-custody case.
Appeals Court: Non-Resident May Seek Parental Consent Waiver To Abortion In Michigan
A trial court improperly held that it did not have jurisdiction over a petition for a waiver of parental consent to an abortion, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled in a published order.
Law Firm’s Deposit Of Two-Party Insurance Checks Is “Conversion”
A Grosse Pointe law firm engaged in statutory conversion by depositing two-party checks into its Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (IOLTA).
Defendant’s Properly Convicted Of Violating PPO, Constitutional Claims Tossed
There was sufficient evidence to uphold the defendant’s convictions for violating a personal protection order (PPO) that had been issued against him.
Supreme Court Reversed and Remanded a Court of Appeals’ Judgment, Affirming Termination of Parental Rights
The Supreme Court determined that reasonable efforts had not been made by the Department, as no service plan had been created to attempt to reunify the children with their mother.