The MI SCT is considering an amendment to MRPC 1.8, seeking to clarify that arbitration provisions in retainer agreements are prohibited unless the client has independent counsel review them.

The probate court had jurisdiction to order the payment of those fees at the end of the proceedings, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court improperly held the plaintiff-mother in civil and criminal contempt, the Michigan COA has ruled, reversing an order that she pay 100 percent of parental reunification costs.

The trial court properly awarded a father sole physical custody of his minor children, because there were legitimate concerns regarding the children’s medical care and parenting-time exchanges.

A trial court properly awarded the plaintiff-attorney more than $78,000 in legal fees for representing herself and her law firm in litigation with a former client.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has declared unconstitutional several portions of 2018 PA 608, the state’s ballot drive law.

The defendant didn’t demonstrate that MCL 769.1k(1)(b)(iii) is unconstitutional on due process or separation of powers grounds.

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.

A trial court’s order authorizing removal of the respondent’s minor child must be vacated, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court properly denied DHHS’ petition to take jurisdiction over the respondent’s child because the statutory grounds for doing so were not established.

The defendants were properly granted summary disposition, because they were governmental employees who were entitled to quasi-judicial immunity.

The trial court properly modified the original custody order in this case to award the plaintiff-mother sole physical custody of the parties’ minor children.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has affirmed the death sentence for two bulldogs that allegedly attacked a horse in Presque Isle County.

A Catholic school’s request to stop the enforcement of a mask mandate is currently in limbo, after a federal district court judge recently denied the school’s plea for a second time.

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.

The Michigan Supreme Court has let stand an appeals court decision holding that a grandmother should not have been appointed full guardian of her grandchildren.