A guardian of an incapacitated individual must execute a power of attorney to delegate to employees the authority to make final decision to exercise a guardianship “power”.

Petitioner was deprived of meaningful discovery related to a hearing where she was to establish that the decision to withhold consent for adoption was arbitrary and capricious.

Trial Court was correct in stating that respondent-father lacked standing to challenge the effectiveness of the child’s lawyer-guardian ad litem.

Trial court relied on an outdated statutory definition of “relative” when deciding to terminate a mother’s parental rights.

The probate court acted properly and plaintiff did not establish that he was entitled to appellate relief, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

Trial court properly denied the plaintiff-mother’s objections to the FOC referee’s recommendation that sole legal and physical custody be awarded to the defendant-father.

The MI Supreme Court has ordered the Ingham County Circuit Court to appoint appellate counsel for the respondents in a termination of parental rights case.

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’s decision to deny the plaintiffs’ adoption petitions must be vacated and the case remanded because the trial court made several errors during discovery.

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.

The defendant is entitled to relief, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled, because the trial court erred in several respects.

Trial Court’s order for termination of parental rights vacated and remanded due to failure to serve Respondent and failure to offer new hearing.

The trial court wrongly held that the statutory grounds for jurisdiction over the child were established by a preponderance of the evidence.

Trial court did not err by granting the husband summary disposition because there was no indication of intent to defraud the wife of her marital rights.

Based on a father’s non-compliance with medical recommendations to treat the child’s gender dysmorphia and suicidal ideation, the COA found there was proper cause to reconsider custody.

COA vacated order awarding Father sole legal custody based on a failure to consider the minor child’s preference.