A trial court’s postjudgment order awarding attorney fees under MCR 3.206 for the defendant’s alleged noncompliance with an order in her divorce case “constitutes a form of compensatory civil contempt” and “is not a final order appealable of right,” the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled, dismissing the defendant’s appeal.

A healthcare provider that treats an injured person for an accidental bodily injury is not entitled to recover no-fault personal protection insurance (PIP) benefits under MCL 500.3112 when the injured person is an "owner" of an uninsured motor vehicle under MCL 500.3101(3)(l)(i) and therefore ineligible to receive PIP benefits under MCL 500.3113(b).

The trial court in this step-parent adoption case correctly held that the statutory requirements were established for terminating the respondent-father’s parental rights, thereby allowing the petitioners’ adoption petition to proceed, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

A claim under the Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act (PWDCRA) constitutes a "claim for personal injuries" under MCL 600.6431(4) of the Court of Claims Act (COCA), triggering a six-month notice requirement rather than the one-year general notice requirement of MCL 600.6431(1).

MCL 600.5852, the wrongful-death saving provision that gives a personal representative extra time to file suit after the general period of limitations has run, itself creates a limitations period and is therefore subject to the tolling mechanism of MCL 600.5856(c) during the 182-day medical-malpractice notice period.

The trial court properly denied the plaintiff-father’s request for joint legal custody because his allegations did not meet the threshold requirement established by Vodvarka v Grasmeyer to allow further inquiry into whether the prior custody order should be modified.

A custody order does not determine a child’s domicile for purposes of the no-fault act. As the domicile rule set forth in Grange Ins Co of Mich v Lawrence, 494 Mich 475 (2013) requires courts to treat child custody orders as dispositive of the question of domicile, Grange is overruled.

A unanimous Michigan Supreme Court has ruled in People v Shaver that its 2021 decision in People v Betts applies retroactively, thereby giving certain convicted sex offenders the opportunity to have their adjudications reviewed.

The trial court erred when making its decision upon a mistaken belief that, under the undisputed factual circumstances, it lacked discretion to empanel a jury. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded their decision for proceedings consistent with their opinion that a trial court retains discretion to empanel a jury even when parties fail to properly preserve their constitutional right to a jury trial.

The Trial Court clearly erred by finding the conditions for removal as to respondent-father were satisfied under MCL 712A.13a(9) and MCR 3.965(C)(2).

The Michigan Supreme Court will not hear the case of two law professors who sued Michigan State University, claiming the school breached their employment contracts and fraudulently concealed a transfer agreement it had negotiated with the Detroit College of Law.

This appeal arose from a probate dispute among siblings over administration of a family trust, filed as a civil action rather than as a probate proceeding initiated by petition. The COA held that this filing error was procedural, not jurisdictional, and did not deprive the probate court of subject-matter jurisdiction or deny the defendant-trustee due process.

In this premises liability action arising from a slip-and-fall on ice in a condominium parking lot, the Court of Appeals held, as a matter of first impression, that a short-term rental (Airbnb) guest of a condominium unit owner is an invitee—not a licensee—of the condominium association while using common elements that the association maintains.

In this case involving custody, parenting time and civil contempt, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled that it did not have jurisdiction over the father’s appeal from his civil contempt proceedings, and also held the trial court properly denied the father’s motion to reinstate joint legal custody and modify parenting time.

As the sole member of the limited-liability company that held title to the tractor, plaintiff had the exclusive, unsupervised right to use, maintain, and make all decisions regarding the vehicle for more than 30 days, which comported with ownership, regardless of the fact that title was held by his single-member LLC.

The Court of Appeals affirmed the Trial Court’s order, holding that MCR 2.612 applies in adoption proceedings. Further, the Trial Court properly vacated its order terminating respondent-father’s parental rights under MCR 2.612(C)(1)(a) because the court made a material mistake of fact when it entered the original termination order.

The Michigan Supreme Court recently denied leave to appeal in a parenting-time case – with one justice issuing her own concurrence, explaining how the trial court “failed to comply” with the Child Custody Act.

The Supreme Court of the United States held that when a tax foreclosure auction is conducted fairly, the proper baseline for measuring just compensation after a tax sale is the auction sale price, not the property’s hypothetical fair market value. The Court vacated the lower court’s decision and remanded for further proceedings consistent with its opinion.