Vodvarka Threshold Not Met: Trial Court Correctly Denied Father’s Request To Modify Custody Order
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.
MSC Justice Explains How Trial Court “Clearly Did Not Comply” With Child Custody Act
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.