Court of Appeals Holds Trial Courts Cannot Impose Additional Preconditions to Filing Motions to Change Custody
The Court of Appeals held that the trial court erred by requiring the parties to undergo psychological evaluations before filing future custody or parenting-time motions, because that requirement conflicts with the statutory framework set forth in MCL 722.27(1)(c).
Mother’s Waiver Correctly Enforced In Later Removal Hearings
The trial court in this child removal case properly accepted the respondent-mother’s waiver of a probable cause hearing and did not err by enforcing that waiver in subsequent proceedings, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.