After granting an ex parte PPO, the trial court denied Respondent an opportunity to present evidence in support of his motion to terminate the PPO. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded for further proceedings.

The trial court gave a Georgia custody order proper effect by granting the parties joint legal custody while omitting the order’s tie-breaking authority provision.

The trial court in this custody case did not err in denying the mother’s petition for primary physical and sole legal custody of the parties’ children, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments on December 7, 2011 in a highway defect case this week in Whitmore v Charlevoix County Road Commission.