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 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.

Previously, the Court of Appeals found plain error after the Trial Court held that Respondent-Mother was not entitled to reasonable efforts to reunify her with her children and when it failed to inform Respondent-Mother of her right to appeal the Trial Court’s removal of the children from her care.

The Michigan Supreme Court has remanded the case of In re Holbrook, Minor for a hearing to determine whether the case has become moot.

Hockett, a published and binding opinion from Oct. 2021, concerns whether a trial court had sufficient statutory grounds to exercise jurisdiction over a minor child who has mental health issues.

The MI SCT is set to hear oral arguments on the application to appeal the decision in In re Holbrook, Minor, a case involving statutory grounds for a trial court to take jurisdiction over a minor.

The Michigan Supreme Court has let stand an appeals court decision holding that a grandmother should not have been appointed full guardian of her grandchildren.

A Michigan trial court has been instructed to scrutinize whether a divorce settlement is unenforceable because the mediator in the case did not conduct the domestic violence screening.