A trial court properly dismissed defamation and tortious interference claims brought by an attorney who had represented indigent mothers in child-protective proceedings.

A trial court erred by exercising jurisdiction over a juvenile, therefore, the order terminating the respondent-father’s parental rights to the child had to be vacated.

The Michigan SCT vacated a COA decision that terminated an unknown biological father’s parental rights, and remanded the case to the trial court for further determinations.

A civil forfeiture action is an in rem action. Modern day civil asset forfeiture has grown far beyond anything the 16th and 17th century law makers could have imagined.

The COA held that the stipulated order from which the plaintiff appealed did not qualify as a “final order” and, therefore, the Court did not have jurisdiction over the matter.

Because of a failure to disclose a possible personal injury claim in a pending bankruptcy action, the defendants’ motion for summary disposition.

A board-certified cardiologist satisfied the medical-malpractice expert witness requirements, even though the doctor’s specialty was not interventional cardiology.

In Piccione v Gillette, the Court of Appeals relied on McCormick to conclude that a jury must decide whether the boy suffered a “serious impairment of body function”.

A guardianship and conservatorship petition filed by the adult children of a protected individual shouldn’t have been disqualified based on speculation that they were “too young”.

he evidence in a custody action demonstrated that a change in circumstances had occurred and, therefore, the trial court wrongly denied a mother’s motion to modify a custody order.

Attorneys who are retained to provide expert witness testimony are not automatically shielded by the witness immunity doctrine and can be sued for professional malpractice.

Even though a temporary detention order did not include a “contrary to the welfare” finding, as required by law, this did not preclude the plaintiff’s eligibility for Title IV-E foster-care funding.

The No-Fault Act’s one-year-back rule, bars a medical provider’s efforts to collect on a patient-insured’s “balance bill” when the action to collect the balance is untimely filed.

A defendant’s failure to satisfy the plain-error test regarding a trial court’s alleged error doesn’t, by itself, prohibit the defendant from bringing an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

Earnings from the defendant-husband’s medical marijuana grow operation were correctly included in the parties’ marital estate during their divorce proceedings.

A plea agreement reached by a former Michigan senator was contrary to public policy because it prohibited the senator from seeking public office during his five-year probationary period.

A Michigan lawyer was not automatically prohibited by the attorney ethics rules from being named as a beneficiary in a will and trust that he prepared for his client.

A father remained responsible for more than $40,000 in unpaid child support from a 1992 paternity case because the 10-year statute of limitations for enforcing child-support orders.