A settlement agreement signed by the parties in this divorce action was valid and enforceable, even though the mediator did not conduct any domestic violence screening.

A plaintiff’s request for attorney fees was properly denied by the trial court because, by neglecting the issue for nearly two years, the plaintiff did not pursue the fees within a “reasonable time”.

A 14-year-old’s petition to change his surname was properly granted by the trial court even though the statutory requirements for a name change were not met.

A trial court must examine whether terminating a mother’s parental rights was in the best interests of each child – including whether a guardianship with the maternal grandmother is appropriate.

After DNA testing showed the plaintiff was the biological father of the unmarried parties’ minor child, the trial court properly awarded the plaintiff joint legal custody of and parenting time with the child.

A trial court abused its discretion by not articulating a reason for awarding only a portion of the attorney fees that appointed appellate counsel had requested.

In this child protective proceeding, the trial court wrongly held there was insufficient evidence to exercise jurisdiction over the respondent-father’s children.

In this divorce action, the trial court’s order denying the ex-husband’s motion for a new trial must be vacated and the case remanded.

An ex-husband who was ordered to pay spousal support could not have the support terminated after the ex-wife entered into a “commitment ceremony” with another man.

The trial court did not make any of the required valuation findings and, therefore, it could not be determined whether the trial court equitably divided the marital estate.

In this divorce action, the Michigan Court of Appeals ruled the trial court erred in its award of spousal support and attorney fees to the plaintiff ex-wife.

Adoption appeals frequently involve situations that require immediate action by the courts, which means emergency motions must be filed.

The father in Blakeman was being kept out of his home and away from his four children pursuant to an Ingham County trial court order, which was contrary to the recommendations of CPS.

In Brenner, the appeal by right deadline had been missed, leaving an application for leave to appeal as the only option for appellate review.

A Michigan trial court granted the defendant-mother’s motion to change custody after the plaintiff-father had been permitted to relocate with the child to North Dakota.

A trial court correctly denied a father’s request to 1) change the parenting time schedule and 2) remove a right-of-first-refusal provision from the parties’ divorce judgment.

The trial court didn’t err when it modified the mother’s parenting time, found that a change in circumstances had occurred and that a change in custody was in the child’s best interests.

An award of grandparenting time requires reversal where the trial judge erroneously decided the grandparenting time issue during the child custody hearing.