The trial court did not abuse its discretion by appointing the paternal aunt as the juvenile guardian of the respondent-father’s children.

The trial court in this divorce action should not have denied the defendant’s request for attorney fees without conducting a hearing and allowing the defendant to support her request for fees.

The trial court also held the defendant’s former legal counsel, the law firm of Neda, Camaj & Fakhouri, PC, jointly and severally liable for the fees. The law firm appealed the ruling.

A trial court did not violate a father’s due process rights and properly terminated his parental rights because the father validly waived his participation in the best-interest hearing.

An ex-wife must repay Ford Motor Company more than $243,000 that she mistakenly received as part of her ex-husband’s retirement benefits in her divorce.

In this no-fault insurance case, the trial court properly denied the defendant-insurer’s motions for summary disposition.

In Sullivan v Sullivan, pursuant to a prior remand order, awarded the defendant ex-wife half the value of the parties’ stock, as well as spousal support and attorney fees.

A Bingham Farms attorney was properly held in criminal contempt for taping trial court proceedings without first obtaining the judge’s permission.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has upheld a probate court order granting a paternal grandparent’s petition to be named guardian of her son’s two minor children.

The trial court properly assumed jurisdiction over the respondents’ children and placed them in foster care because a preponderance of the evidence demonstrated educational neglect.

In this child-support modification case, the trial court erroneously imputed potential overtime income to the father based on overtime work that he had declined.

In this parenting-time dispute, the trial court improperly 1) treated the guardian ad litem (GAL) as a lawyer-guardian ad litem (LGAL) and 2) denied the parties’ right to question the GAL at a hearing.

The Court of Appeals reversed, finding the trial court committed clear legal error when examining MCL 722.23 and applying best-interest factors (f), (g), (i) and (k)

A discharged employee’s age discrimination claim was improperly dismissed because there was direct evidence of discriminatory animus in statements allegedly made during the employee’s firing.

The trial court should not have denied the defendant’s motion to set aside the parties’ divorce judgment based on alleged fraud.

The plaintiff, Elizabeth Silverman, filed a breach of contract suit against the defendant, Lawrence Korn, because he refused to pay for legal work that she had performed in his divorce case.

A mother’s parental rights were properly terminated in this stepparent adoption case because the termination was supported by clear and convincing evidence.

Ledura Watkins was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1976. A Detroit jury found him guilty based on a single piece of evidence: a strand of hair allegedly found on the victim’s pants.