The Michigan Supreme Court decided the trial court wrongly held that expert testimony on shaken baby syndrome (SBS) was inadmissible under the rules of evidence and, as a result, the defendant is entitled to a new trial.

The Michigan COA ruled, in this custody case, the trial court correctly invalidated the "domicile provision" in the parties' consent judgment of divorce and found that the best interests of the children must be considered before letting the defendant move out-of-state.

The Trial Court did not err when it granted the Appellee’s petition to be sole guardian of the ward in question, AMMB, despite the Appellant’s multiple challenges to the order in question.

The trial court in this equitable-parent doctrine case correctly ruled the plaintiff did not establish, by a preponderance of the evidence, that she and the defendant would have married but for the then-existing ban on same-sex marriage, the Michigan COA decided.

In Neilson v Board of State Canvassers, the Michigan Court of Appeals held that the plaintiff was not entitled to a writ of mandamus compelling the Board of State Canvassers to certify her as a judicial candidate on the election ballot.

Kent County Circuit Court candidate Jennifer Johnsen was wrongly kept off the Michigan primary ballot by the Board of State Canvassers, according to the Michigan Court of Claims.

The trial court properly extended – on its own motion – the duration of a personal protection order (PPO) after finding the respondent guilty of criminal contempt for violating the PPO, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.

The trial court erred in awarding Petitioner attorney fees associated with Respondent’s PPO violation. The Court of Appeals reversed and remanded.

The COA reversed and remanded a trial court order that terminated mother's parental rights due to two-year child support order compliance period. The COA also affirmed the trial court’s determination that the petitioners had proven MCL 712A.19(3)(f)(ii) by clear and convincing evidence.

The trial court did not err in determining the terms of the settlement agreement as unambiguous and not breached, leading to the Court of Appeals to affirm the decision.

An individual may be “temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment” when a court determines that he or she poses “a credible threat to the physical safety of another.”

The father in this termination of parental rights case did not have standing to claim that his child’s attorney provided ineffective assistance of counsel.

A child may be returned temporarily to a third country as an “ameliorative measure” if returning the child to his “habitual residence” would pose a “grave risk” of harm.

This custody and parenting-time case must be remanded because the trial court once again committed various errors in making its decisions.

The statutory grounds for jurisdiction were reviewed and were determined that they met by a preponderance of the evidence and the trial court’s decision was affirmed.

The trial court properly granted the defendant’s motion to terminate a personal protection order issued against him.

The trial court erred by not conducting an analysis of the parent’s “ability to support” when determining whether such support was “substantial.”

The trial court in this high-asset divorce action properly declined to enforce the charging liens that had been filed by the plaintiff’s attorneys.