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Posted: Oct 18, 2007, 9:00 AM
In Brinkley v Brinkley, the Court of Appeals rejected appellants' argument that MCL 722.27b(5) unconstitutionally violates grandparents; due process and equal protection rights. The statutory provision grants deference to the decisions of the biological parents by providing that a grandparents' complaint or motion seeking visitation must be dismissed where two fit parents sign an affidavit opposing visitation.
Posted: Oct 11, 2007, 10:00 AM
In People v McNeil, an unpublished per curiam opinion of the Michigan Court of Appeals, decided October 4, 2007, the Court of Appeals found that the trial court had abused its discretion by granting the defendant a downward departure from the sentencing guidelines for reasons that were not substantially compelling.
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