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Posted: Nov 30, 2016, 9:55 AM
A divided en banc Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed and remanded a district court’s order dismissing a Second Amendment challenge to the Federal ban on gun ownership by “anyone who has been adjudicated as a mental defective or who has been committed to a mental institution.”
Posted: Nov 21, 2016, 1:30 PM
The Court of Appeals recently reversed a trial court’s decision terminating parental rights based on the lack of jurisdiction and inadmissible evidence during the child protective proceedings. In Re Jones, unpublished per curiam, issued November 8, 2016 (Docket 332616).
Posted: Nov 10, 2016, 12:10 PM
While parenting time between the preliminary hearing and adjudication and after the termination petition is filed are controlled by court rules (MCR 3.965(C)(7)(a); MCR 3.977(D) ) and statutes (MCL 712A.13a(13) ; MCL712A.19b(4)), visitation after adjudication is controlled by the court.
Posted: Nov 7, 2016, 3:10 PM
Bail bond agencies act as surety for bonds for compensation in criminal cases in Michigan. Without them, our jails would be more over-crowded. The agencies can, however, seek return of funds under two statutes, MCL 765.28 and MCL 600.4835. The Michigan Court of Appeals clarified the relationship of the two in Calvert Bail Bond Agency, LLC v County of St. Clair, COA No. 324824.
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