Plaintiff argued that the trial court clearly erred when it awarded defendant $5,700 for her share of the Harley. He contended that the parties had an agreement as to the Harley, pursuant to which he would be awarded the Harley and defendant would...
Walter and Yvonne Massie established the trust in 1995. The only asset in the trust was their home. Petitioners charged that Juzenas was required to provide them an accounting every year beginning in 2009, and was required to provide notification...
First, he incorrectly argued that he was not required to present evidence as to PC or a CIC because the trial court's initial custody decision was based on an agreement between the parties. "A negotiated settlement agreement 'does not diminish the...
Plaintiff argued that the trial court erred in denying his motion because the parties previously acknowledged that he is the child's biological father. He also contended that the trial court erred in denying his request to order that the parties...
Petitioner disputed the respondent-city's valuation of her property for the 2014 tax year. The TT affirmed the valuation. On appeal, the court agreed with petitioner that by concluding its meetings on March 7, respondent's MBOR failed to comply...
The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's order terminating his parental rights to the children pursuant to his voluntary release of parental rights under the Adoption Code. In 2015, he testified that he wanted to release his parental rights...
The parties entered into a purchase agreement for the defendants to sell the plaintiffs a parcel of land in exchange for $101,000 and a 1950 pickup truck. The trial court found that defendants wrongfully retained possession of the truck after the...
The parties raised several issues as to whether certain property was separate property or marital property subject to division. The defendant-ex-wife argued that her premarital Gentex stock was erroneously classified as marital property. The trial...
Defendant-father did not challenge the trial court's findings as to factors (d) and (e). As to (a), he took "issue with plaintiff's relinquishment of her current employment" in Michigan "for uncertain employment in Texas. While this is a concern,"...
She was convicted of possession with intent to deliver less than 50 grams of cocaine, possession of morphine, and two counts of felony-firearm. The trial court denied her motion to quash the search warrant, suppress the evidence seized, and dismiss...
She argued on appeal that there was insufficient evidence to support a statutory ground for termination due to the failure to offer her services and parenting time. The DHHS "sought termination at the initial dispositional hearing." Thus, it was...
The plaintiff-ex-wife filed a motion to hold defendant in contempt for violating the mutual restraining order by emailing a bank in India, which managed the account plaintiff used to pay her employees, directing it to stop "any kind of outgoing...
James died intestate 2012. He was survived by his spouse, appellee-Maggie, and 10 children. These consolidated appeals involved a dispute over the assets remaining in his estate. The primary issue in Docket No. 323387 concerned whether Maggie, who...
At the time of his death, Lyle was living with a woman with whom he had a long-term extramarital affair. The court agreed that "the phrase '[w]as willfully absent,' as used in MCL 700.2801(2)(e)(i), refers to physical absence." The physical...
The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court's award of costs and attorney fees, but vacated the $100 fine. A support review resulted in a reduction of plaintiff's monthly support obligation. Defendant filed an objection to the support...
Defendant and the plaintiff-mother are the parents of an eight-year-old girl. The trial court awarded sole physical custody of the child to defendant with 6 hours of supervised parenting time per week to plaintiff, dependent on her psychological...
The court affirmed the trial court's judgment in favor of plaintiff, which enjoined defendants from using the well and waterline at issue, and awarded plaintiff $186.04 in costs. The case involved a property dispute arising from defendants' use of...
Thus, it affirmed the trial court's orders denying their motions to dismiss and preventing them from raising the defense. The trial court found Bylsma "failed to establish that he was entitled to immunity under § 4, and because his entitlement to...
It noted that the fact "the parties are separated when an asset is received does not change the general rule that an asset earned during the marriage is part of the marital estate." Since the release agreement defendant executed with her former...
Decedent wrote out a will while waiting at his lawyer's office, and the lawyer's secretary notarized it. He later committed suicide. The police officers investigating the matter turned over the letter and a copy of the will to the appellant and...
The trial court terminated her parental rights under § (g) after finding that she physically abused the children throughout the proceedings and that further services would not cure the problem. The record reflected that in 6/13, when "AW was about...
The children were removed from her care in 2013 "based on various allegations relating to the deplorable conditions" of the home, the "lack of education being provided to the children," and her "failure to adequately address her mental-health...
Defendant argued that the trial court should have dismissed plaintiff's remaining claims-unjust enrichment, implied contract/quasi-contract, fraud, and breach of fiduciary duty-under MCR 2.116(C)(10) because of the express terms of the LCC...
He was convicted of possession with intent to deliver less than five kilograms of marijuana, and felony-firearm. The court rejected his argument that the jury's verdicts were against the great weight of the evidence. As for his possession with...
It rejected the father's argument that the trial court erred by not holding the DHHS in contempt for failing to provide him with free therapy. It noted there was "no indication that the caseworker willfully defied the court's order to provide...
It rejected her claim that the DHHS failed to obtain a workbook recommended by a doctor following her psychological evaluation, noting that "ample efforts" were made by the caseworkers to obtain it, and that respondent was worked with on the issues...
The parties were married, but had no children. The child was conceived out of an affair between plaintiff and another woman. The child eventually came to live with plaintiff and defendant, but they eventually divorced. Defendant sought custody and...
The case arose out of a guardianship dispute between the minor wards' grandmothers, which arose following the entry of a consent judgment in an earlier Canadian proceeding. On appeal, Bibi argued that the probate and circuit courts erred in...
It was undisputed that, at the start of both residency periods, neither party was physically located in Michigan. "However, a party's 'continuing physical presence' in the state or county for the entirety of the state and county residency periods...
The Sixth Circuit Court rejected Walker's argument that he was entitled to rely on Alabama's self-defense law because he "admitted that he violated the terms of his supervised release by 'committ[ing] a state law violation[.]'" Once he...
In 5/14, the trial court ordered him to comply with a PAA. At the first review hearing in 7/14, he "admitted to relapsing into drug use and tested positive for cocaine." The trial court warned him that his "parental rights would be terminated if he...
Respondent's sole argument on appeal was that she has a constitutional right to parent her child. Although she was generally correct that "parents have a fundamental right to parent their children," the trial court did not err in terminating her...
Plaintiffs sought a declaration that the agreement with defendant was a binding contract, and that defendant breached it as well as the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. On appeal, the court rejected plaintiffs' argument that the...
Thus, the court affirmed his convictions. However, as to his sentencing, it remanded for Crosbyproceedings pursuant to Lockridge. He was sentenced to concurrent prison terms of 15 to 30 years for the murder conviction and 7 to 15 years for the...
The Court of Appeals reversed the trial court's orders denying appellant-Ellis's (mother) motions, and remanded the case to the trial court for clarification of the validity of the agreements. It also reversed the trial court's award of $750 in...
As to § (c)(i), more than 182 days elapsed between the issuance of the initial disposition order and the termination decision, and the conditions that led to adjudication, namely her mental health problems, her failure to obtain adequate housing,...
He was convicted of carjacking, armed robbery, unlawful imprisonment, felonious assault, CCW, FIP, felony-firearm, and fourth-degree child abuse related to the carjacking and robbery of a cab driver (S). Defendant argued that S was exposed to an...
Thus, it reversed and remanded for entry of an order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant. The case arose out of plaintiff's claim for PIP benefits-under a no-fault policy issued by defendant to plaintiff's purported "relative,"...
Thus, the court affirmed the trial court's order granting summary disposition in favor of defendants. The case concerned the ownership of a rectangular strip of land or lot referred to as the "fire-lane" that runs through part of a platted...
They argued that the DHHS did not prove by clear and convincing evidence that they failed to provide proper care or custody for the child and that there was no reasonable expectation that they would be able to do so within a reasonable time...
