Category: Supreme Court Rulings

October 24, 2019 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

This may seem like a question with an obvious answer – yes! You certainly can’t take your kids to prison with you, so in that sense, yes, you do lose your children. But there’s a difference between losing your kids in a temporary and physical sense, and actually losing your rights to be the parent…

June 18, 2014 Abuse and Neglect Attorney

State Can’t Take Jurisdiction if Only One Parent Deemed Unfit The Michigan Supreme Court recently ruled that the “one parent” doctrine, which has been on the books for more than 70 years, is in fact unconstitutional, and infringes on the due process rights of parents.   In a 5 to 2 ruling released on June…