I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
In a very interesting case that mirrors many aspects of similar situations around the country, the non-biological mother in a lesbian relationship that included children has filed for custody and visitation rights to the children delivered by her former partner. The Detroit Free Press reports:
CUSTODY CASES AND RELIGION: A SERIES [COMMENTARY] In parts one and two of this series, we looked at two key issues related to religion and custody: cases where the courts awarded custody based largely on religion and cases where the courts issued orders that one or both parents in a custody situation refrain from speaking [...]
CUSTODY CASES AND RELIGION: A SERIES This is part two in a series on the role that religion plays in custody cases. Part one focused on cases where judges awarded custody to a religious parent over a nonreligious one, or to a more-religious parent over a less-religious one. But this is not the only way [...]
CUSTODY CASES AND RELIGION: A SERIES A recent unpublished opinion from the Michigan Court of Appeals in a custody case focuses attention on the issue of religion in custody cases. The case, Herschfus v. Herschfus, involved a divorced couple fighting for custody where the lower court altered a previous agreement with 50 percent custody for [...]
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