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Once a child's residence is established, how does a parent get permission to move away? This post examines the change of domicile motion.

The Michigan Supreme Court expanded the equitable-parent doctrine to include the non-biological parent of a same-sex couple. Is such an expansion justified?

Michigan Supreme Court considers a case involving the parenting rights of a now-split-up same-sex couple. The case pits the biological mother of the child against her former partner; the two were never married and the child was born prior to the recognition of marital equality in 2012.