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Harvey v. Harvey

Citations

  • 680 N.W.2d 835
  • 470 Mich. 186

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that “[n]othing in the Child Custody Act gives parents or any other party the power to exclude the legislatively mandated ‘best interests’ factors from the court’s deliberations once a custody dispute reaches the court”
  • holding that when a trial court signs an order memorializing the parties’ agreement regarding custody, it indicates that the trial court has “satisf[ied] itself concerning the best interests of the children”
  • holding that the trial court must “determine -4- independently what custodial placement is in the best interests of the children” notwithstanding an earlier FOC recommendation following an evidentiary hearing before an FOC referee
  • holding that the trial court must “determine -4- independently what custodial placement is in the best interests of the children” notwithstanding an earlier FOC recommendation following an evidentiary hearing before an FOC referee
  • holding that the Child Custody Act (CCA), MCL 722.21 et seq., “impose[s] on the trial court the duty to ensure that the resolution of any custody dispute is in the best interests of the child”
  • stating that \parties cannot stipulate to circumvent the authority of the circuit court in determining the custody of children\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Corrigan, Cavanagh, Weaver, Kelly, Taylor, Young, Markman

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