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Lisa Partin, et vir v. Michigan Children's Institute

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Michigan, No. 155835 · judgment September 12, 2017


Certiorari denied · December 3, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether Michigan Adoption Code MCL 710.45 violates Petitioners' Constitutional right to due process when it requires Petitioners to prove too much burden to overcome Respondent's decision which is arbitrary and capricious and it does not require Respondent to apply best interest factors of Michigan Adoption Code MCL 710.22 when deciding adoption. Whether Michigan Supreme Court failed to decide that Respondent's decision was arbitrary and capricious when Respondent failed to consider best interest factors under MCL 710.22 and Respondent's decision was made with no reasons. Whether Petitioners' Constitutional right was violated when the State failed to place their grandchildren in Petitioners' place. Whether there was a Constitutional violation when CPS took Petitioners' grandchildren In January 2015 even before biological mother's parental right was terminated in June 2015.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Lisa D. Partin

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Linked docket
17A948

Proceedings

  1. Dec 03 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Nov 07 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
  3. Mar 29 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 24, 2018)
  4. Mar 08 2018
    Application (17A948) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until March 31, 2018.
  5. Jan 23 2017
    Application (17A948) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 30, 2018 to March 31, 2018, submitted to Justice Kagan.