Robert HUNTER and Lorie Hunter, Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
Tammy Jo HUNTER, Defendant-Appellant, and
Jeffrey Hunter, Defendant.
Supreme Court of Michigan.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued March 3, 2009.
Decided July 31, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Scott Bassett and Law Offices of Victor and Victor P.L.L.C. (by Daniel Victor), for Robert and Lorie Hunter.
Saraphoena B. Koffron for Tammy Jo Hunter.
Holli J. Wallace P.L.L.C. (by Holli J. Wallace) and Amal M. Bass for amicus curiae the California Women's Law Center, the Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund, the Northwest Women's Law Center, and the Women's Law Project.
Michigan Poverty Law Program (by Rebecca E. Shiemke), Legal Services of South Central Michigan (by Susan L. Hartman and Elizabeth E. Rios), and Family Law Project (by Rebecca K. Ellis) for amicus curiae the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence.
Deana Pollard Sacks and Karen E. Groenhout for amicus curiae the Center for Effective Discipline, the National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools, and End Physical Punishment of Children.
Carlo Martina and Anne Argiroff, Plymouth, for amicus curiae the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan.
Ashley E. Lowe, Robert A. Sedler, Michael J. Steinberg, and Kary L. Moss, for amicus curiae the American Civil Liberties Union Fund of Michigan.
Supreme Court of Michigan.
Opinion
MARILYN J. KELLY, C.J.
This child custody case requires us to examine (1) the scope of the constitutional rights of natural parents in raising their children, (2) how provisions of Michigan's Child Custody Act (CCA)1 interact with those rights, and (3) whether the circuit court in this case applied the correct legal standards (a) in finding defendant,2 the children's biological mother, to...
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