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USITALO v. LANDON

Docket No. 308240.

829 N.W.2d 359 (2012)

299 Mich. App. 222

USITALO v. LANDON.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided December 11, 2012.

Approved for publication January 10, 2013, at 9:05 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Granzotto , Royal Oak , Sarah C. Zearfoss , Jay D. Kaplan , Livonia, Michael J. Steinberg , and Kary L. Moss , Detroit, for plaintiff.

Burkhart, Picard, Tiderington, & McLeod, P.L.L.C., Saginaw, (by Thomas D. Burkhart ), for defendant.

Before: MARK J. CAVANAGH, P.J., and HOEKSTRA and SHAPIRO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Defendant, Melissa Jo Landon, appeals as of right the trial court's order granting plaintiff, Julianna Ellen Usitalo, joint legal and physical custody of their adopted daughter as well as parenting time. Defendant is the biological mother of the minor child, who was born on November 28, 2003. The parties, who were in a long-term, same-sex relationship, adopted the minor child on February 28, 2005. On appeal, defendant does not challenge the propriety of...

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