IN RE BGP

No. 333700, No. 333813.

906 N.W.2d 228 (2017)

320 Mich. App. 338

IN RE BGP, Minor. In re JSP, Minor.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 11, 2017, 9:05 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Law Office of Dion E. Roddy, PLLC (by Dion E. Roddy ), for the adoptive petitioners.

Speaker Law Firm PLLC (by Liisa R. Speaker and Jennifer M. Alberts ) for American Adoptions, Inc.

Amici Curiae: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP (by Jonathon Lauderbach , Conor B. Dugan, and Emily S. Rucker ) for Bethany Christian Services.

Lauran F. Howard for the American Academy of Adoption Attorneys.

Williams Williams Rattner & Plunkett, PC (by Donna Marie Medina ), and Conklin Law Firm (by Mary M. Conklin ) for Supporting Members of the State Bar of Michigan Whose Adoption Cases Comprise a Significant Portion of Their Legal Practice.

Bill Schuette , Attorney General, Aaron D. Lindstrom , Solicitor General, Laura Moody , Chief Legal Counsel, and Jonathon S. Ludwig , Assistant Attorney General, for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.

Before: Saad, P.J., and Meter and Murray, JJ.


In these consolidated cases, nonparty1 American Adoptions, Inc., appeals the circuit court orders that disallowed the payment of administrative and marketing fees by the adoptive parents related to the adoption of two minors in Michigan. For the reasons provided below, we reverse in part and remand.

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