Six ICWA/MIFPA Cases in Three Months in Michigan

Kate Fort

Not sure what’s going on, but here are the (unpublished) cases so far this year:

In re King/Koon7-Jan2020Court of AppealsGrand TraverseMichiganUnNotice
In re K. Nesbitt11-Feb2021Court of AppealsHillsdaleMichiganUnNotice
In re Stambaugh/Pantoja11-Feb2021Court of AppealsSt. JosephMichiganUnNotice
In re Banks18-Feb2021Court of AppealsWayneMichiganUnNotice
In re Dunlop-Bates18-Feb2021Court of AppealsLivingstonMichiganUnActive Efforts
In re Cottelit/Payment18-Mar2021Court of AppealsChippewaMichiganUnQualified Expert Witness

For comparison, Michigan had 6 cases total in 2020, 7 in 2019, 8 in 2018. These counts include both published and unpublished cases–while I kind of understand why the Court of Appeals designates so many as unpublished, it obscures how many MIFPA cases we have if we only count published cases.

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