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COURT OF APPEALS DID NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION TO ISSUE SUPERINTENDING CONTROL
     Lapeer County Clerk v. Lapeer Circuit Judges, _____Mich____(2002) (Nos. 118091 and 118102, March 12, 2002)
CONSENT JUDGMENT FOR SUPPORT OF MINOR UNDER FORMER MCL 722.713 WAS MODIFIABLE BECAUSE COURT HAD DETERMINED DEFENDANT, WHO ACKNOWLEDGED PATERNITY, WAS THE FATHER
     Macomb County Department of Social Services ex rel Roberts v. Westerman, ____Mich App ____(2002) (Court of Appeals No. 223563, March 8, 2002)

MOTION IN LIMINE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO PROHIBIT QUESTIONS TO JURORS ABOUT SEX OFFENDERS REGISTRATION ACT DURING VOIR DIRE
     In re Spears, ____Mich App____(2002) (Court of Appeals No. 232933, March 8, 2002)

CHARGING BOTH MINOR IN POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL AND POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FROM SAME EPISODE DID NOT CONSTITUTE DOUBLE JEOPARDY
     In re Andrew Alan Stark ____Mich App____(2002); People v. Stark (Court of Appeals No. 233043, February 22, 2002)

MINOR CANNOT BE CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF LIQUOR WHEN HE LEGALLY POSSESSED AND CONSUMED IT IN ANOTHER JURISDICTION EVEN THOUGH ALCOHOL IS IN HIS BODY IN MICHIGAN
     People v. Rutledge, ____Mich App____(2002) (Court of Appeals No. 233990, February 15, 2002)

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DUE PROCESS OF LAW DID NOT REQUIRE PRIOR ADJUDICATION AS TO FATHER WHERE GROUNDS FOR TERMINATION OF HIS RIGHTS WERE ESTABLISHED BY LEGALLY ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE
     In the Matter of CR, CDR, ALR, and LB, Minors, ____Mich App____ (2002) (Court of Appeals No. 228856, November 27, 2001 APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION February 26, 2002)

February

TRIAL COURT ERRED IN SUPPRESSING JUVENILE’S STATEMENTS TO HIGH SCHOOL COUNSELOR
     People v. Garrett, UNPUBLISHED (Court of Appeals No. 234708, February 8, 2002)
TRIAL COURT ERRED BY CONSIDERING FACT THAT JUVENILE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER IF CONVICTED WHEN COURT DETERMINED VOLUNTARINESS OF HIS CONFESSION
     In re De Los Santos, UNPUBLISHED (Court of Appeals No.  232592, December 28, 2001)
PROBATE COURT MAY NOT GRANT GUARDIANS AUTHORITY TO CONSENT TO MINOR WARD’S ADOPTION ABSENT PRIOR TERMINATION OF PARENTS’ RIGHTS
     In re Blaylock UNPUBLISHED (Court of Appeals No. 234755, December 28, 2001)
FAMILY COURT HAS AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE SPECIFIC PLACEMENT OF A JUVENILE COMMITTED  TO FIA WHO IS ALSO CONTINUED AS A COURT WARD
     Family Independence Agency v. St. Clair Family Court Judge, ____Mich App____ (2001) (Court of Appeals #   219442, December 7, 2001)

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