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Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.977 (2026)

Effect of act on emergency management compact or other state laws.

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INTERSTATE MUTUAL EMERGENCY AID ACT


Act 459 of 2012


3.977 Effect of act on emergency management compact or other state laws.

Sec. 7.

    This act does not limit, modify, or abridge the emergency management compact entered into under 2001 PA 247, MCL 3.991 to 3.994, the emergency management act, 1976 PA 390, MCL 30.401 to 30.421, or 2000 PA 310, MCL 3.731 to 3.734.

History: 2012, Act 459, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 2012

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 2015–2025 · leading case: In Re M R Simonetta Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
In Re M R Simonetta Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “MCL 3.977(E)(3). The record does not contain clear and convincing evidence that MS was “severely abused.”
In Re M R Simonetta Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “MCL 3.977(E)(3). The record does not contain clear and convincing evidence that MS was “severely abused.”
20231214_C366381_35_366381.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “MCL 3.977(K). Clear error exists only “if the reviewing court has a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed, giving due regard to the trial court’s special opportunity to observe the witnesses.”
In Re Lavigne Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “See MCL 3.977(E)(3). The evidence offered at trial established that respondent knowingly left a distressed five-month-old infant in the care of a person with diminished capacity who lacked the experience to care for an infant, and who was already frustrated with the baby.”
In Re Fields Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “” MCL 3.977(I)(1). “If the court finds that the parental rights of respondent should not be terminated, the court must make findings of fact and conclusions of law,” i.”
In Re B Bennett Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “If the court does not issue a decision on the record following hearing, it shall file its decision within 28 days after the taking of final proofs, but no later than 70 days after the commencement of the hearing to terminate parental rights.”
in Re Miller Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “3 Generally, the Michigan Rules of Evidence do not apply to termination hearings under MCL 3.977(H)(2). However, what the minor children said and did regarding domestic violence during therapy was not the subject of respondent’s admissions at the adjudication trial, and legally…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.977(E)(3) — 3 cases
In Re M R Simonetta Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “MCL 3.977(E)(3). The record does not contain clear and convincing evidence that MS was “severely abused.”
In Re M R Simonetta Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “MCL 3.977(E)(3). The record does not contain clear and convincing evidence that MS was “severely abused.”
In Re Lavigne Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2024). “See MCL 3.977(E)(3). The evidence offered at trial established that respondent knowingly left a distressed five-month-old infant in the care of a person with diminished capacity who lacked the experience to care for an infant, and who was already frustrated with the baby.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.977(H)(2) — 1 case
in Re Miller Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “3 Generally, the Michigan Rules of Evidence do not apply to termination hearings under MCL 3.977(H)(2). However, what the minor children said and did regarding domestic violence during therapy was not the subject of respondent’s admissions at the adjudication trial, and legally…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.977(I)(1) — 2 cases
In Re Fields Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “” MCL 3.977(I)(1). “If the court finds that the parental rights of respondent should not be terminated, the court must make findings of fact and conclusions of law,” i.”
In Re B Bennett Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “If the court does not issue a decision on the record following hearing, it shall file its decision within 28 days after the taking of final proofs, but no later than 70 days after the commencement of the hearing to terminate parental rights.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 3.977(K) — 1 case
20231214_C366381_35_366381.Opn.Pdf (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “MCL 3.977(K). Clear error exists only “if the reviewing court has a definite and firm conviction that a mistake has been committed, giving due regard to the trial court’s special opportunity to observe the witnesses.”
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