Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.25 (2026)

Proceedings; priority; disposition; adjournment or continuance.

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PROBATE CODE OF 1939

Act 288 of 1939

710.25 Proceedings; priority; disposition; adjournment or continuance.

Sec. 25.

(1) All proceedings under this chapter shall be considered to have the highest priority and shall be advanced on the court docket so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition.

(2) An adjournment or continuance of a proceeding under this chapter shall not be granted without a showing of good cause.

History: Add. 1982, Act 72, Imd. Eff. Apr. 14, 1982

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Cited in 19 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: In Re Mkk, 781 N.W.2d 132 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009).

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In Re Mkk, 781 N.W.2d 132 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). · cites it 6× “21a, which lists the general purposes of the Adoption Code, and MCL 710.25. 3 Judge Shelton denied respondent’s motion, stating that he did *551 not “believe that these actions are necessarily in conflict.”

In re MGR, 928 N.W.2d 184 (Mich. 2019). · cites it 33× “MCL 710.25 provides: (1) All proceedings under this chapter shall be considered to have the highest priority and shall be advanced on the court docket so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition.”

In Re Seitz, 495 N.W.2d 559 (Mich. 1993). · cites it 4× “205(C)(2); [34] a violation of the statutory directive that adoption cases are to have the highest priority in scheduling with an end to the earliest possible disposition, MCL 710.25(1); MSA 27.3178(555.25)(1); [35] a violation of the high standards *621 of conduct necessary to…”

Bates v. Sanchez, 375 N.W.2d 353 (Mich. 1985). · cites it 4× “The concern for prompt resolution of matters related to adoption proceedings is also evidenced in other sections of the code which provide for court docket priority, MCL 710.25(1); MSA 27.3178(555.25)(1), limit the availability of adjournment or continuance, MCL 710.”

In re MGR, 916 N.W.2d 662 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “Additionally, although the Legislature has indicated that adoption proceedings should generally have the highest priority on court dockets "so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition," MCL 710.25(1) (emphasis added), no statutory provision has been pointed out…”

In re KMN, 870 N.W.2d 75 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “See MCL 710.25(2). Absent a pending adoption petition of an alternative party who was eligible to be preferred under 25 USC 1915(a), there was no ICWA preference to apply at the June 4 hearing.”

in Re Mgr (Mich. 2019). · cites it 33× “MCL 710.25 provides: (1) All proceedings under this chapter shall be considered to have the highest priority and shall be advanced on the court docket so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition.”

Alan Brown v. Jessica Jean Ross, 928 N.W.2d 183 (Mich. 2019). · cites it 6× “” In re MKK, 286 Mich App 546, 555 (2009), citing MCL 710.25(2). The plaintiff- father did not request that the trial court stay the adoption proceedings in favor of the paternity proceedings pursuant to MCL 710.”

In Re Eam Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2026). · cites it 4× “Under MCL 710.25(1) of the Adoption Code, MCL 710.”

in Re Mgr (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “In re MKK, 286 Mich App at 550 , citing MCL 710.25(1). Here, the trial court may have abused its discretion by adjourning the adoption proceedings, particularly given that this case had been pending for 10 months at the time of the adjournment, putative father’s lack of…”

in Re Mgr (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “-3- court dockets “so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition,” MCL 710.25(1) (emphasis added), no statutory provision has been pointed out to us mandating that adoption proceedings must always be completed before a determination in a parallel paternity…”

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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.25(1) — 15 cases

In re MGR, 928 N.W.2d 184 (Mich. 2019). “MCL 710.25 provides: (1) All proceedings under this chapter shall be considered to have the highest priority and shall be advanced on the court docket so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition.”

In Re Seitz, 495 N.W.2d 559 (Mich. 1993). “205(C)(2); [34] a violation of the statutory directive that adoption cases are to have the highest priority in scheduling with an end to the earliest possible disposition, MCL 710.25(1); MSA 27.3178(555.25)(1); [35] a violation of the high standards *621 of conduct necessary to…”

In Re Mkk, 781 N.W.2d 132 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “21a, which lists the general purposes of the Adoption Code, and MCL 710.25. 3 Judge Shelton denied respondent’s motion, stating that he did *551 not “believe that these actions are necessarily in conflict.”

Bates v. Sanchez, 375 N.W.2d 353 (Mich. 1985). “The concern for prompt resolution of matters related to adoption proceedings is also evidenced in other sections of the code which provide for court docket priority, MCL 710.25(1); MSA 27.3178(555.25)(1), limit the availability of adjournment or continuance, MCL 710.”

In re MGR, 916 N.W.2d 662 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “Additionally, although the Legislature has indicated that adoption proceedings should generally have the highest priority on court dockets "so as to provide for their earliest practicable disposition," MCL 710.25(1) (emphasis added), no statutory provision has been pointed out…”

— Mich. Comp. Laws § 710.25(2) — 16 cases

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