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Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.2 (2026)

Unemancipated minors; parental rights.

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STATUS OF MINORS AND CHILD SUPPORT


Act 293 of 1968


722.2 Unemancipated minors; parental rights.

Sec. 2.

    Unless otherwise ordered by a court order, the parents of an unemancipated minor are equally entitled to the custody, control, services and earnings of the minor, but if 1 parent provides, to the exclusion of the other parent, for the maintenance and support of the minor, that parent has the paramount right to control the services and earnings of the minor.

History: 1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968

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Emancipation of Minors Act
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1988–2019 · leading case: In re Beck, 793 N.W.2d 562 (Mich. 2010).
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In re Beck, 793 N.W.2d 562 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 6× “” 13 MCL 722.2 delineates the rights of parents with respect to their unemancipated children.”
Sims v. Verbrugge, 911 N.W.2d 233 (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). · cites it 3× “1 1 *209 and MCL 722.2, 2 plaintiff had legal custody of LV as the mother of an illegitimate child.”
Kaiser v. Schreiber, 670 N.W.2d 697 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 4× “§ 722.2 of the minors act, M.C.L. § 722.1 et seq.”
In Re Clausen, 502 N.W.2d 649 (Mich. 1993). “[MCL 722.2; MSA 25.244(2).] The mutual rights of the parent and child come into conflict only when there is a showing of parental unfitness.”
United States v. Jean Toviave, 761 F.3d 623 (6th Cir. 2014). “None of this conduct goes beyond what a parent or guardian can expect from his child.”
DeBoer v. Schmidt, 502 N.W.2d 649 (Mich. 1993). “[MCL 722.2; MSA 25.244(2).] The mutual rights of the parent and child come into conflict, only when there is a showing of parental unfitness.”
in Re Beck Minors (Mich. 2010). · cites it 6× “”13 MCL 722.2 delineates the rights of parents with respect to their unemancipated children.”
in Re M Hammond Minor (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 2× “That is, MCL 722.2 pertains to parental rights and MCL 722.”
in Re Grabowski Minors (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “-1- MCL 722.2 provides that a parent’s parental rights to his or her unemancipated children consist of “the custody, control, services and earnings of the minor .”
People v. Reynolds, 429 N.W.2d 662 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). “MCL 722.2; MSA 25.244(2) provides that, unless otherwise ordered by a court order, the parents of an unemancipated minor are equally entitled to the custody, control, services and earnings of the minor.”
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