Terms Used In Michigan Laws 712.15

  • Child placing agency: means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 712.1
  • Court: means the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 712.1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Newborn: means a child who a physician reasonably believes to be not more than 72 hours old. See Michigan Laws 712.1
  Based on the court‘s finding under section 14 of this chapter, the court may issue an order that does 1 of the following:
  (a) Grants legal or physical custody, or both, of the newborn to the parent and either retains or relinquishes jurisdiction.
  (b) Determines that the best interests of the newborn are not served by granting custody to the petitioner parent and orders the child placing agency to petition the court for jurisdiction under section 2(b) of chapter XIIA.
  (c) Dismisses the petition.