Chapter 7: Rehearings, Appeals, Rescissions, and Dissolutions
This chapter discusses how a party may petition the court to rehear an entered order, the requirements to file and respond to a petition for rehearing, and the court’s decisionmaking process. It also discusses the process by which an adoptive parent may challenge a child placing agency, the department, or the court when consent to adopt is withheld, as well as the process by which an adoptive parent, adoptee, or guardian may appeal a subsidy determination.
Further, this chapter briefly discusses how a party may appeal to the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court, the requirements of filing and responding to an appeal, and the court’s decisionmaking process.
Finally, this chapter discusses the steps necessary to rescind a stepparent adoption or dissolve an adoption.