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FOSTER v. WOLKOWITZ

Docket No. 139872. Calendar No. 7.

785 N.W.2d 59 (2010)

486 Mich. 356

Leah Rose FOSTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Kenneth WOLKOWITZ, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided July 1, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

LaVoy & Zagorski, P.C., Monroe (by Maria Zagorski), and Adray & Grna (by James S. Adray) for plaintiff.

Daniel R. Victor for defendant.

Opinion

YOUNG, J.

At issue in this case is whether the statutorily required presumptive award of custody given to a mother when an acknowledgment of parentage (AOP) is executed pursuant to the Acknowledgment of Parentage Act, MCL 722.1001 et seq., serves as an "initial custody determination" under the Uniform Child-Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act (UCCJEA), MCL 722.1101 et seq. We hold that it does not. An acknowledgment of parentage...

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