Rozelle v. Dora

This appeal arises from a decision of the Ingham County Circuit Court, holding that it had jurisdiction to hear the plaintiffs petition for child visitation. The petition was filed after entry of an order of the Ionia County Probate Court terminating the plaintiffs rights to visitation with her minor child. At the hearing on the petition the defendant argued that the Ingham Circuit Court was without jurisdiction to entertain the plaintiff’s petition and relied on the alleged res judicata effect of the Ionia Probate Court’s prior order. The circuit court ruled that it had concurrent…