Brinkley v. Brinkley

In this grandparent visitation case, this Court originally vacated the trial court’s order denying appellants’ motion for relief from an order denying their petition for grandparent visitation and remanded the case to the trial court for consideration of the merits of appellants’ motion.1 In lieu of granting leave to appeal, our Supreme Court remanded the case to this Court “for plenary consideration of the grandparents’ constitutional issue.” Brinkley v Brinkley, 477 Mich 1029 (2007). We hold that MCL 722.27b(5) does not violate appellants’ due process or equal protection rights. We remand…