Michigan Supreme Court, 2014

The Court held that Douglas is entitled to a new trial because the trial court improperly admitted a child’s later forensic-interview disclosure of alleged fellatio and defense counsel unreasonably failed to object to testimony vouching for the child’s credibility.

The Michigan Supreme Court held that the one-parent doctrine violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause because it permits courts to interfere with an unadjudicated parent’s parental rights without first determining that parent’s fitness.