Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
March 25, 2015 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
Stephen J. Markman
Mary Beth Kelly
148927 Brian K. Zahra
Bridget M. McCormack
David F. Viviano
MATTHEW HELTON, Richard H. Bernstein,
Justices
Plaintiff-Appellant,
SC: 148927
v COA: 314857
Oakland CC Family Division:
2012-798218-DP
LISA MARIE BEAMAN and DOUGLAS
BEAMAN,
Defendants-Appellees.
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By order of the Chief Justice, the defendants-appellees, having failed to file a brief
on appeal in contravention of the order granting leave to appeal and MCR 7.309(B)(2) for
the stated reason that counsel, who appeared on their behalf in the Court of Appeals, was
not compensated to represent them in this Court, forfeit the right to oral argument when
the case is heard at the April 2015 session of the Court. MCR 7.309(B)(3). In light of
that forfeiture, the time allotted to plaintiff-appellant for oral argument shall be limited to
fifteen minutes. MCR 7.315(B).
I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
March 25, 2015
Clerk
Matthew Helton v. Lisa Marie Beaman
Combined Opinion