Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
March 28, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
135812 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
IN RE STEVEN ZIMMERMAN, a/k/a Robert P. Young, Jr.
THOMAS LUJAN JOHNSON, Minor. Stephen J. Markman,
Justices
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SHANE EDWARD JOHNSON, and
PATRICIA JOHNSON,
Petitioners,
and
KASSANDRA ZIMMERMAN,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v SC: 135812
COA: 279696
Ottawa CC Fam Div:
07-057516-AD
SHAUN ALAN BYRON, a/k/a
SHAWN ALAN BYRON,
Respondent-Appellee.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the January 3, 2008
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(G)(1), in
lieu of granting leave to appeal, we VACATE that portion of the Court of Appeals
judgment addressing “The Grant of Immediate Custody to Byron [respondent],” and we
REMAND this case to the Ottawa Circuit Court Family Division. The Court of Appeals
erred in reviewing the circuit court’s order as one that gave respondent custody of the
minor child. Instead, the circuit court ruled that it was awarding “temporary placement”
of the child with respondent and further urged the parties to act quickly to settle the
custody issue. We AFFIRM that ruling and DIRECT that court to resolve the custody
dispute in an expeditious manner, if that has not already occurred. In all other respects,
the Court of Appeals judgment is affirmed.
I, Corbin R. Davis, 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 28, 2008 _________________________________________
l0325 Clerk