Sec. 6. The court has jurisdiction over adults as provided in this chapter and as provided in chapter 10A and chapter 10C of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.1060 to 600.1082 and 600.1099b to 600.1099m, and may make orders affecting adults as in the opinion of the court are necessary for the physical, mental, or moral well-being of a particular juvenile or juveniles under its jurisdiction. However, those orders must be incidental to the jurisdiction of the court over the juvenile or juveniles.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 712A.6
Jurisdiction; adults
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case In re Sanders (2014)
Most recently applied in In Re Contempt of Dorsey (June 2016)
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