re: #119 FormerDirtDart

Well, this is anything but comforting.

State law prohibits custody or parenting time for parents of a child conceived through sexual assault or sexual abuse, according to Kent County Clerk Lisa Posthumus Lyons, who authored the 2016 legislation when she served as a lawmaker in the Michigan Legislature.

“This is exactly why I introduced and fought for the (law),” Posthumus Lyons said. “What I didn’t anticipate is a judge who at best is unaware of Michigan law, or at worst places rapists above victims.”

Yockey said Tuesday she doesn’t know if Ross or prosecutors were aware of Mirasolo’s convictions.

Detroit-area divorce lawyer Robert Cassar said the order granting joint legal custody to Mirasolo could have been an example of such orders being “rubber stamped” because judges and prosecutors “do so many.”