Judge orders paternity test on baby of ex-school-secretary
MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A judge has ordered a paternity test on a baby conceived by a former Muskegon-area school secretary during the period she was allegedly sexually assaulting a male student.
The Flint Journal reports that a Muskegon County Circuit judge granted the genetic test Wednesday after Sandra Lynn Fielstra's attorney didn't fight the motion.
The 40-year-old Fielstra has pleaded no contest to a criminal sexual conduct charge. She alleged sexually assaulted a Fruitport High School student between Jan. 1, 2015 and July 6, 2016. Her sentencing is set for Jan. 13.
Muskegon County Chief Assistant Prosecutor Timothy M. Maat says "the victim wants to know if he is the father of the child."
Prosecutors say Fielstra was employed at Fruitport High School through a staffing agency until late spring 2015.
New law prohibits compensation for fetal tissue from abortions
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Lt. Gov. Brian Calley has signed legislation that proponents say strengthens a prohibition against receiving compensation for fetal remains obtained through abortions.
The bills OK'd Wednesday bar physicians and their associates from knowingly benefiting financially from or being compensated for an embryo, fetus or neonate.
Majority Republicans proposed the bills after an anti-abortion group released videos it said showed Planned Parenthood illegally selling fetal tissue for profit. Planned Parenthood has said the videos were heavily edited and has denied seeking any payments beyond permitted cost reimbursements.
Democrats say the conduct prohibited by the legislation is already barred under Michigan law.
The new law does not apply to hospitals, certain researchers and cases of burial or cremation.
Calley signed the bill because Republican Gov. Rick Snyder is vacationing out of state.
SBM Real Property Section: ‘Technology for Your Practice’
Join the Real Property Section of the State Bar of Michigan from 7:30-9:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 19 at The Townsend Hotel, 100 Townsend Street in Birmingham for breakfast and roundtables. Technology is intended to make our lives and our practice as lawyers easier. Are you getting the most out of the technology available to you? This program will provide information on ways to incorporate technology into your law practice to save time, money, and effort. Attorneys and other speakers will address getting the most out of common programs like Excel, Word, and others, using the Casemaker research service available from the State Bar of Michigan, working remotely, and identifying and making use of new technology available to help attorneys and their clients. Program chair is Jason C. Long, Steinhardt Pesick & Cohen. Register at www.michbar.org.
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