Opinion
No. 126122.
November 4, 2004.
SC: 126122, COA: 243090.
Leave to Appeal Granted.
The parties are to include among the issues to be briefed whether a court may extend the coverage of a statute to remedy an equal protection violation. See North Ottawa Community Hosp v Kieft, 457 Mich 394, 408 n 14 (1998). The Attorney General of the state of Michigan, the Family Independence Agency, the Children's Law and Family Law sections of the State Bar of Michigan, and the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families are invited to file briefs amicus curiae. Other persons or groups interested in the determination of the questions presented in this case may move the Court for permission to file briefs amicus curiae.