    Today, we amend Rule VII(C)(17) as set out below to provide that attorney licenses

that have been or that become suspended for more than three (3) consecutive years for

failure to pay annual fees shall be deemed surrendered voluntarily, and the names of those

attorneys shall be removed from the roster of licensed attorneys. This amendment is effective

immediately.



                  RULES GOVERNING ADMISSION TO THE BAR

Rule VII. Application for license.

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C. SUSPENSION FOR FAILURE TO PAY FEE

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       (17) If a suspension is for more than three (3) consecutive years, the attorney shall be

deemed to have surrendered his or her license voluntarily, and the attorney’s name shall be

removed from the roles of licensed attorneys. To be reinstated, application must be made

to the Board of Law Examiners by the suspended attorney on a form supplied by the

Executive Secretary of the Board and accompanied by a tender of all unpaid license fees and

penalties and a Board reinstatement fee of $100.




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206 Mich. App. 434 (1994)
522 N.W.2d 872
NEWSOME
v.
LABBY
Docket No. 169731.
Michigan Court of Appeals.
Submitted May 4, 1994, at Grand Rapids.
Decided August 2, 1994, at 9:15 A.M.
Kenneth R. Struble, for the plaintiffs.
Michael W. King and Brenda M. Koppe, for the defendants.
Before: FITZGERALD, P.J., and WEAVER and W.M. BAXTER,[*] JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Plaintiffs Rita and Oliver Newsome appeal as of right from a Calhoun Circuit Court order dismissing their complaint for custody of Katelyn Helen Labby on the basis of lack of standing. We reverse.
Plaintiffs, who are Katelyn's maternal grandparents, were appointed Katelyn's guardians on May 21, 1990, after the probate court suspended defendants' parental rights by reason of their disappearance. In October 1992, defendants petitioned the probate court for termination of the guardianship, and an "order for reunification" was signed by both parties and entered on December 28, 1992. The order established a pla