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Below you will find a topical index to the Michigan Supreme Court's website.

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A

Absent Without Legal Permission (AWOLP)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/CWS/AWOLP/awolp.htm

Access to Courts
– What court do you need?
      http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/court.htm


Accommodations, Requesting to the Court
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/access/accom.htm

Administrative Memoranda – State Court Administrative Office
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/proc.htm

Administrative Orders – Supreme Court - Recently Adopted
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/index.htm#administrative

Administrative Orders – Supreme Court - All Current
     http://courtofappeals.mijud.net/rules/documents/3AdministrativeOrders.pdf

Adoption
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/CWS/CWS.htm 

Adoption Day – Michigan

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/MichiganAdoptionDayIndex.htm

Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) Information
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/access/accom.htm

Annual Reports
    
 http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/summaries.htm

Appellate ListServe for Opinions/Orders

     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/resources/subscribe.htm

Archived Webcasts
     http://ustools.you-niversity.com/youtools/companies/mji/archivesLayout2.html

Attorney Certificate of Good Standing
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/msc_clerk.htm#attorney

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B

Benchbooks, Manuals, Handbooks
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/index.htm

Best Practices
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/bestpractice/bestpractice.htm

Biographies of the Justices
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/AboutCourt/biography.htm

Birth Certificate
 
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm

Board of Law Examiners – Michigan

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/BdofLawExaminers/index.htm

Bonds
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/criminal/felony.htm

Budget Information

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/AboutCourt/Budget.htm

Brochures and Pamphlets
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/pamphlets/index.htm

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C

Case File Management Standards
   
 http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/cf_stds.pdf

Case Management Resources

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/caseflow.htm

Case Type Codes
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/cf_casetypecodes.pdf

Caseload Statistics and Reporting
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/statistics.htm

Certification Programs
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/exams.htm

Certified Court Interpreters
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/ccilst.htm

Child Welfare Services
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/CWS/CWS.htm

Circuit Courts
(listing of Courts by County)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/trialdir.htm

Collecting Money from Judgment

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/collection/collect_help.htm

Collections – Trial Courts
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/collections/collections.htm

Community Dispute Resolution Program
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/dispute/

Complaints – Filing Complaint against an attorney,
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/attorney.htm

Complaints and Comments (Judges, Courts, Attorneys)
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/complaints/index.htm

Complaints—FOCs, etc.

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/complaints/index.htm

Conservatorship
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/bestpractice/conservatorship.htm

Contacts - State Court Administrative Office

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/scao.htm

Contacts - Supreme Court Directory
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Directory.html 

Conviction Set Aside
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/criminal/setaside_help.htm

County Clerks
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/coclrk.asp

County Friends of the Court

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/cofoc.asp

Court Community Connections Program
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/SpecialFeaturesIndex.htm

Court Administrators (listing of by county/court)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/ctadmin.asp

Court Administrative Reference Guide
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/manuals/carg.htm

Court Costs, Fines, Fees, and Rates

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/ffc.htm

Court Facilities
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/fc_intro.pdf

Court Forms

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/courtforms/

Court Improvement Project (CIP)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/cip/cip.htm

Court Interpreters

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/access/inter.htm

Court of Appeals
     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/

Court Officers by Court and Name
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/ctoff.asp?mysort=qctc%20ASC
     
Court Opinions (Michigan Supreme Court and Michigan Court of Appeals)
    
 http://coa.courts.mi.gov/resources/opinions.htm

Court Overview

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/AboutCourt/msc_over.htm

Court Process - Civil and Domestic Relations
    
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/questions.htm#process

Court Reporters/Recorders

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/crr/crr.htm

Court Rules:
     Court Rules - Current
     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/rules/

     Court Rules - Proposed
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/index.htm#proposed

     Court Rules - Recently Adopted
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/index.htm#approved

     Public Administrative Hearings
     Provides an opportunity for the public to express its views and comments
     about proposals that the Court is considering.   
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/PH.htm

     Public Administrative Conferences
     Meetings at which members of the Michigan Supreme Court discuss and decide
     various administrative matters, including proposed court rule amendments
     and administrative orders.
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/AdminConf.htm

Court Technology
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/tech.htm

Courts: Listing by County (listing of w/contact information)
   Listing of all courts within that county, including the judges elected to each court, the court    administrators, and the probate registers.
   http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/trialdir.htm

Courts: Listing in Order by City or Township
    http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Courts%20and%20Geographical%20Units.pdf

Courts: Listing in Order by Court
    http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Courts%20and%20Location%20and%20Region.pdf

Courts: Types of Matters Handled
   
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/types.htm

Courts: Quick Reference Guide to Court System

    http://courts.michigan.gov/plc/AccessMichCourts.pdf

Crime Victims Rights Assessment
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/CrimeVictimAssessment.pdf

Criminal History Reporting (through Michigan State Police)
    http://apps.michigan.gov/ICHAT/Home.aspx

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D

Death Certificate
 
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm

Deferred Judgment/Delayed Sentence Processing Chart
   
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/Deferred_vs_Delayed_Sentence.pdf

Directory of Offices and Programs

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Directory.html

Directories, Labels, and Lists
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/index.htm

Dispute Resolution
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/dispute/odr.htm

District Courts (listing of Courts by County)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/trialdir.htm

Divorce Certificate
 
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm

Drug Courts

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/spec.htm

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E

Emancipation
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm#emancipate

Employment Opportunities

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/features/Jobs/ops.htm

Estates - Forms
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/courtforms/probate/gpindex.htm

Exams and Certifications

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/exams.htm

F

Facilities Standards
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/fc_intro.pdf

Filing Requirements

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/msc_clerk.htm

Finding Legal Information
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/legalinfo.htm

Fines, Fees, Costs, and Rates
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/ffc.htm

Fiscal Management Resources
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/finance/fiscal.htm

Forms, Court
    
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/courtforms/

Foster Care Review Board

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/fcrb/fcrb.htm

Friend of the Court Bureau:
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/focb.htm

     Friend of the Court Issues:

     County Friends of the Court
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/cofoc.asp

     Custody and Parenting Time Investigation Manual
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/manuals/focb/cpinvmnl.htm

     Custody Guideline
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/manuals/focb/custodyguideline.pdf

     FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions (and Answers from the Friend of the Court Bureau)
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/focbnewsletters/faq.htm

     Friend of the Court Bureau Advisory Committee
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/advisory.htm

     Friend of the Court Cash Bond Guideline.
     For most lien policy, see Administrative Memorandum 2000-11.
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/FOCCashBondGuideline.pdf

     Friend of the Court Newsletter
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/focbnewsletters/focbnews.htm    

     Friend of the Court Statistical Information
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/statistics.htm#focb

     Michigan Child Support Formula
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/mcsf.htm

     Servicemembers: What to Know About Active Duty and Child Support
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/military_main.htm

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G

General Information: Definitions, Services, Rights and Responsibilities
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/questions.htm

Grant Opportunities
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/grants/grants.htm

H

Help Desk, Judicial Information Systems
     http://courts.michigan.gov/jis/


Historical Society, Michigan Supreme Court
     http://www.micourthistory.org/

Holidays, Court

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/court-holidays.htm

Human Resources, Judiciary
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/HR/index.html

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I

Interpreters (Certified)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/ccilst.htm

Interest Rates for Money Judgments

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/interest.pdf

Interest, COLA, and Other Links:
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/ffc.htm

Internal Operating Procedures
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/2003-48_02-03-05.pdf

J-K

Jail Overcrowding
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/bestpractice/jail-overcrowding.htm

Job Postings
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/features/Jobs/ops.htm

Journalist's Guide
   
http://www.courts.mi.gov/supremecourt/press/JournalistsGuide/

Judicial Data Warehouse
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/jis/techinit/initindex.html

Judicial Information Systems

     http://courts.michigan.gov/jis/

Judicial Resources Recommendations - 2011
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/2011JRR.html

Judicial Resources Recommendations - Historical
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/summaries.htm#judres

Juror Appreciation Month

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/Juror/index.htm

Jury Reform Proposals
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/Juror/Reform2006.html

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L

Learning Center
     http://courts.mi.gov/plc/

Legal - Finding Information
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/legalinfo.htm

Legal Help:  How to Find an Attorney

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/attorney.htm

Legal News from Across the State
       Updated Daily
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/StateNews.htm

Legal Resources
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/legalinfo.htm

Legal Terms - Handbook
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/mji/resources/holt/holt.pdf

Legislation Affecting the Judiciary

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Legislative/index.htm

Libraries and other reference information:
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/legalinfo.htm

Links of Interest
     http://courts.michigan.gov/links_of_interest.htm

Local Administrative Orders—Models

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/lao.htm

Local Trial Courts and Websites
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/trial.htm

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M-N

MCAP
     https://courts.michigan.gov/mcap/

Management Assistance Projects

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/map.htm

Manuals
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/manuals/

Maps of Courts by County
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/maps/maps.htm

MarriageCeremony/Certificate
 
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm

Mediation
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/dispute/index.htm

Michigan Adoption Day
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/MichiganAdoptionDayIndex.htm

Michigan Appellate Digest
     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/Digest/DigestLaunchPage.jsp

Michigan Board of Law Examiners

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/BdofLawExaminers/index.htm

Michigan Court Administration Reference Guide (CARG)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/manuals/carg.htm

Michigan Courts Home Page

     http://courts.michigan.gov/

Michigan Hall of Justice

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/HOJ/index.htm

Michigan Judicial Institute
     http://courts.michigan.gov/mji/

Michigan Judicial Workload Assessment Final Report
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/Michigan%20Judicial%20Workload%20Assessment-Final%20Report.pdf

Minimum State Costs

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/CrimeVictimAssessment.pdf

Model Civil Jury Instructions
     http://courts.michigan.gov/mcji-index.htm

Model Code of Conduct for Michigan Court Employees
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Code.pdf   

Model Friend of the Court Handbook
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/mcsf.htm

Name Change
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm#namechange

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Nonpublic and Limited-Access to Court Records Chart
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/cf_chart.pdf

O

Offices and Programs
    
 http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Directory.html

Opinions - Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/resources/opinions.htm

Oral Arguments - Supreme Court
   
http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/msc_orals.htm

Orders/Docket Sheets – Supreme Court and Court of Appeals

     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/resources/public.htm

Organization Chart of the Michigan Court System
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/OrgChart.pdf

Overview of the Michigan Friend of the Court System
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/focb_over.htm

P-Q

Parenting Time Guideline
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/ParentingTime.htm

Parenting Time Website
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/parentingtime/Home.htm

Personal Protection Matters
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/ppo.htm

Press Releases

     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/index.htm

Probate Courts (listing of Courts by County)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/trialdir.htm

Probate Registers
(listing of by county/court)
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/proreg.asp

Process Server Fees
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/processservers.pdf

Public Information Office

      -Includes media information
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Press/PublicInformationIndex.htm

Public Administrative Hearings
     Provide an opportunity for the public to express its views and comments
     about proposals that the Court is considering   
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/PH.htm

Public Administrative Conferences
     Meetings at which members of the Michigan Supreme Court discuss and decide
     various administrative matters, including proposed court rule amendments
     and administrative orders.
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/AdminConf.htm

Publications
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/

Pundit:
     A quarterly newsletter about domestic relations issues
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/focbnewsletters/focbnews.htm

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Recent Communications to Trial Courts
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/features/Mailings/maillist.htm

Reports

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/statistics.htm

Resolving Disputes

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/dispute/index.htm

Records Management
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/records.htm

Regional State Court Administrative Offices
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/regional/rofc.htm

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S

Self Help Center
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/selfhelphome.htm

Seminars and Webcasts
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/seminars-webcasts.htm

Sentencing Guidelines
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/mji/resources/sentencing-guidelines/sg.htm

Servicemembers: What to Know About Active Duty and Child Support

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/military_main.htm

Small Claims
    
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/smallclaims/sc_help.htm

Specialty Courts

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/spec.htm

Specified Misdemeanors
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/JISCrimeVictimList.pdf

State Court Administrative Office
Home Page
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/index.htm

State Court Administrative Office - List of Functions
    http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/index.htm

State Court Administrative Office - Administrative Memoranda
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/proc.htm

Statistics/Reports
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/publications/reports/statistics.htm
     
Supreme Court Administrative Orders and Proposed Court Rule Amendments
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/

Supreme Court Historical Society
     http://www.micourthistory.org/

Supreme Court Home Page
     http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/

Supreme Court Schedule of Oral Arguments:    

 -Includes schedules, summaries, briefs, Opinions and Orders
     
2008-2009 Session
      http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/MSC_orals.htm

      
2008-2009 Session Recent Opinions
      http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/Opinions-08-09-term.html
   
      Oral Argument - Prior Sessions
      http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Clerk/MSC-orals-PriorSessions.htm
   
Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions
     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/resources/opinions.htm

Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Orders/Docket Sheets
     http://coa.courts.mi.gov/resources/public.htm

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Title IV-E
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/CWS/CWS.htm#IVE

Trial Courts
     
     Trial Court Operations
     

     Trial Court - Case Flow Management
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/caseflow.htm     

     Trial Court Collections
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/collections/collections.htm

     Trial Court Directory (directory of judges/court administrators by county and court)
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/dirs/trialdir.htm      

     Trial Court - Fiscal Management
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/finance/fiscal.htm      

     Trial Courts - Index of and links to local trial court websites
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/trial.htm      

     Trial Courts - Management Assistance Projects
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/map.htm     

     
Trial Courts - Records Management
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/records.htm

     
Trial Courts - Specialty Courts
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/spec.htm     

     Trial Courts – Standards and Guidelines
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/index.htm

     Trial Courts - Technology      
     
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/tech.htm


      Trial Court Policies and Procedures

     
Trial Courts - Best Practices
      
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/bestpractice/bestpractice.htm

      
Trial Courts – Guidelines, Practices, Procedures, and Standards
      http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/standards/

      Trial Courts – Local Administrative Orders, Local Court Rules, and Plans
      http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/lao.htm

     
 State Court Administrative Office Administrative Memoranda
      http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/resources/other/proc.htm

     
Supreme Court Administrative Orders
      http://courts.michigan.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/index.htm


Trial Court Services Division

     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/tcs/tcs.htm
    

Types of Matters the Courts Handle:
     http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/types.htm

U-Z

Underground Economy Task Force
   
http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/services/focb/focb.htm#uetf

Victim Rights

    http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/questions.htm

Wills:
    http://courts.michigan.gov/scao/selfhelp/intro/family/misc.htm

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