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2020-26 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 1.109 and 8.119 (would allow SCAO flexibility in protecting an individual’s personal identifying information and clarify when a court is and is not required to redact protected personal identifying information)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of MCR 1.109 and 8.119
Issued:
October 28, 2020
Comment Period Expiration:
February 1, 2021
Public Hearing:
Comments:
Hon. Freddie G. Burton, Jr., Wayne County Probate Court (1/11/21)
Adopted or Other Action:
Issued:
Effective:
2019-48 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 1.109 (would require a signature from an attorney of record on documents filed by represented parties)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendment of MCR 1.109
Issued:
September 16, 2020
Comment Period Expiration:
January 1, 2021
Public Hearing:
Comments:
Michigan Judges Association (11/30/20)
State of Michigan Board of Commissioners (12/15/2020)
Attorney Matthew Boehringer (12/28/20)
Adopted or Other Action:
Issued:
Effective:
2018-33/2019-20/2019-38 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 6.310, 6.425, 6.428, 6.429, 6.431, 7.204, 7.205, 7.208, 7.211, 7.305, and Proposed addition of mcr 1.112 (would expand certain time frames for filing and deciding postjudgment motions in criminal cases, would reconfigure and expand the “Reissuance of Judgment” rule, would restructure and add specificity to the presentence report procedure in MCR 6.425, and would expand the prisoner mailbox rule to all legal filings made by a person incarcerated in prison or jail)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of MCR 6.310, 6.425, 6.428, 6.429, 6.431, 7.204, 7.205, 7.208, 7.211, 7.305, and Proposed Addition of MCR 1.112
Issued:
March 19, 2020
Comment Period Expiration:
July 1, 2020
Public Hearing:
September 23, 2020
Comments:
Michigan Coalition of Family Law Appellate Attorneys (5/15/20)
State Bar of Michigan (6/30/20)
State Appellate Defender Office (7/1/20)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendment Adopted in Chapters 6 and 7 (see
Chapter 6 Criminal Procedure
page and
Chapter 7 Appellate Rules
page)
Issued:
Effective:
2002-37 - Proposed Amendments of E-Filing Rules (continues the process for design and implementation of the statewide electronic-filing system)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of E-Filing Rules
Issued:
December 18, 2019
Comment Period Expiration:
April 1, 2020
Public Hearing:
September 23, 2020
Comments:
State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (3/31/20)
Michigan Legal Help (4/7/20)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendments of MCR 1.109, 2.002, 2.302, 2.306, 2.315, 3.101, 3.222, 3.618, and 8.119
Issued:
October 28, 2020
Effective:
January 1, 2021
2019-12 - AMENDMENTs OF MCR 1.109, 3.206, 3.931, and 3.961 (requires the case inventory form filed in family division cases to be confidential)
Proposed Amendment:
Amendments of MCR 1.109, 3.206, 3.931, and 3.961
Issued:
September 11, 2019 (effective immediately with comment period following)
Comment Period Expiration:
January 1, 2020
Public Hearing:
March 11, 2020
Comments:
State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (12/12/19)
Attorney Matthew Walker (1/3/20)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendments of MCR 3.206, 3.931, and 3.961
Issued:
March 11, 2020
Effective:
May 1, 2020
2018-15 - Amendments of Rules 1.109, 2.113, 2.412, 3.203, 3.222, 3.223, 3.800, 3.903, 3.921, 3.923, 3.932, 3.935, 3.936, 3.943, 3.951, 3.963, 3.972, 3.977, 5.125, 5.402, 5.404, 5.801, 6.104, 7.210, 7.215, 7.305, 7.308, and 8.111 of the Michigan Court Rules and Internal Operating Procedures for the Judicial Tenure Commission (updates cross-references and makes other nonsubstantive revisions to clarify the rules)
Amendment:
Amendments of Rules 1.109, 2.113, 2.412, 3.203, 3.222, 3.223, 3.800, 3.903, 3.921, 3.923, 3.932, 3.935, 3.936, 3.943, 3.951, 3.963, 3.972, 3.977, 5.125, 5.402, 5.404, 5.801, 6.104, 7.210, 7.215, 7.305, 7.308, and 8.111 of the Michigan Court Rules and Internal Operating Procedures for the Judicial Tenure Commission
Issued:
August 14, 2019
Effective:
Immediately
2002-37 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTs of e-filing rules (would continue the process for design and implementation of the statewide electronic-filing system)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of E-Filing Rules
Issued:
May 15, 2019
Comment Period Expiration:
September 1, 2019
Public Hearing:
September 18, 2019
Comments:
Michigan Legal Help (8/28/19)
State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (8/28/19)
Oakland County Clerk's Office (8/29/19)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendment of E-Filing Rules
Issued:
September 18, 2019
Effective:
January 1, 2020
2002-37 - PROPOSed amendment of mcr 1.109 (regarding exemptions from e-filing) and proposed administrative order 2019-xx (regarding e-filing access plans)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendment of MCR 1.109
Proposed Administrative Order 2019-XX (with Proposed Model Local Administrative Order)
Issued:
February 27, 2019
Comment Period Expiration:
May 1, 2019
Public Hearing:
May 22, 2019
Comments:
State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commisioners - MCR 1.109 (4/30/19)
State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners - AO 2019-XX (4/30/19)
Michigan Judges Association (4/30/19)
Michigan Legal Help (4/30/19)
Anthony June, Macomb County Circuit Court (5/1/19)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendment of MCR 1.109
Adoption of Administrative Order 2019-2
Issued:
June 5, 2019
Effective:
September 1, 2019
2017-28 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF RULE 1.109 AND RULE 8.119 OF THE MICHIGAN COURT RULES and administrative order 1999-4 (would identify protected personal identifying information and restrict its submission to courts)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of MCR 1.109, MCR 8.119, and Administrative Order 1999-4
Issued:
December 12, 2018
Comment Period Expiration:
April 1, 2019
Public Hearing:
May 22, 2019
Comments:
Patricia Morris, Paralegal/Court Recorder (2/4/19)
Michigan District Judges Association (3/25/19)
Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan (3/26/19)
State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (3/26/19)
Michigan Office of Child Support, Department of Health and Human Services (3/29/19)
Michigan Legal Help (4/1/19)
Wayne County Probate Court (4/1/19)
Oakland County Clerk's Office (4/11/19)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendments of MCR 1.109 and 8.119
Amendment of Administrative Order 1999-4
Issued:
May 22, 2019
Effective:
January 1, 2021
2018-06 - Proposed Amendments of Rule 1.111 And Rule 8.127 of the Michigan Court Rules
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of Rule 1.111 And Rule 8.127 of the Michigan Court Rules
Issued:
November 28, 2018
Comment Period Expiration:
March 1, 2019
Public Hearing:
May 22, 2019
Comments:
Donna Bos, Certified Court Interpreter (2/28/19)
State Bar of Michigan - Board of Commissioners (3/12/19)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendments of MCR 1.111 and 8.127
Issued:
May 22, 2019
Effective:
September 1, 2019
2018-19 - PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF RULES 1.105, 2.301, 2.302, 2.305, 2.306, 2.307, 2.309, 2.310, 2.312, 2.313, 2.314, 2.316, 2.401, 2.410, 2.506, 3.201, 3.206, 3.922, 3.973, 3.975, 3.976, 3.977, 5.131 and Proposed new Rule 3.XXX of the Michigan Court Rules.
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendment of Rule 1.105, 2.301, 2.302, 2.305, 2.306, 2.307, 2.309, 2.310, 2.312, 2.313, 2.314, 2.316, 2.401, 2.410, 2.506, 3.201, 3.206, 3.922, 3.973, 3.975, 3.976, 3.977, 5.131 and Proposed new Rule 3.XXX of the Michigan Court Rules.
Proposal:
State Bar of Michigan Special Committee Report
Issued:
November 28, 2018
Comment Period Expiration:
March 1, 2019
Public Hearing:
May 22, 2019
Comments:
Sheldon Larky, Attorney (1/11/19)
David S. Mendelson, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (2/25/19)
Peter M. Alter, Attorney (2/26/19)
Michigan Defense Trial Counsel (2/28/19)
Legal Services Association of Michigan (2/28/19)
Michigan Judges Association (3/1/19)
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Robert Silverman, Attorney (3/1/19)
Michigan District Judges Association (3/1/19)
Harry Steven Ellman, Attorney (3/1/19)
on:
Amendment of Discovery Rules
Issued:
6/19/19
Effective:
1/1/20