Proposed & Recently Adopted Orders on Admin Matters

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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)

•  Hon. Freddie G. Burton, Jr., Wayne County Probate Court (1/11/21)​

2019-48 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 1.109 (would require a signature from an attorney of record on documents filed by represented parties)

•  Michigan Judges Association (11/30/20)​
•  State of Michigan Board of Commissioners (12/15/2020)​
•  Attorney Matthew Boehringer (12/28/20)​

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)

•  Michigan Coalition of Family Law Appellate Attorneys (5/15/20)​​
• State Bar of Michigan (6/30/20)
•  State Appellate Defender Office (7/1/20)​

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2002-37 - Proposed Amendments of E-Filing Rules (continues the process for design and implementation of the statewide electronic-filing system) 

•  State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (3/31/20)​
•  Michigan Legal Help (4/7/20)​

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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)

•  State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (12/12/19)​
• Attorney Matthew Walker (1/3/20)​​
  

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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
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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:

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• ​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:

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• ​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:

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• ​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)​

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​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:

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​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