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Upcoming Events
The FOCB will e-mail 2020 SCAO 41 reports with MiCSES data to FOC directors in mid-February. FOC offices will be responsible for completing the non-MiCSES items of the report and returning the report to the FOCB by May 3, 2021.
(February 17, 2021)
Latest Information
Below is information posted in the last 5-7 days. For additional information, see Additional Resources for Courts.
Memo from SCA Tom Boyd concerning Writs of Habeas Corpus.
(February 9, 2021)
A memo from Tom Boyd indicating that Administrative Order 2020-17 was updated to extend COVID-19 case processing for landlord-tenant cases thorugh March 31 2021.
(February 3, 2021)
Amendment of Administrative Order No. 2020-17: Priority Treatment and New Procedure for Landlord/Tenant Cases
(January 30, 2021)
A memo from Tom Boyd indicating that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has offered to provide free naloxone to judges, courts, and probation officers.
(January 26, 2021)
(January 11, 2021)
A memo from Tom Boyd concerning Phase 1B of Vaccination Program for essential court personnel.
(January 8, 2021)
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News
Muskegon County courthouse reopening to public March 1 without appointments - MLive (Feb. 24, 2021)
Eviction, homelessness threaten many in Michigan - Traverse City Record-Eagle (Feb. 21, 2021)
Oakland County preparing courtrooms for resumption of in-person jury trials - Oakland Press (Feb. 17, 2021)
Jury trials could resume next week in Macomb County Circuit Court - Macomb Daily (Feb. 17, 2021)
Andy Meisner halts Oakland County tax foreclosures in 2021 - Royal Oak Tribune (Feb. 17, 2021)
Judge who 'just loves love' helps keep wedding dreams alive during pandemic - MLive (Feb. 14, 2021)
'The cases keep coming': Lansing area courts struggle with overload of pending jury trials - Lansing State Journal (Feb. 11, 2021)
Livingston County Courts Move to Phase 2 Under Capacity Plan - WHMI (Feb. 10, 2021)
Chief Judge Ross announces agenda for Sanilac courts - Sanilac County News (Feb. 10, 2021)
40th District Court adapts to the times with technology - C&G Newspapers (Feb. 8, 2021)
Kent County Circuit Court set to resume in-person hearings - WOOD TV (Feb. 2, 2021)
Appointments required as Saginaw County offices reopen to public during coronavirus pandemic - MLive (Feb. 2, 2021)
Circuit court addresses cases ahead of upcoming trials - Alpena News (Feb. 2, 2021)
Wayne County dismisses 1600-plus violations of Whitmer's overturned coronavirus orders - MLive (Feb. 1, 2021)
Courts attempt to balance innovation with access in remote proceedings - ABA Journal (Feb. 1, 2021)
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