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 Title : Access to Friend of the Court Records, revised 10/14 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Access to Friend of the Court Records, revised 10/14 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 1 | | Revision Date | October 2014 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | Access to friend of the court records is governed by MCR 3.218. A court, by administrative order pursuant to MCR 8.112(B), may make reasonable regulations necessary to protect friend of the court records and to prevent excessive and unreasonable interference with the discharge of friend of the court functions. For information about access to court records generally, see Public Access to Court Records. MCR 3.218. |
| | | Title : Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination and Copies for Attorney on Request, revised 6/00 (R) (1)
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| Title | Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination and Copies for Attorney on Request, revised 6/00 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 2c | | Revision Date | June 2000 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | The state court administrator has developed model procedures for providing attorneys and parties reasonable access to juror questionnaires, which are accessible for examination only by the judges of the court, the court clerk and deputy clerks, parties to the actions in which the juror is called to serve and their attorneys, and persons authorized access by court rule or by court order. MCR 2.510(A), (C). Each court has selected and implemented one of these procedures by local administrative order adopted pursuant to MCR 8.112(B). If the state court administrator determined that, given the circumstances existing in an individual court, the procedure selected did not provide reasonable access, the state court administrator may have directed the court to implement one of the other model procedures. MCR 2.510(C)(2). |
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| Title : Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination and Copies on Request, revised 6/00 (R) (1)
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| Title | Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination and Copies on Request, revised 6/00 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 2d | | Revision Date | June 2000 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | The state court administrator has developed model procedures for providing attorneys and parties reasonable access to juror questionnaires, which are accessible for examination only by the judges of the court, the court clerk and deputy clerks, parties to the actions in which the juror is called to serve and their attorneys, and persons authorized access by court rule or by court order. MCR 2.510(A), (C). Each court has selected and implemented one of these procedures by local administrative order adopted pursuant to MCR 8.112(B). If the state court administrator determined that, given the circumstances existing in an individual court, the procedure selected did not provide reasonable access, the state court administrator may have directed the court to implement one of the other model procedures. MCR 2.510(C)(2). |
| | | Title : Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination and Copies Upon Ex Parte Order, revised 6/00 (R) (1)
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| Title | Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination and Copies Upon Ex Parte Order, revised 6/00 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 2b | | Revision Date | June 2000 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | The state court administrator has developed model procedures for providing attorneys and parties reasonable access to juror questionnaires, which are accessible for examination only by the judges of the court, the court clerk and deputy clerks, parties to the actions in which the juror is called to serve and their attorneys, and persons authorized access by court rule or by court order. MCR 2.510(A), (C). Each court has selected and implemented one of these procedures by local administrative order adopted pursuant to MCR 8.112(B). If the state court administrator determined that, given the circumstances existing in an individual court, the procedure selected did not provide reasonable access, the state court administrator may have directed the court to implement one of the other model procedures. MCR 2.510(C)(2). |
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| Title : Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination Only, revised 6/00 (R) (1)
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| Title | Access to Juror Personal History Questionnaire - Examination Only, revised 6/00 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 2a | | Revision Date | June 2000 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | The state court administrator has developed model procedures for providing attorneys and parties reasonable access to juror questionnaires, which are accessible for examination only by the judges of the court, the court clerk and deputy clerks, parties to the actions in which the juror is called to serve and their attorneys, and persons authorized access by court rule or by court order. MCR 2.510(A), (C). Each court has selected and implemented one of these procedures by local administrative order adopted pursuant to MCR 8.112(B). If the state court administrator determined that, given the circumstances existing in an individual court, the procedure selected did not provide reasonable access, the state court administrator may have directed the court to implement one of the other model procedures. MCR 2.510(C)(2). |
| | | Title : Access, Inspection, Reproduction, and Creation of Records, revised 11/18 (R) (1)
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| Title | Access, Inspection, Reproduction, and Creation of Records, revised 11/18 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 8 | | Revision Date | November 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | Unless access to a file, a document, or information contained in a file or document is restricted by statute, court rule, or an order entered according to MCR 8.119(I), any person may inspect pleadings and other papers in the clerk's office and may obtain copies as provided in MCR 8.119(J). A court, by administrative order, may make reasonable regulations necessary to protect its public records and prevent excessive and unreasonable interference with the discharge of its functions. The administrative order must include the court's policy for whether to provide access for court recordings and other records defined in MCR 8.119 (F), and if access is to be provided, must outline the procedure for accessing those records.
In addition, the chief judge may, by administrative order, direct the clerk of the court to provide litigants and attorneys with copies of forms approved by the state court administrator. The administrative order may allow the clerk to provide the forms at the cost of reproduction to the clerk. MCR 8.110(C)(7). Select sample record/copy request form. Select sample memo about record checks. Access to Friend of the Court Records are governed by a separate local administrative order. See Model LAO 1. MCR 8.119(E). |
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| Title : Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Parties (R) (1)
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| Title | Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Parties (R) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | All trial courts must adopt and publish a plan to govern the process of selecting and appointing lawyers to represent indigent defendants and file it with the supreme court clerk and the state court administrator under MCR 8.123. Guidelines for preparing a local administrative order for a plan for appointment of counsel for indigent parties are provided in Administrative Policy Memorandum 2003-05.
If a defendant is able to pay part of the cost of a lawyer, the court may require contribution to the cost of providing a lawyer and may establish a plan for collecting the contribution. MCR 6.005(C).
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| | | Title : Assignment of Cases (RO) (1)
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| Title | Assignment of Cases (RO) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | All cases must be assigned by lot unless a different system has been adopted by local court administrative order under the provisions of MCR 8.112. Assignment will occur at the time the case is filed or before a contested hearing or uncontested dispositional hearing on the case, as the chief judge directs. Civil actions must be assigned within appropriate categories determined by the chief judge. The chief judge may receive fewer assignments in order to perform the duties of chief judge. It is required by court rule that a local administrative order be issued defining and explaining the procedure of assigning cases "by lot" utilized by the particular court. MCR 8.111(B). |
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| Title : Authority for Probate Registers to Perform Judicial Acts, revised 8/04 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Authority for Probate Registers to Perform Judicial Acts, revised 8/04 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 18 | | Revision Date | August 2004 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | Under Michigan statute (MCL 600.834) and court rule (MCR 8.301), a chief probate judge may, through issuance of an order, grant to a probate register the authority to perform certain judicial acts. |
| | | Title : Caseflow Management Plan, revised 1/14 (R) (1)
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| Title | Caseflow Management Plan, revised 1/14 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 22 | | Revision Date | January 2014 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | All trial courts are required to develop and implement caseflow management plans, which include case processing goals as established under Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2013-12. See Caseflow Management Guidelines for details. |
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| Title : Children Who Are Absent Without Legal Permission (R) (1)
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| Title | Children Who Are Absent Without Legal Permission (R) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Required Plans | | Description | |
| | | Title : Court Closure Due to Weather Emergency, revised 1/02 (R) (1)
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| Title | Court Closure Due to Weather Emergency, revised 1/02 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 17 | | Revision Date | January 2002 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | All courts must submit a local administrative order governing closure due to emergency weather conditions. In facilities containing multiple courts, the courts must adopt and submit a joint LAO. Courts with the same funding unit should also submit a joint LAO, if possible. The policy must provide that certain procedures will apply in the event of a weather emergency as outlined in the Guideline for Unscheduled Court Closing Due to Weather Emergency. |
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| Title : Court Closure Generally, revised 1/02 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Court Closure Generally, revised 1/02 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 16 | | Revision Date | January 2002 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | Courts periodically find it necessary to close for brief periods of time for such matters as staff training, conducting pending inventory, and doing records destruction. This model local administrative order can be customized to meet the needs of the court. A sample notice of closure form is available. |
| | | Title : Court Holidays (RO) (1)
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| Title | Court Holidays (RO) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | The court is directed to observe a specific list of holidays, except those courts which have adopted modifying local administrative orders. Furthermore, courts are required to promulgate a modifying administrative order, if appropriate, to accommodate or achieve uniformity with the holiday practices of local governmental units regarding local public employees. A judge may continue a trial in progress, however, or dispose of judicial matters on any of these specifically listed holidays if he or she finds it to be necessary. MCR 8.110(D)(2). |
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| Title : Court Hours (R) (1)
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| Title | Court Hours (R) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | The chief judge shall enter an administrative order establishing the court's hours. MCR 8.110(D)(1). |
| | | Title : District Court Attorney Magistrate, revised 2/19 (RO) (1)
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| Title | District Court Attorney Magistrate, revised 2/19 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 3b | | Revision Date | February 2019 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | This local administrative order is required by Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2009-6, effective January 1, 2010. The district judge may appoint a magistrate to serve at the pleasure of the judge(s) to exercise the jurisdiction and duties only as authorized by the chief judge, presiding judge, or only judge of the district court. MCL 600.8501, MCL 600.8503. Update magistrate contact information. |
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| Title : District Court Nonattorney Magistrate, revised 2/19 (RO) (1)
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| Title | District Court Nonattorney Magistrate, revised 2/19 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 3a | | Revision Date | February 2019 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | This local administrative order is required by Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2009-6, effective January 1, 2010. The district judge may appoint a magistrate to serve at the pleasure of the judge(s) to exercise the jurisdiction and duties only as authorized by the chief judge, presiding judge, or only judge of the district court. MCL 600.8501, MCL 600.8503. Update magistrate contact information. |
| | | Title : Domestic Relations Referee, revised 12/13 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Domestic Relations Referee, revised 12/13 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 31 | | Revision Date | December 2013 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | This local administrative order is required by Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2009-6, effective January 1, 2010. The chief circuit judge may designate a referee to exercise the duties set forth in MCL 552.507(1) and MCR 3.215(A). Update referee contact information. |
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| Title : Elimination of Circuit Court Arraignments, revised 1/06 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Elimination of Circuit Court Arraignments, revised 1/06 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 26 | | Revision Date | January 2006 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | Under MCR 6.113, a circuit court may, through issuance of a local administrative order, eliminate the circuit court arraignment of criminal cases cognizable in the circuit court. |
| | | Title : Emergency Services Plan (RO) (1)
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| Title | Emergency Services Plan (RO) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | | | Description | If a court is notified by its funding unit of a reduction of the original appropriation for the court for the current fiscal year, the court shall immediately file a copy of that notice with the State Court Administrative Office in accordance with Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 1994-6. The court, among other things, must provide an emergency services plan which outlines what services are essential. |
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| Title : Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for Adult, revised 5/18 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for Adult, revised 5/18 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 29d | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a substance use disorder specialty court (e.g. DWI, juvenile, family, or adult drug treatment court), use of these local administrative orders will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060 et seq. |
| | | Title : Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for DWI, revised 7/18 (RO)5 (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for DWI, revised 7/18 (RO)5 | | Model No. | Model LAO 29a | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a substance use disorder specialty court (e.g. DWI, juvenile, family, or adult drug treatment court), use of these local administrative orders will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060 et seq. |
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| Title : Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for Family, revised 7/18 (RO)5 (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for Family, revised 7/18 (RO)5 | | Model No. | Model LAO 29c | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a substance use disorder specialty court (e.g. DWI, juvenile, family, or adult drug treatment court), use of these local administrative orders will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060 et seq. |
| | | Title : Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for Juvenile, revised 7/18 (RO)5 (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Drug Treatment Court for Juvenile, revised 7/18 (RO)5 | | Model No. | Model LAO 29b | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a substance use disorder specialty court (e.g. DWI, juvenile, family, or adult drug treatment court), use of these local administrative orders will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060 et seq. |
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| Title : Establishing a Hybrid DWI/Drug Treatment Court, revised 6/18 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Hybrid DWI/Drug Treatment Court, revised 6/18 (RO) | | Model No. | http://courts.mi.gov/Administration/SCAO/Resources/LAOs/LAO45-Model.rtf | | Revision Date | June 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a hybrid DWI/drug treatment court, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060, et seq. |
| | | Title : Establishing a Mental Health Treatment Court, revised 5/18 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Mental Health Treatment Court, revised 5/18 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 30 | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a mental health treatment court, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with 2008 PA 250, Section 309. |
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| Title : Establishing a Regional Driving While Impaired Treatment Court, revised 6/18 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Regional Driving While Impaired Treatment Court, revised 6/18 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 41 | | Revision Date | June 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a courtsoperates a regional driving while impaired treatment court, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060 et seq. |
| | | Title : Establishing a Regional Hybrid DWI/Drug Treatment Court, revised 6/18 (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Regional Hybrid DWI/Drug Treatment Court, revised 6/18 | | Model No. | http://courts.mi.gov/Administration/SCAO/Resources/LAOs/LAO46-Model.rtf | | Revision Date | June 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a regional hybrid DWI/drug treatment court, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with MCL 600.1060, et seq. |
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| Title : Establishing a Regional Mental Health Treatment Court, revised 6/15 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Regional Mental Health Treatment Court, revised 6/15 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 43 | | Revision Date | June 2015 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a regional mental health court, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with 2008 PA 250, Section 309. |
| | | Title : Establishing a Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program (SSSPP), revised 5/18 (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program (SSSPP), revised 5/18 | | Model No. | http://courts.mi.gov/Administration/SCAO/Resources/LAOs/LAO44-Model.rtf | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a Swift and Sure Sanctions Probation Program, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with MCL 771A.1, et seq. |
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| Title : Establishing a Veterans' Treatment Court, revised 5/18 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Establishing a Veterans' Treatment Court, revised 5/18 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 39 | | Revision Date | May 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders to Establish Problem-Solving Courts | | Description | If a court operates a veterans' treatment court, use of this local administrative order will facilitate compliance with 2012 PA 335. |
| | | Title : Establishment of Court Security Committees (1)
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| Title | Establishment of Court Security Committees | | Model No. | Model LAO 47 | | Revision Date | April 2019 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2019-1 requires each chief judge or, in any facility with multiple chief judges, one chief judge as designated by consensus of the chief judges, to establish a standing courthouse security committee. |
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| Title : Failure to Submit a Current Version of a Uniform Support Order, revised 6/11 (O) (1)
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| Title | Failure to Submit a Current Version of a Uniform Support Order, revised 6/11 (O) | | Model No. | Model LAO 37 | | Revision Date | June 2011 | | Requirement Status | Recommended | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | MCR 3.211(D) requires that any order regarding child support or spousal support, or both, must be prepared on the most current version of the Uniform Support Order (USO) developed by the State Court Administrative Office and approved by the Michigan Supreme Court. If someone submits a support order without a USO or on an out-of-date form, the court should refuse it and require one that complies with MCR 3.211(D). The purpose of this local administrative order is to establish a procedure for the court to use when an out-of-date USO is submitted for entry, or when a USO is not submitted with an order or judgment. |
| | | Title : Family Court Plan (R) (1)
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| Title | Family Court Plan (R) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Required Plans | | Description | |
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| Title : Judicial Availability Plan (R) (1)
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| Title | Judicial Availability Plan (R) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Required Plans | | Description | In each county, the court with trial jurisdiction over felony cases must adopt and file with the state court administrator a plan for judicial availability. The plan shall make a judicial officer available for arraignments each day of the year or make a judicial officer available for setting bail for every person arrested for commission of a felony each day of the year conditioned upon: (1) the judicial officer being presented a proper complaint and finding probable cause pursuant to MCR 6.102(A), and (2) the judicial officer having available information to set bail.
This portion of the plan must provide that the judicial officer shall order the arresting officials to arrange prompt transportation of any accused unable to post bond to the judicial district of the offense for arraignment not later than the next regular business day. MCR 6.104(G).
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| | | Title : Judicial Officer's Appearance by Video Communication Equipment, revised 12/12 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Judicial Officer's Appearance by Video Communication Equipment, revised 12/12 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 38 | | Revision Date | December 2012 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2012-7, effective January 1, 2013, allows judicial officers to participate, by video, in any proceeding that may be conducted by video communication equipment without the consent of the parties under the Michigan Court Rules and statutes. The judicial office who presides remotely must be physically present in a courthouse located within his or her judicial circuit, district, or multiple-district area, whichever is applicable. |
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| Title : Juvenile Attorney Referee, revised 11/13 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Juvenile Attorney Referee, revised 11/13 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 32b | | Revision Date | November 2013 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | This local administrative order is required by Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2009-6, effective January 1, 2010. The chief circuit judge may designate an attorney referee to exercise the duties set forth in MCL 712A.10 and MCR 3.913. Update referee contact information. |
| | | Title : Juvenile Nonattorney Referee, revised 11/13 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Juvenile Nonattorney Referee, revised 11/13 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 32a | | Revision Date | November 2013 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | This local administrative order is required by Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2009-6, effective January 1, 2010. The chief circuit judge may designate an attorney referee to exercise the duties set forth in MCL 712A.10 and MCR 3.913. Update referee contact information.
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| Title : Language Access Plan, revised 1/16 (R) (1)
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| Title | Language Access Plan, revised 1/16 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 42 | | Revision Date | January 2016 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Access | | Description | |
| | | Title : Local Alternative Dispute Resolution Plans, revised 8/00 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Local Alternative Dispute Resolution Plans, revised 8/00 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 14 | | Revision Date | August 2000 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | Each trial court that submits matters to alternative dispute resolution processes under MCR 2.410 and MCR 3.216 shall adopt an ADR plan by local administrative order. The plan must be in writing and available to the public in the ADR clerk's office. MCR 2.410(B)(1), MCR 3.216(B)(1). |
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| Title : Multiple District Plan for Magistrates, revised 12/12 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Multiple District Plan for Magistrates, revised 12/12 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 7 | | Revision Date | December 2012 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | MCL 600.8320 allows two or more district courts within a county or two adjoining districts of the first class to establish a multiple district plan in which a district court magistrate is authorized to conduct arraignments, set bail or recognizance, provide for the appointment of counsel, or make determinations of probable cause and issue warrants for all of the participating districts within the multiple district area. For districts consisting of more than one county, the chief or only judge may authorize a magistrate appointed in one county to serve in another county within the district. Courts choosing to establish a multiple district plan must submit to the State Court Administrator a local administrative order signed by the chief or only judges of all participating districts. MCL 600.8320. |
| | | Title : Order Implementing Surcharge Provisions of Public Act 193 of 2009, revised 12/10 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Order Implementing Surcharge Provisions of Public Act 193 of 2009, revised 12/10 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 36 | | Revision Date | December 2010 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Fiscal Management | | Description | The purpose of this order is to implement 2009 PA 193 which changed the way surcharges are imposed on past due child support. |
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| Title : Orders for the Installment Payment of Lump Sum Support Obligations, revised 4/04 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Orders for the Installment Payment of Lump Sum Support Obligations, revised 4/04 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 21 | | Revision Date | April 2004 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Fiscal Management | | Description | The purpose of this order is to clarify circuit court orders for the installment payment of lump sum support obligations. This administrative order shall not prohibit a party or the friend of the court from seeking modification of the payment arrangements in an order. |
| | | Title : Plan for Creating a Specialized Business Court, revised 2/13 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Plan for Creating a Specialized Business Court, revised 2/13 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 40 | | Revision Date | February 2013 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | 2012 PA 33 requires circuit courts with three or more judges to create a specialized business court docket. Any case that has a business or commercial dispute as defined in the act, whether in the initial pleading or added later, must be placed on the business docket, even if the case also contains non-business matters. |
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| Title : Providing Forms to Litigants and Lawyers, revised 10/14 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Providing Forms to Litigants and Lawyers, revised 10/14 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 8 | | Revision Date | October 2014 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Forms & Records | | Description | The chief judge may, by administrative order, direct the clerk of the court to provide litigants and attorneys with copies of forms approved by the State Court Administrator. The administrative order may allow the clerk to provide the forms at the cost of reproduction to the clerk. MCR 8.110(C)(7). The model local administrative order regarding public access to court records includes language about providing forms to litigants and lawyers. |
| | | Title : Referrals to Domestic Relations Referee, revised 12/13 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Referrals to Domestic Relations Referee, revised 12/13 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 31 | | Revision Date | December 2013 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Delegating Authority | | Description | Under MCR 3.215(B), the chief judge may issue an administrative order to refer all motions of a particular kind to a referee. Judges are free to assign other motions to a referee to the extent allowed by law. MCR 3.215(B). |
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| Title : Referring Selected Parenting Time Disputes to the Community Dispute Resolution Center for Mediation, revised 9/17 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Referring Selected Parenting Time Disputes to the Community Dispute Resolution Center for Mediation, revised 9/17 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 24 | | Revision Date | September 2017 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | Courts may refer certain domestic relations disputes to local Community Dispute Resolution Program (CDRP) centers for mediation. CDRP center mediators have completed a 40-hour general civil mediation training and a three-day State Court Administrative Office domestic relations mediation training. Courts may refer custody, parenting time, grandparenting time motions, parenting time complaints, and other contested custody and parenting time issues identified by the court to the CDRP center for mediation.
Courts interested in establishing a referral process for these domestic relations issues must submit a local administrative order (LAO). A model LAO includes referral and mediation procedures. Courts should contact the local CDRP center before implementing a local administrative order for this program. See contact information for local centers. Direct questions about this program to Doug Van Epps at (517) 373-4839 or vaneppsd@courts.mi.gov, or Timothy Cole at (517) 373-5975 or colet@courts.mi.gov. |
| | | Title : Remote Hearings on Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act Bench Warrants Plan, revised 3/04 (R) (1)
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| Title | Remote Hearings on Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act Bench Warrants Plan, revised 3/04 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 20 | | Revision Date | March, 2004 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Required Plans | | Description | Each friend of the court must adopt a plan for the purpose of coordinating communication between circuits to facilitate the presentation of evidence by the friend of the court in a circuit that issued a bench warrant to a court in the circuit in which the arrested party is being held. Plans are to be submitted as a local administrative order. MCR 3.221(K). |
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| Title : Requests for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities, revised 2/18 (R) (1)
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| Title | Requests for Accommodations by Persons with Disabilities, revised 2/18 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 35 | | Revision Date | March 2018 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Access | | Description | The Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) defines disability as a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. ADA protection extends not only to individuals who currently have a disability, but to those with a record of a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, or who are perceived or regarded as having a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2015-5 was entered to enhance compliance with the ADA and the Persons with Disabilities Civil Rights Act, as well as other Michigan statutory authority. Each court is required to adopt and submit a local administrative order conforming to the model established by the SCAO to assure that qualified individuals with disabilities have equal and full access to the judicial system. See memo for other details. Nothing in this order shall be construed to impose limitations or to invalidate the remedies, rights, and procedures accorded to any qualified individuals with disabilities under state or federal law. |
| | | Title : Scheduling Arraignments (RO) (1)
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| Title | Scheduling Arraignments (RO) | | Model No. | | | Revision Date | No Model | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | Unless the circuit court does the scheduling of the arraignment on the information, the district court must do so in accordance with the administrative orders of the trial court. MCR 6.110(I). |
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| Title : Security Policies for Court Facilities, revised 12/06 (R) (1)
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| Title | Security Policies for Court Facilities, revised 12/06 (R) | | Model No. | Model LAO 15 | | Revision Date | December 2006 | | Requirement Status | Required | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Court Facilities | | Description | Michigan Supreme Court Administrative Order 2001-1 states that weapons are not permitted in any courtroom, office, or other space used for official court business or by judicial employees unless the chief judge or other person designated by the chief judge has given prior approval consistent with the court's written policy. Each court is required to submit a written policy conforming with this order to the State Court Administrator for approval. Courts are encouraged to collaborate with other entities in shared facilities and, where appropriate, to work with local funding units in developing the policy, which may be a separate plan or part of a general security program. |
| | | Title : Selecting Case Evaluator and Case Evaluation Plans, revised 8/00 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Selecting Case Evaluator and Case Evaluation Plans, revised 8/00 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 9 | | Revision Date | August 2000 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | Each trial court that submits cases to case evaluation under MCR 2.403 shall adopt by local administrative order a plan to maintain a list of persons available to serve as case evaluators and to assign case evaluators from the list of panels. The plan must be in writing and available to the public in the case evaluation clerk's office. Other alternative plans must be submitted as local court rules under MCR 8.112(A). MCR 2.403(A). |
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| Title : Standards for Charging Friend of the Court Investigation Expenses, revised 10/10 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Standards for Charging Friend of the Court Investigation Expenses, revised 10/10 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 34 | | Revision Date | October 2010 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Fiscal Management | | Description | Effective January 8, 2010, MCL 552.505(3) was amended to permit friend of the court offices to charge parties an amount for the expense of conducting a custody or parenting time investigation, when a party requests one, pursuant to standards issued by the State Court Administrative Office. SCAO Administrative Memorandum 2010-05 establishes the standards for charging a party for the friend of the court's expense of conducting an investigation ordered under MCL 552.505(1)(g). Given statewide variation in the amount expensed to conduct an investigation and differences in local practices, each circuit that decides to charge for these expenses must first enter a local administrative order to establish local procedures based on SCAO Model LAO 34. |
| | | Title : Waiver of Jurisdiction Over Civil Infractions Committed by Juveniles, revised 8/99 (RO) (1)
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| Title | Waiver of Jurisdiction Over Civil Infractions Committed by Juveniles, revised 8/99 (RO) | | Model No. | Model LAO 12 | | Revision Date | August 1999 | | Requirement Status | Required for Optional Functions | | Category | Orders Pertaining to Case Management | | Description | Under MCL 712A.2e and MCL 600.8379(1), the circuit court may enter into an agreement with the district court to waive jurisdiction over all or specifically named civil infractions alleged to have been committed by juveniles within the geographic jurisdiction of the district court. Courts making such an agreement must submit a joint local administrative order to the State Court Administrator. MCL 712A.2e, MCL 600.8379(1). |
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