Proposed & Recently Adopted Orders on Admin Matters

2019-47 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 3.804, 5.140, and 5.404 and Proposed Addition of MCR 3.811 (would allow greater use of videoconferencing equipment in cases involving Indian children)

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2015-21 - AMENDMENTs OF MCR 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, and 3.974 (makes various clarifying changes to rules the Court adopted in June 2019)

Amendment:	​Amendments of MCR 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, and 3.974
​​Issued:	March 19, 2020
​Effective:	Immediately
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2015-21 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, 3.977, 3.993, 7.202, and 7.204 (would make the appeal process for child protective cases uniform)

•  Michigan Coalition of Family Law Appellate Attorneys (5/15/20)​​
•  Michigan State Planning Body (6/25/20)​
•  State Bar of Michigan (6/30/20)​
•  State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section (7/1/20)​

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2018-19 - AMENDMENT of MCR 3.229 (requires the filer to identify nonpublic documents when they are submitted to the clerk, and stipulates that the filer waives any claim of confidentiality where such documents are filed without a designation of confidentiality) 

Amendment:	​Amendment of MCR 3.229​
​​Issued:	December 27, 2019
​Effective:	January 1, 2020
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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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​2018-36 - Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.802 (would eliminate references to the “noncustodial parent” to make the rule consistent with the statute: MCL 710.51) 

Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.802​
​​Issued:	June 19, 2019
​Comment Period Expiration:	October 1, 2019
​Public Hearing:	November 20, 2019

 

Comments:

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• ​State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (10/1/19)

 

​Adopted or Other Action:	Amendment of MCR 3.802​
​Issued:	November 20, 2019
​Effective:	January 1, 2020

 

2015-21 - Amendments of MCR 3.965, 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, and 3.993 (incorporate a requirement for a trial court to notify a respondent in a child protection proceeding of the right to appeal following a child’s removal from the home and the initial dispositional order, and that failure to do so may bar respondent from later challenging the court’s assumption of jurisdiction)

Amendment:	​Amendments of MCR 3.965, 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, and 3.993​
​​Issued:	June 12, 2019 (Effective Immediately)
​Comment Period Expiration:	October 1, 2019
​Public Hearing:	November 20, 2019

 

Comments:

• ​Scott Hamilton, 6th Circuit Court (6/20/19)​
• Rod Porter and Peter Brown, 30th Circuit Court (9/11/19)​
• Michigan State Planning Body (9/30/19)​
• State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (10/1/19)​
  
• Judge Susan Dobrich, Cass County Courts (10/1/19)​
• Michigan Probate Judges Association (11/1/19)​

 

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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:

• 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

  

​Adopted or Other Action:	Amendment of MCR 3.206
​Issued:	November 13, 2019
​Effective:	January 1, 2020​

 

2018-18 - PROPOSED Amendment of MCR 3.106 (would require trial courts to provide a copy of each court officer’s bond to SCAO along with the list of court officers)  

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.106​
​​Issued:	May 15, 2019
​Comment Period Expiration:	September 1, 2019
​Public Hearing:	September 18, 2019

 

Comments:

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• ​State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (8/23/19)​

 

​Adopted or Other Action:	Amendment of MCR 3.106​
​Issued:	September 18, 2019
​Effective:	January 1, 2020

 

2018-02 - PROPOSED Amendment of MCR 3.501 (would require 50 percent of unclaimed class action funds be disbursed to the Michigan State Bar Foundation or other distribution as deemed appropriate by the court)

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.501 ​
​​Issued:	May 10, 2019
​Comment Period Expiration:	September 1, 2019
​Public Hearing:	​​September 18, 2019

 

 

Comments:

• Sue Bond, Paralegal (5/10/19)​
• Miller Canfield (8/20/19)
• City of Detroit (8/20/19)​
• State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (8/23/19)
• Michigan State Bar Foundation (8/26/19)​
• Michigan State Planning Body (8/27/19)
• Michigan Chamber of Commerce (8/29/19)​
• Michigan Freedom Fund (8/29/19)
• Attorney Mark Hanisch (8/30/19)​
• Pitt McGehee Palmer & Rivers Law Firm (9/1/19)​
• Attorney C. Thomas Ludden (9/1/19)​

 

​Adopted or Other Action:	Amendment of MCR 3.501​
​Issued:	March 4, 2020
​Effective:	May 1, 2020

2018-16 - PROPOSED Amendment of MCR 3.201 and Proposed Addition of MCR 3.230 (would provide procedural rules to incorporate the Summary Support and Paternity Act to establish a parent’s paternity or support obligation through a summary action)

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.201 and Proposed Addition of MCR 3.230 ​
​​Issued:	April 22, 2019
​Comment Period Expiration:	August 1, 2019
​Public Hearing:	​​September 18, 2019​

 

 

Comments:

• Friend of the Court Association (7/31/19)​
• State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (8/1/19)​

 

​Adopted or Other Action:	Amendment of MCR 3.201 and Addition of MCR 3.230​​
​Issued:	​September 18, 2019
​Effective:	January 1, 2020

 

2018-13 - Proposed New Rule 3.22X (regarding Friend of the Court Mediation)

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed New Rule 3.22X​​
​​Issued:	December 12, 2018
​Comment Period Expiration:	April 1, 2019
​Public Hearing:	​​May 22, 2019

 

 

Comments:

• State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (3/26/19)
• Harry Moxley, Ingham County Deputy Court Administrator/FOC Director (3/27/19)​
• Michigan Poverty Law Program (3/31/19)
• State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section (4/1/19)​
• Michigan Judges Association (4/9/19)​
• Friend of the Court Association (4/22/19)​

 

​Adopted or Other Action:	​Amendment of MCR 3.224​
​Issued:	​7/24/19
​Effective:	​1/1/20

 

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.​