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Chapter 3 Special Proceedings and Actions
2020-17 - PROPOSED addition of MCr 3.906 (WOULD establish a procedure regarding the use of restraints on a juvenile in court proceedings)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Addition of MCR 3.906
Issued:
November 4, 2020
Comment Period Expiration:
March 1, 2021
Public Hearing:
March 24, 2021
Comments:
Judge John Gadola, 7th Circuit Court (11/5/20)
Michigan Probate Judges Association (12/17/20)
Dr. Jonathan Gold, Pediatrician (1/6/21)
Michigan Center for Youth Justice (1/21/21)
Dr. Sarah E. Domoff, Child Psychologist (1/26/21)
Michigan Judges Association (2/9/21)
Oakland County Sheriff's Office (2/12/21)
Emerald J. Cox, Michigan NAACP Youth and College Division (2/18/21)
Disability Rights Michigan (2/26/21)
State Bar of Michigan (2/26/21)
Oakland County Family Division and Circuit Court (2/26/21)
National Juvenile Defender Center and Midwest Juvenile Defender Center (2/26/21)
Jennifer Pilette and William Ladd (2/28/21)
Michigan Psychological Association (2/28/21)
University of Michigan Juvenile Justice Clinic and ACLU of Michigan (3/1/21)
Adopted or Other Action:
Issued:
Effective:
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)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of MCR 3.804, 5.140, and 5.404 and Proposed Addition of MCR 3.811
Issued:
April 8, 2020
Comment Period Expiration:
August 1, 2020
Public Hearing:
January 20, 2021
Comments:
State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (7/30/20)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendments of MCR 3.804, 5.140, and 5.404 and Addition of MCR 3.811
Issued:
January 20, 2021
Effective:
May 1, 2021
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
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)
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendments of MCR 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, 3.977, 3.993, 7.202, and 7.204
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)
Michigan State Planning Body (6/25/20)
State Bar of Michigan (6/30/20)
State Bar of Michigan, Family Law Section (7/1/20)
State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section (7/1/20)
Adopted or Other Action:
Amendments of MCR 3.971, 3.972, 3.973, 3.977, 3.993, 7.202, and 7.204
Issued:
September 23, 2020
Effective:
January 1, 2021
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:
Immediately
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)
Adopted or Other Action:
Issued:
Effective:
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
2013-17 - Proposal would limit application of fee-shifting to divorce, separate maintenance, and annulment proceedings
Proposed Amendment:
Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.206
Issued:
April 23, 2014
Comment Period Expiration:
August 1, 2014
Public Hearing:
September 24, 2014
Comments:
The Honorable Stephen D. Gorsalitz, President, Michigan Judges Association (5/21/14)
Sandra D. Glazier (6/23/14)
Attachment
Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan (Report on Public Policy Position) (7/28/14)
(letter signed by: James J. Harrington, III, Chair of Family Law Section, Mathew Kobliska, Chair of Court Rules & Ethics Committee, Rebecca E. Shiemke, Chair-Elect
of the Family Law Section, Anne L. Argiroff, Co-Chair, Amicus Committee, Elizabeth K.
Bransdorfer, Family Law Section Council Member, Lori A. Buiteweg, Work Group
Committee Member, Amy M. Spilman, Work Group Committee Member, and
Kent L. Weichmann, Recording Secretary and Legislative Chair of the Family Law Section)
Family Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan (supplement to position statement) (9/10/14)
Janet K. Welch, Executive Director of the State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (7/30/14)
Michigan Coalition of Family Law Appellate Attorneys (9/18/14)
C. Joseph Schwedler, President, Michigan Probate Judges Association (1/13/15)
Adopted or Other Action:
Issued:
Effective:
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