Proposed & Recently Adopted Orders on Admin Matters

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2021-12 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR 2.117, 3.708, 3.951, 6.005, 6.104, 6.445, 6.610, 6.625, 6.905, 6.907, 6.937, AND 6​.938 (WOULD GENERALLY SHIFT THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL FOR INDIGENT DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS TO THE LOCAL FUNDING UNIT’S APPOINTING AUTHORITY) 

•  David Makled, Public Defender (6/6/21)​

2019-09 - AMENDMENTS OF VARIOUS RULES: HOUSEKEEPING (UPDATES CROSS-REFERENCES AND MAKES OTHER NONSUBSTANTIVE REVISIONS TO CLARIFY THE RULES)​

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2021-09 - AMENDMENTS OF MCR 3.903 and 3.925 (​​makes the rules consistent with mcl 712A.28[d] by requiring that previously-public juvenile case records be made nonpublic and accessible only to those with a legitimate interest)

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2020-36 - Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.945 and Proposed Addition of MCR 3.947​ (would make procedural changes involving the placement of children subject to delinquency proceedings in a qualified residential treatment program as required by newly-enacted 2021 PA 5)​

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•  Michigan Judges Association (6/15/21)

2020-36 - PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF MCR ​3.903, 3.966, 3.975, and 3.976 (would make procedural changes for cases involving the placement of foster care children in a qualified residential treatment program as required by state and federal statutory revisions)

•  Michigan Judges Association (6/15/21)​

2020-17 - PROPOSED addition of MCr 3.906 (WOULD establish a procedure regarding the use of restraints on a juvenile in court proceedings)

•  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)​
•  Michigan State Planning Body (3/8/21)​

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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)

•  State Bar of Michigan Board of Commissioners (7/30/20)​

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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)​
• State Bar of Michigan, Appellate Practice Section (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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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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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