Oakland County’s eFiling program, which officials say has saved a tower of paper 13 stories tall, is expanding to the Oakland County Circuit Court’s Family Division.
On May 1, Family Division Judges Joan Young and James M. Alexander will join eight other Oakland County Circuit Court judges in the eFiling program, which requires attorneys to electronically file and serve court documents, creating “paperless” court files.
The Family Division handles matters involving divorce, adoption, juvenile abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, personal protection orders and conservatorships and guardianships for minors. During the pilot program, eFiling cases in the Family Division will be limited to divorce cases which do not involve children.
To date, nearly 100,000 documents — an average of four pages each — have been filed electronically.
More than 3,200 law firms, including 8,300 attorneys and their staff members, have been trained on the system.
Attorneys pay a small convenience fee, to cover costs, to file and serve documents electronically. The majority of civil case types are included in the program, including negligence, medical malpractice, personal injury, labor relations and contract dispute cases.
Today, Circuit Court Judges Michael Warren, Nanci J. Grant, Wendy Potts, Mark A. Goldsmith, Rudy J. Nichols, Martha D. Anderson, Shalina Kumar, and Colleen O’Brien all preside over many eFiling cases.
“EFiling is environmentally responsible and more convenient for our legal community,” said Judge Young.
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