The Michigan Supreme Court has scheduled a public administrative hearing on Wednesday, May 20 regarding a variety of proposed changes in Michigan court rules.
The hearing, set for 9:30-11:30 a.m., will be held in the Supreme Court courtroom located on the sixth floor of the Michigan Hall of Justice, 925 W. Ottawa Street in Lansing.
Persons who wish to address the court regarding matters on the agenda will be allotted three minutes each to present their views, after which the speakers may be questioned by the justices.
To reserve a place on the agenda, notify the Office of Administrative Counsel in writing at PO Box 30052, Lansing, MI?48909, or by email at ADMcomment@courts.mi.gov, no later than Monday, May 18.
Administrative matters on the agenda for this hearing are:
• 2013-35 Proposed Amendment of Rule 7.211 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 497 Mich 1223-1224 (Part 1, 2014).
Issue: Whether to adopt the proposed amendment of MCR 7.211(C)(1)(c) that would clarify that an appellant, in a case tried without a jury, is not required to file a motion for remand or a motion for a new trial to challenge the great weight of the evidence to preserve the issue for appeal.
• 2013-36 Proposed Amendments of Subchapter 7.300 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 497 Mich 1201-1218 (Part 1, 2014).
Issue: Whether to adopt the proposed amendments of Subchapter 7.300 that would update the rules regarding practice in the Michigan Supreme Court and would provide more consistent numbering and organization
(as compared to Subchapter 7.200, the rules regarding practice in the Court of Appeals).
• 2014-12 Proposed Amendment of Rule 3.211 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 497 Mich 1218-1219 (Part 1, 2014).
Issue: Whether to adopt the proposed amendment of MCR 3.211 that would allow parties to stipulate (in their judgment of divorce, separate maintenance, or annulment), to postjudgment binding arbitration of identified personal property under MCL 600.5070 et seq.
• 2014-36 Proposed Retention of Administrative Order No. 2014-18
Regarding the Merger of the State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) and the Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System (MAACS).
Adopted at 497 Mich xliv-xlv (Part 1, 2014) and amended at 497 Mich lvii (Part 2, 2015).
Issue: Whether to retain Administrative Order No. 2014-18 that merged SADO and MAACS.
• 2014-37 Proposed Amendments of Rules 3.963, 3.966, and 3.974 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 497 Mich 1219-1223 (Part 1, 2014).
Issue: Whether to adopt the proposed amendments of MCR 3.963, 3.966, and 3.974 that would clarify the procedures to be used when an emergency removal of a child has occurred but a dispositional hearing has not been held.
• 2014-42 Proposed Retention of the Amendments of Rules 6.006, 6.104, 6.110, and 6.111 of the Michigan Court Rules and New Rule 6.108 of the Michigan Court Rules.
Published at 497 Mich lviii-lxiii (Part 2, 2015).
Issue: Whether to retain the amendments of MCR 6.006, 6.104, 6.110, and 6.111 and the adoption of new MCR6.108 that create procedural rules for conducting probable cause conferences and amend current provisions of the preliminary examination court rules to coordinate with 2014 PA 123 and 124.
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