Grand Traverse County Circuit Court, Michigan Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Agreement

The chief circuit and chief probate judges must enter into an agreement describing family-division operations and service coordination.

The chief circuit judge and the chief probate judges shall enter into an agreement establishing how the family division will be operated in the circuit and how the services will be coordinated.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Family division plan

For a partial judicial assignment, the Plan must disclose the percentage of new filings by case type assigned to each judge.

For any partial assignment the Plan must disclose the percentage of new filings by case type assigned to each judge.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Family court plan

The family court plan must be submitted to the SCAO for approval and filing in accordance with the statute and SCAO guidelines.

Supreme Court Administrative Order 2003-2 requires the family court plan to be submitted for approval to the State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) for filing in accordance with the statute and guidelines provided by the SCAO.

WARNING

Applies to

County clerk letter

A County Clerk’s letter of concurrence or disagreement about the Plan must be submitted to the SCAO with the Family Court Plan.

Any letter of concurrence or disagreement with the Plan authored by the County Clerk regarding management of court records shall be submitted to the SCAO with the submission of the Family Court Plan for approval.

WARNING

Applies to

Appendix a

Appendix A must be updated as necessary to identify the current Family Division judges.

Appendix A shall be updated as necessary to correctly identify the current Family Division judges.