Ingham County Circuit Court, Michigan Document Filing Requirements

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibits

Non-audio and non-video exhibits must be emailed to the Judicial Assistant or dropped off at the Clerk’s Office.

Exhibits that are not audio or video files must be emailed to this court’s Judicial Assistant at agrulke@ingham.org or dropped off to the Clerk’s Office (see below for more info).

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Exhibits

Zoom hearing exhibits must include an exhibit list.

All exhibits are to include an exhibit list and must be pre-marked – Plaintiff shall use numbers, Defendant shall use letters – and provided to the other attorneys or litigants and the court at least three business days prior to the hearing or trial.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Stipulation

Changes to a scheduling conference order may be made by stipulation or motion; if a stipulation affects pretrial or trial dates, it must include new proposed dates obtained from the ADR/Case Processing Coordinator.

In civil proceedings: changes to a scheduling conference order are permitted by stipulation or by motion. If proposed changes impact pretrial and trial dates, the stipulation must include new proposed dates obtained from the ADR/Case Processing Coordinator, Brian Kim, at 517-483-6500 ext. 6718.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Jury instructions

Submit one complete joint, stipulated set of jury instructions and include a brief explanation of each party’s position on any disagreements.

Parties must submit one complete set of joint, stipulated jury instructions in Microsoft Word format to Kacie Smith and Janell Liles via email at ksmith@ingham.org and jliles@ingham.org on the date noted on your trial notice. Any disagreements as to jury instructions should be noted in the joint instructions submitted to the Court with a brief explanation of each party’s position.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Exhibits

All exhibits, to include an exhibit list must be pre-marked and provided to the other attorneys or litigants and the court three business days prior to the trial.

All exhibits, to include an exhibit list must be pre-marked and provided to the other attorneys or litigants and the court three business days prior to the trial.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Certificate

A Certificate of Completion must be filed with the ADR Clerk before the pre-trial date.

A Certificate of Completion shall be filed with the ADR Clerk before the pre-trial date.

CRITICALCivil cases

Applies to

Motion

The moving party must file a motion to request spousal support in a case without minor children.

In cases requesting spousal support without minor children, the moving party shall file a motion.

WARNING

Applies to

Proposed order

Proposed orders should be submitted separately and not attached as an exhibit.

Proposed orders should be submitted separately and not attached as an exhibit.