Iosco County Circuit Court, Michigan Document Filing Requirements

CRITICAL

Applies to

Agreement

The chief circuit judge and chief probate judge must enter an agreement governing family-division operations and service coordination.

The chief circuit judge and the chief probate judge 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 court plan

The family court plan must be submitted to the SCAO for approval and filing.

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.

CRITICAL

Applies to

Arraignment

A Zoom arraignment requires the signed advice of rights and attorney request form to be in the court file the day before the hearing.

Arraignments (ONLY if signed advice of rights and attorney request form is contained in the court file the day before scheduled hearing)

CRITICAL

Applies to

Family court plan

The Plan must disclose, for each partial assignment, 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.

WARNING

Applies to

Letter of concurrence or disagreement

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

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.