Resources
Best Practices
We encourage courts to share best practices and success stories, as well as practices and tools to avoid. Courts that are interested in implementing a particular practice can use the information provided to identify and contact courts that already have collections practice(s) in place.
Circuit and District Court COLLECT Software
COLLECT is an application that integrates with JIS' district (DCS) and circuit (CCS) court case management systems. The application generates notices on outstanding balances that can be mailed to defendants to increase compliance with court judgments. The COLLECT application has proven to be a highly effective and successful collections tool for many courts.
For additional information, send your court number, contact name, phone number, and e-mail address to: collections@courts.mi.gov. Include "COLLECT Info Request" in the subject line of your e-mail.
Communications
Model Policies
These model policies are from the State Court Administrative Office and trial courts and are intended to generate ideas and should not be adopted verbatim. If using one of these models, before implementing the policy, the chief judge should be presented with a customized version to review and approve.
Forms Developed and Used by Local Courts
Regional Training Materials