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Court Holidays are in accordance with MCR 8.110(D):

(D) Court Hours; Court Holidays; Judicial Absences.

1. (1)  Court Hours. The chief judge shall enter an administrative order under MCR 8.112(B) establishing the court's hours. 
2. (2)  Court Holidays; Local Modification.
• (a)  The following holidays are to be observed by all state courts, except those courts which have adopted modifying administrative orders pursuant to MCR 8.112(B): 
  New Year's Day, January 1;  
  Martin Luther King, Jr., Day, the third Monday in January in conjunction with the federal holiday;  
  Presidents' Day, the third Monday in February;  
  Memorial Day, the last Monday in May;  
  Independence Day, July 4;  
  Labor Day, the first Monday in September;  
  Veterans' Day, November 11;  
  Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November;
  Friday after Thanksgiving;  
  Christmas Eve, December 24;  
  Christmas Day, December 25;  
  New Year's Eve, December 31;
• (b)  When New Year's Day, Independence Day, Veterans' Day, or Christmas Day falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday. When New Year's Day, Independence Day, Veterans' Day, or Christmas Day falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be a holiday. When Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve falls on Friday, the preceding Thursday shall be a holiday. When Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve falls on Saturday or Sunday, the preceding Friday shall be a holiday. 
• (c)  Courts are encouraged to promulgate a modifying administrative order if appropriate to accommodate or achieve uniformity with the holiday practices of local governmental units regarding local public employees.
• (d) With the prior approval of the chief judge, a judge may continue a trial in progress or dispose of judicial matters on any of the listed holidays if he or she finds it to be necessary.
• (e) Any action taken by a court on February 12, Lincoln's birthday, or on the second Monday in October, Columbus Day, shall be valid.

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