Proposed & Recently Adopted Orders on Admin Matters

​Chapter 7  Appellate Rules 

2013-12 - Proposed amendment would clarify that the decision whether to grant rehearing or reconsideration in the michigan supreme court should be made consistent with the standard in MCR 2.119(F)(3) (similar to such motions in the court of appeals) 

 

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 7.313
​Issued:	​April 10, 2013
​Comment Period Expiration:	​August 1, 2013
​Public Hearing:	​To be scheduled.

 

Comments:

• Earl Flynn Truss Jr., Muskegon Correctional Facility, ID No. 174843 (04/24/13)
• Mack Tiggart, Chippewa Correctional Facility, ID No. 147662 (05/03/13)

 

 

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2011-31 - Proposed Amendment would permit filing of reply brief in support of application for leave to appeal in the circuit court and the court of appeals

 

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 7.105, 7.111, and 7.205
​Issued:	​March 20, 2013
​Comment Period Expiration:	​July 1, 2013
​Public Hearing:	​To be scheduled.

  

Comments:

• Mathew Kobliska, Court Rules & Ethics Committee Co-Chair, Family Law Section, State Bar of Michigan (05/07/13)
• The Honorable Lita Popke, President, Michigan Judges Association (04/23/13)

 

 

 

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2012-28 - Proposed Amendment to prohibit a Case Assigned to Business Court from being subject to appeals by right or by leave in the Court of appeals  

 

​Proposed Amendment:	​Proposed Amendment of MCR 7.203
​Issued:	​December 5, 2012
​Comment Period Expiration:	April 1, 2013​
​Public Hearing:	​May 29, 2013

  

 

Comments:

• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Executive Committee (03/25/13)
• The Honorable Lita Popke, President, Michigan Judges Association (05/20/13)

 

 

 

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2011-28 - Various Rule Amendments to Reflect Changes to Correct Minor Technical Errors that have occurred in Drafting and to Correct Cross-References

2011-10 - Appointed counsel in appeals of parole

• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Board of Commissioners (08/15/12)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (08/21/12)
• John A. Shea, Chair, State Bar of Michigan, Prisons and Corrections Section (08/27/12)
• Arthur J. Cotter, Berrien County Prosecuting Attorney (08/29/12)
• Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (09/06/12)
• The Honorable Timothy Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (09/18/12)

2011-30 - Proposal would direct all appeals from probate court to be considered by court of appeals

Proposed Amendment:	Proposed Amendment of MCR 5.801, 7.102, 7.103, 7.108, and MCR 7.109
​Issued:	February 1, 2012
​Comment Period Expiration:	May 1, 2012
Public Hearing:	May 16, 2012

• Joint Submission Letter on Behalf of the Court of Appeals Rules Committee, Michigan Judges Association, Michigan Probate Judges Association, and Council of the Probate and Estate Planning Section (12/09/11) (posted at the request of the Probate and Estate Planning Council)
• Allan Falk, Attorney (03/02/12)
• The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (03/26/12)
• Liisa Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section, Michigan State Bar (04/27/12)
• Marlaine Teahan, Probate and Estate Planning Section, Michigan State Bar (05/01/12)

  

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2010-26 - Proposed Extension of time period in which parties may request that a court must settle a record for which there is no available transcript 

• Cheryl Siler, Esq., Rules Department Manager, ADERANT (01/20/12)
• The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, Executive Committee (03/01/12)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (03/01/12)
• Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section (03/21/12)

 

 

2010-25 - Proposal would require trial courts to become depository of exhibits offered in evidence, whether admitted or not 

 

• Kathryn Griffin, President, Michigan Association of Circuit Court Administrators (11/29/11)
• Dawn Van Hoek, Director, State Appellate Defender Office (01/27/12)
• Janet K. Welch, Executive Director, State Bar of Michigan, State Bar Board of Commissioners (02/01/12)
• Liisa R. Speaker, Chair, Appellate Practice Section, State Bar of Michigan (02/01/12)
• The Honorable Timothy G. Hicks, President, Michigan Judges Association (01/27/12)
• The Honorable Michael Warren, on behalf of the 6th Judicial Circuit Judges (03/27/12)