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Trial Court Policies and Procedures
As part of its responsibilities, the State Court Administrative Office provides
management assistance and direction to the trial courts on the administration
of the courts' business by disseminating relevant information, giving advice
and direction on specific issues, and providing on-site management reviews.
Some of this advice and direction is distributed by way of: 1) policy
and procedure manuals produced for specific positions within the courts;
2) standards and guidelines developed
and implemented for various areas of court operations; and 3) policy and
procedure directives issued by the State Court Adminstrator as Administrative
Memoranda. The following index lists the Administrative Memoranda issued
by the State Court Administrator since 1997. It is anticipated that many
of the memoranda may eventually be made available through this site as PDF
files.
SCAO Administrative Memoranda
2009 Series
2008 Series
2007 Series
2006 Series
2005 Series
2004 Series
2003 Series
2002 Series
2001 Series
2000 Series
1999 Series
1998 Series
1997 Series
1997 Series
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1998 Series
- 1998-01
- SCAO Judicial Assessment Guidelines
- 1998-02
- SCAO Guidelines for Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities
- 1998-03
- Family Division Fees
- 1998-04
- Local Uniform Chart of Accounts
- 1998-05 - Family Division Policy 1998-02 Unemployed Non-Custodial
Parent Program (superceded by 2001-04)
- 1998-06
- Abstracting of Convictions to Secretary of State
- 1998-07
- PPO Violation and Enforcement Issues
- 1998-08
- Criminal Disposition Reporting to Michigan State Police Central Records;
including Percent of Closed Dispositions by County and Year as of 5/1/98
- 1998-09
- Family Division Policy 1998-FD-03 Surcharge on Support Arrears
- 1998-10
- Filing of Transfer Orders With SCAO Pursuant to Supreme Court Administrative
Order 1998-01
- 1998-11
- New Treasury Transmittal Forms
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1999 Series
- 1999-01 - Batterer Intervention
Standards and Application
- 1999-02 - Administrative
Order 1998-5, Guidelines for Unscheduled Court Closing Due to Weather
Emergency and Guideline for Court Staff Hours Local Administrative Orders
(LAO); 2/19/99 Memo re AO 1998-5 (1999-02.a);
Guidelines-Staff Hours (1999-02.c);
Guidelines-Weather (1999-02.b)
- 1999-03
- Judicial Leave Recordkeeping
- 1999-04
- Personal Protection Actions Against Minors and Designated Juvenile
Cases Caseload Reporting
- 1999-05
- Abstracting of Convictions to Secretary of State; Timeliness Memo
(1999-05.a);
Convictions Chart (1999-05.b)
>>See also 2003-14.
- 1999-06
- Drunk Driving Caseflow Assistance Fund; 7/23/99 Dept of Treasury Letter
#99-4 (1999-06.a)
- 1999-07 - District Court
Magistrate Jurisdictional Increase; Model LAO3a (1999-07.a);
Model LAO3b (1999-07.b)
- 1999-08
- Records Retention and Disposal Schedule #16
Schedule
- 1999-09
- License Suspension for Violation of Support and/or Parenting Time;
License Suspension Decisional Aid (1999-09a); State Department Information
(1999-09b); License Name/Division Name (1999-09c) Secretary of State
Codes by County (1999-09d)
- 1999-10
- Protective Conditions of Probation for Named Persons - Entry Into
LEIN
- 1999-11 - Statewide School Safety Information Policy Guide;
HB 4240; Policy; Agreement
(revoked)
- 1999-12
- Drunk Driving Caseflow Assistance Fund - Reporting Change Form SCAO
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2000 Series
- 2000-01 - Prison
Condition Lawsuits; Form CC 78 (2000-01a); 99 PA 147 (2000-01b); 99
PA 148 (2000-01c)
(superceded by 2000-10)
- 2000-02 - Reporting
of Involuntary Hospitalization, Legal Incapacitation, and Not Guilty
by Reason of Insanity Orders; Orders for Involuntary Hospitalization
(2000-02a);
Form PCM 214 (2000-02b);
Order Appointing Guardian (2000-02c);
Form PC 631 (2000-02d);
Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity (2000-02e);
Form MC 207 (2000-02f);
Form MC 239 (2000-02g);
Performance Audit (2000-02h)
- 2000-03 - Implementing
Michigan Trial Court Case File Management Standards; Compliance Checklist
(2000-03a); Model LAO (2000-03b)
- 2000-04
- Revised Probate Fee and Distribution Schedule; Probate Court Fee and
Distribution Schedule
- 2000-05
- Digital Audio Recording Systems
(superceded by 2007-01>
- 2000-06 - Amendment
of Case File Management Standards; Classification Codes
- 2000-07 - Trial Court
Communications Policies and Procedures
>>See Model Policy
>>See Model
Standards
- 2000-08
- Allocation and Distribution of Support Accounts
>>See also FAQ
2003-03
- 2000-09
- Petition for Testing of Infectious Disease
- 2000-10
- Prison Conditions Lawsuits and Update
Memo
- 2000-11
- Administrative Liens for Past Due Support
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2001 Series
- 2001-01 - Interim Mediation
Training Standards and Procedures; Standards of Conduct for Mediators
- 2001-02 - FOC Administrative Case Closure Criteria
(superceded
by 2001-09)
- 2001-03
- Approval of Digital Video Recording Systems
(superceded by 2007-01)
- 2001-04
- Non-Custodial Parent Work First Program
- 2001-05 - Citizen Advisory Committee Access to Friend of the Court
Records
(superceded by 2003-07)
- 2001-06
- Abstract Timeliness
- 2001-07
- Public Act 503 of 2000 - Amendments to the Crime Victim's Rights Act
- 2001-08
- Guidelines for Procedures Regarding Payee Retention of Private Collection
Agencies on Friend of the Court Cases
- 2001-09
- Friend of the Court Support Case Administrative Closure Criteria
- 2001-10
- Public Acts 84-91 - DNA Sampling and Assessment;
Implementation
Directions included
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2002 Series
- 2002-01
- Public Acts 187-188 and 203-204, Fingerprinting and Reporting to Criminal
Justice Information Center
- 2002-02 - Seatbelt Violations; Fines, Costs, and Other Assessments
(superceded by 2003-08)
- 2002-03
- Orders for DNA Sample
- 2002-04
- Appointment of Court Officers
>> Supplement to 2002-04
- Appointment of Court Officers
>> Implementation Questions
Re: 2002-04 - Appointment of Court Officers
- 2002-05
- Court Collections Standards Implementation Tools
(superceded by 2007-06)
- 2002-06
- Court Security Standards
- 2002-07
- Authority for Probate Register to Perform Judicial Acts
- 2002-08
- SCAO Guidelines for Review of Fiduciary Accounts
- 2002-09
- Consular Notification and Access
- 2002-10
- Converting Support Orders to Monthly Amounts
>>See also FAQ
2003-01
- 2002-11
- Guidelines for Enforcement of Custody and Parenting Time Violations
- 2002-12
- Guidelines for Development of Plans Involving Children who are Absent
Without Legal Permission
- 2002-13
- Increases to Juror Compensation - Court Fee Increases
Implementation
Questions Re: 2002-13 - Court Fee Increases
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2003 Series
- 2003-01
- Increases to Juror Compensation - Court Fee Increases (updates 2002-13)
- 2003-02 - Implementation of New Michigan Court Rule on Incarcerated
Parties
(superceded by 2004-05)
- 2003-03
- Friend of the Court Complaint and Grievance Procedure
- 2003-04 - Bank Accounts for Processing Payments (Model LAO rescinded)
>>See also FAQ
2003-02
- 2003-05
- Plan for Appointment of Counsel for Indigent Parties Guidelines for
Preparation of Local Administrative Order; MCR 8.123 (Effective 01-01-2004)
- 2003-06
- Michigan Uniform Law Citations
- 2003-07
- Confidentiality and Access to Friend of the Court Records
>>Supplement
to 2003-07
- 2003-08
- Public Acts 70-79, 95-102, and 138; Filing Fee Increases, Friend of
the Court Service Fee Increase, Civil Infraction Assessments, Minimum
Costs, Conditions of Probation and Parole, and Priority of Payment
- 2003-08 Fee
Schedules
- 2003-09
- Uniformity of Forms in Probate Court
- 2003-10 - Surety Bond Process
(superceded
by 2004-03)
- 2003-11 - Friend
of the Court Criminal Referral Procedure
(superceded by 2008-03)
- 2003-12 - Caseload
Report; Verification for Publication in Annual Report; Amended February
11, 2004
- 2003-13 - Facsimile
Transmission of Documents
- 2003-14 - Abstracting
of Convictions to Department of State
>>See also 1999-05
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2004 Series
- 2004-01
- MCR 3.221 Implementation
- 2004-02 - Termination
of Parental Rights - Procedure Under MCR 3.977(I)
(superceded by 2006-06)
- 2004-03 - Amendment
to Surety Bond Process
(superceded by 2005-01)
- 2004-04 - Lump Sum Arrearage
Interpretation
- 2004-05 - Procedure
for Implementation of MCR 2.004-Incarcerated Parties
- 2004-06 - Caseflow
Management Guide and Model Local Administrative Order for Implementation
of Caseflow Management Plans
- 2004-07 - Changes
in Surcharge Law
- 2004-08 - Recission
of Administrative Order 1995-2, Modification of MCR 2.119, and Revised
Probate Court Fee and Distribution Schedule
- 2004-09 - SCAO
Approved Forms MC 288 and MC 290
- 2004-10 - Revisions
to Model LAO 18: Authority for Probate Register to Perform Judicial
Acts
- 2004-11 - Abatement
Deviation Policy
- 2004-12 - Application
and Hearing to Set Aside Conviction
>>5/16/07 Memo Re: Setting Aside Convictions or Adjudications and Return of Fingerprints
- 2004-13 - Assessment
of Minimum State Cost and Probation Supervision Fees/Costs Upon Deferred
and Delayed Sentence
- 2004-14 - Medical Policy for Friends of the Court
(superceded by 2005-03)
- 2004-15 - Friend
of the Court Guidelines for Determining, Changing, or Suppressing Addresses
of Parties and Nonparties
- 2004-16 - Opting
Out of Friend of the Court Services
- 2004-17 - Judgment
Lien; Certification of Notice of Judgment Lien
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2005 Series
- 2005-01 - Amendment
to Surety Bond Process
(superceded by 2007-05)
- 2005-02 - Caseload
Report; Verification for Publication in Annual Report
- 2005-03 - Medical
Policy for Friends of the Court
- 2005-04 - Administrative
Abatement or Redirection of Child Support
- 2005-05 - Child
Support Arrearage Repayment Plan
- 2005-06 - Records
Management-Technical Standards for Microfilm and Imaging
- 2005-07 - Absent
Parent Protocol
- 2005-08 - Local
Administrative Orders for Circuit Court Arraignment in District Court
- 2005-09 - MCR 3.211 Amendments Effective January 1, 2006
- 2005-10 - Reporting 2005 Trial Court Caseload Data to SCAO
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2006 Series
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2007 Series
- 2007-01 - Digital Audio and Video Recording System Standards
- 2007-02 - Adjustments of Child Support for Payers Called to Active Duty Military Service
- 2007-03 - Changes to Uniform Support Order
- 2007-04 - Post Judgment Case Transfer of Domestic Relations Actions
- 2007-05 - Amendment to Surety Bond Process
- 2007-06 - Trial Court Collections Standards & Guidelines
- 2007-07 - Reporting
to Credit Reporting Agencies
>>See also FAQ 2008-01
- 2007-08 - Reporting 2007 Trial Court Caseload Data to SCAO
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2008 Series
- 2008-01 - Ordering Child Support in Child Protective Proceedings
- 2008-02 - Judicial Notification of Firearms Requirements (amended 2/14/08)
- 2008-03 - Felony Nonsupport Referral and Processing Policy
- 2008-04 - Notice Requirements in Child Protective Proceedings
- 2008-05 - New Foster Care/Permanency Planning Laws (2008 Public Acts 199-203)
- 2008-06 - Model Local Administrative Order for the Establishment of a Drug Treatment Court
(superceded by 2009-03)
- 2008-07 - Criminal History Background Checks for Prospective and Existing Friend of the Court Employees
(superceded by 2009-01)
- 2008-08 - Reporting 2008 Trial Court Caseload Data to SCAO
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2009 Series
- 2009-01 - Criminal History Background Checks for Prospective and Existing Friend of the Court Employees
>>Model Policy (Appendix A) in Word Format
>>Model Policy (Appendix A) in Rich Text Format
>>Model Plan (Appendix B) in Word Format
>>Model Plan (Appendix B) in Rich Text Format
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- 2009-02 - Obtaining the Child's Opinion at Permanency Planning Hearings
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