SCAO Biweekly Brief
Michigan Appellate Courts sent this bulletin at 01/03/2020 09:32 AM EST
E-MEMORANDUM
Date: January 3, 2020
To: All Judges
cc: Court Administrators, Clerks, and Registers
From: Milton L. Mack, Jr. State Court Administrator
Re: SCAO Biweekly Brief
Please click the links below to see information posted since our last SCAO Biweekly Brief.
General and Administrative Matters
- In an effort to produce annual data packets sooner, the deadline for submitting and verifying 2019 caseload data has been moved up to January 31, 2020. For assistance with caseload reporting, view this instructional video, these additional JIS-specific instructional videos, contact the MCAP HelpDesk, or contact your Regional Administrator.
MiFILE (Statewide e-Filing Initiative)
- Three new resources have been created or updated to assist trial courts with transfers to a problem-solving court. The resources include information about transfers of supervision, transfers of jurisdiction, problem-solving court fees and priority of payment, and frequently asked questions about transfers of supervision. All resources can be found under the “Transfers” section of the Problem-Solving Courts Training and Resourcespage.
- The adult drug court, adult mental health court, and veterans treatment court Standards, Best Practices, and Promising Practicesmanuals have been updated. Updates include a new chapter about “Equity and Inclusion,” revised confidentiality laws, changes in terminology, and removing repetitive sections.
- We recently updated the Manual for District Court Probation Officers.
- Creation of SCAO 79, Categories for Business Court Opinions.
Civil (including non-traffic civil infractions)
- Amendment of MCR 3.229
Attorney Discipline Board: Recent Notices of Discipline and Reinstatement
Attorney Discipline Board: Recent Board Orders and Opinions
The SCAO Biweekly Brief is issued every other Thursday and contains all of the latest updates and “Recent Communications” you are used to receiving from SCAO. (REMINDER: Trial court judges, administrators, and other court staff must receive this information in order to remain up-to-date on news, announcements, and other important messages that will not be issued elsewhere.) YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE E-MAIL! SCAO updates our “Recent Communications” webpage regularly. To keep up on this information on a real-time basis, you can set this webpage as your default homepage. Also, you can add an RSS feed so you’ll be notified instantly regarding any changes on the page. (To set up an RSS feed, check with your IT department regarding specific policies and then click the button on the webpage.)
In addition, announcements will be posted to social media as they become available, so please follow the Michigan Supreme Court (SCAO) on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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