Recent changes to the Michigan Court Rules include:
Fax filings (1/1/2004)
MCR 2.406–adopted to establish uniform practices for courts that choose to allow facsimile filings.
Service (1/1/2004)
MCR 3.203–amended to clarify how notice is to be provided when not specified by statute or court rule.
Attorney fees (9/1/2003)
MCR 3.206–amended to shift the cost associated with a party’s refusal to comply with previous court orders.
Interviews of minor children (5/1/2004)
MCR 3.210–amended as a followup to Molloy v Molloy, 466 Mich 852 (2002) to clarify that interview is to focus on child’s custodial preference and to limit use of information to that factor alone.