Changes to MCR

Written on January 12, 2004 by David C. Sarnacki

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.

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