Michigan Court Rules

1 Michigan Court Rules Table of Contentsi Last Updated on May 1, 2022 Michigan Court Rules OF 1985 Chapter 1. General Provisions ..1 Subchapter Applicability; Construction ..1 Rule Title; Citation ..1 Rule Effective Date ..1 Rule Applicability ..1 Rule Statutory Practice Provisions ..1 Rule Construction ..1 Rule Catch Lines ..1 Rule Number ..1 Rule Computation of Time ..2 Rule Court Records Defined; Document Defined; Filing Standards; Signatures; Electronic Filing and Service; Access ..2 Rule Collection of Fines and Costs ..16 Rule Foreign Language Interpreters ..17 Rule Filings by Incarcerated Individuals ..21 Subchapter Amendment of Michigan Court Rules ..22 Rule Amendment Procedure.

2 22 Chapter 2. Civil Procedure ..23 Subchapter General Provisions ..23 Rule Applicability ..23 Rule Waiver of Fees for Indigent Persons ..23 Rule Disqualification of Judge ..26 Rule Incarcerated Parties ..29 Subchapter Commencement of Action; Service of Process; Pleadings; Motions ..31 Rule Form and Commencement of Action ..31 Rule Summons; Expiration of Summons; Dismissal of Action for Failure to Serve ..31 Rule Process; Who May Serve ..33 Rule Process; Proof of Service ..33 Rule Process; Manner of Service ..34 Rule Notice by Posting or Publication ..38 Rule Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Documents ..40 Rule Time ..44 Michigan Court Rules Table of Contentsii Last Updated on May 1, 2022 Rule Security for Costs.

3 45 Rule Pleadings ..46 Rule General Rules of Pleading ..47 Rule Pleading Special Matters ..49 Rule Form, Captioning, Signing, and Verifying of Documents ..53 Rule Motion to Correct or to Strike Pleadings ..54 Rule Summary Disposition ..54 Rule Appearances ..58 Rule Amended and Supplemental Pleadings ..61 Rule Motion Practice ..62 Subchapter Parties; Joinder of Claims and Parties; Venue; Transfer of Actions ..67 Rule Parties Plaintiff and Defendant; Capacity ..67 Rule Substitution of Parties ..70 Rule Joinder of Claims, Counterclaims, and Cross-Claims ..70 Rule Third-Party Practice ..71 Rule Necessary Joinder of Parties ..72 Rule Permissive Joinder of Parties.

4 73 Rule Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties ..74 Rule Intervention ..74 Rule Motion for Change of Venue ..75 Rule Change of Venue; Venue Proper ..75 Rule Change of Venue; Venue Improper ..76 Rule Change of Venue in Tort Actions ..77 Rule Joinder of Party to Control Venue ..77 Rule Change of Venue; Transfer of Jurisdiction; Orders ..78 Rule Transfer of Actions on Finding of Lack of Jurisdiction ..78 Rule Transfer to the Court of Claims ..79 Subchapter Discovery ..81 Rule Availability and Timing of Discovery ..81 Rule Duty to Disclose; General Rules Governing Discovery ..81 Rule Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal ..90 Rule Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken.

5 91 Rule Discovery Subpoena to a Non-Party ..92 Rule Depositions on Oral Examination of a party ..94 Rule Depositions on Written Questions ..99 Rule Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings ..100 Rule Interrogatories to Parties ..101 Rule Requests for Production of Documents and Other Things; Entry on Land for Inspection and Other Purposes ..102 Rule Physical and Mental Examination of Persons ..104 Rule Request for Admission ..105 Michigan Court Rules Table of Contentsiii Last Updated on May 1, 2022 Rule Failure to Serve Disclosure or to Provide or to Permit Discovery; Sanctions ..107 Rule Discovery of Medical Information Concerning Party ..110 Rule Video Depositions ..112 Rule Removal of Disclosure and Discovery Materials From File.

6 114 Subchapter Pretrial Procedure; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Offers of Judgment; Settlements ..116 Rule Pretrial Procedures; Conferences; Scheduling Orders ..116 Rule Use of Communication Equipment ..122 Rule Case Evaluation ..123 Rule Selection of Case Evaluation Panels ..129 Rule Offers to Stipulate to Entry of Judgment ..132 Rule Use of Facsimile Communication Equipment ..134 Rule Videoconferencing ..135 Rule Alternative Dispute Resolution ..138 Rule Mediation ..140 Rule Mediation Communications; Confidentiality and Disclosure ..144 Rule Settlements and Judgments for Minors and Legally Incapacitated Individuals ..147 Subchapter Trials; Subpoenas; Juries.

7 149 Rule Scheduling Trials; Court Calendars ..149 Rule Dismissal for Lack of Progress ..150 Rule Adjournments ..150 Rule Dismissal of Actions ..152 Rule Consolidation; Separate Trials ..153 Rule Subpoena; Order to Attend ..153 Rule Conduct of Trials ..158 Rule Jury Trial of Right ..159 Rule Trial by Jury or by Court ..160 Rule Juror Personal History Questionnaire ..161 Rule Impaneling the Jury ..162 Rule Instructions to Jury ..165 Rule Conduct of Jury Trial ..167 Rule Rendering Verdict ..170 Rule Special Verdicts ..171 Rule Motion for Directed Verdict ..171 Rule Findings by Court ..171 Rule Receipt and Return or Disposal of Exhibits ..172 Subchapter Judgments and Orders; Postjudgment Proceedings.

8 173 Rule Judgments ..173 Rule Entry of Judgments and Orders ..173 Michigan Court Rules Table of Contentsiv Last Updated on May 1, 2022 Rule Default and Default Judgment ..175 Rule Judgment in Actions Involving Multiple Claims or Multiple Parties ..178 Rule Declaratory Judgments ..178 Rule Motion for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict ..179 Rule New Trials; Amendment of Judgments ..180 Rule Relief From Judgment or Order ..181 Rule Limitations on Corrections of Error ..183 Rule Stay of Proceedings to Enforce Judgment ..183 Rule Enforcement of Tribal Judgments ..184 Rule Satisfaction of Judgment ..185 Rule Proceedings Supplementary to Judgment ..186 Rule Receivers.

9 188 Rule Taxation of Costs ..193 Rule Attorney Fees ..197 Rule Disability of Judge ..197 Chapter 3. Special Proceedings and Actions ..198 Subchapter General Provisions ..198 Rule Applicability and Scope ..198 Rule Indian Children ..198 Subchapter Debtor-Creditor ..203 Rule Garnishment After Judgment ..203 Rule Garnishment Before Judgment ..214 Rule Attachment ..216 Rule Installment Payment Orders ..219 Rule Claim and Delivery ..220 Rule Procedures Regarding Orders for the Seizure of Property and Orders of Eviction ..223 Rule Stockholders' Liability Proceedings ..226 Subchapter Domestic Relations Actions ..228 Rule Applicability of Rules ..228 Rule Capacity to Sue.

10 229 Rule Service of Notice and Court Documents in Domestic Relations Cases ..229 Rule Proceedings Affecting Children ..231 Rule Prior and Subsequent Orders and Judgments Affecting Minors ..232 Rule Initiating a Case ..233 Rule Ex Parte, Temporary, and Protective Orders ..236 Rule Friend of the Court ..238 Rule Suspension of Enforcement and Dismissal ..240 Michigan Court Rules Table of Contentsv Last Updated on May 1, 2022 Rule Hearings and Trials ..240 Rule Judgments and Orders ..244 Rule Postjudgment Transfer of Domestic Relations Cases ..246 Rule Postjudgment Motions and Enforcement ..248 Rule Actions Under Uniform Acts ..248 Rule Domestic Relations Referees ..249 Rule Domestic Relations Mediation.