IN THE HALL OF JUSTICE

Proposed Amendments of Rules 1.109, 5.302, and 8.108 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2017-28) – Court Records Defined; Document Defined; Filing Standards; Signatures; Electronic Filing and Service; Access; Commencement of Decedent Estates; Court Reporters and Recorders.

STATUS: Comment Period Expires Oct. 1, 2023; Public Hearing to be Scheduled.

POSITION: Support the proposed amendments of MCR 1.109, 5.302, and 8.108 and recommend that MCR 5.302(A)(1) be amended to require that both a redacted and unredacted version of a death certificate or alternative documentation be filed and that unredacted version be maintained as a nonpublic record accessible to the parties.

Proposed Amendments of Rules 3.993 and 6.428 of the Michigan Court Rules (ADM File No. 2022-34) – Appeals; Restoration of Appellate Rights (See Michigan Bar Journal September 2023, p 68).

STATUS: Comment Period Expires Oct. 1, 2023; Public Hearing to be Scheduled.

POSITION: Support.