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The following are pending proposed changes to Michigan Court Rules:
 
ADM File No. 2023-34: Proposed Amendment of MCR 3.967 

This proposed amendment of MCR 3.967 would align the rule with MCL 712B.15, as amended in 2016, to clarify the applicability of qualified expert witness testimony in a removal hearing involving an Indian child. This ADM was issued on January 24, 2024, and the comment period expires May 1, 2024.
 
The relevant proposed changes can be found via this link:
https://www.courts.michigan.gov/48fbb2/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/proposed-and-recently-adopted-orders-on-admin-matters/proposed-orders/2023-34_2024-01-24_formor_propamd3.967.pdf
 
ADM File No. 2023-36: Proposed Amendments of MCR 3.937, 3.950, 3.955, 3.993, and 6.931 

The proposed amendments of MCR 3.937, 3.950, 3.955, 3.993, and 6.931 would implement 2023 PA 299 and incorporate additional changes from the SADO/MAACS Youth Defense Project regarding requests for and appointment of appellate counsel in cases involving juveniles. This ADM was issued on January 24, 2024, and the comment period expires May 1, 2024.
 
The relevant proposed changes can be found via this link:
https://www.courts.michigan.gov/48fcab/siteassets/rules-instructions-administrative-orders/proposed-and-recently-adopted-orders-on-admin-matters/proposed-orders/2023-36_2024-01-24_formor_propamdmcr3.937.pdf

The following are pending proposed changes to the Michigan Court Rules:

ADM File 2022-03: Proposed Amendment of MCR 1.109
This ADM file would allow parties and attorneys to identify their personal pronouns and would require courts to use those pronouns both verbally and in writing, unless doing so would result in an unclear record. This ADM was issued January 18, 2023 and the comment period expired May 1, 2023.

The public comment period lasted for 103 days and while most proposed court rules receive single-digit comments, this proposed rule received 433 comments during the allotted period, another 11 comments were entered after the deadline, totaling 444 comments as of August 31, 2023.

​The proposed rule presented in full is as follows:

Parties and attorneys may also include any personal pronouns in the name section of the caption, and courts are required to use those personal pronouns when referring to or identifying the party or attorney, either verbally or in writing. Nothing in this subrule prohibits the court from using the individual’s name or other respectful means of addressing the individual if doing so will help ensure a clear record.

A public hearing was held on June 7, 2023.

ADM File 2021-10: Proposed Amendment of the Michigan Rules of Evidence
The Proposed amendment would restyle the MREs in an effort to remain as consistent as possible with the 2011 restyling of the Federal Rules of Evidence. This ADM was issued on March 22, 2203 and the comment period expired July 1, 2023.

The relevant proposed changes can be found here.

The following are pending proposed changes to Michigan Court Rules (Please note, stricken text is indicated as: <text with strikethrough>):

ADM File No. 2002-37: Amendment of MCR 1.109.