§ 600.1001 Family division of circuit court; creation; organization
§ 600.1003 Family division of circuit court to be in each judicial circuit
§ 600.1005 Family division of circuit court; power and authority of judge
§ 600.1007 Family division of circuit court; county clerk as clerk of the court
§ 600.1009 Reference to former juvenile division of probate court; construction
§ 600.1011 Operation of family division and coordination of agency services; agreement; establishment of family court plan
§ 600.1019 Family court judges; training
§ 600.1021 Family division of circuit court; jurisdiction
§ 600.1023 Cases involving members of same family; assignment of judge
§ 600.1025 Fees; applicability
§ 600.1027 Ancillary or limited guardianship; filing fee; disposition
§ 600.1029 Proceedings not requiring fee
§ 600.1031 Copies of letters of authority or guardianship; publication of order
§ 600.1035 Submission of contested issue in domestic relations action; history of coercive or violent relationship or presence of coercion or violence; inquiry and screening by mediator; “domestic relations acti
§ 600.1041 Suspension of order pending appeal
§ 600.1043 Assistance to be provided to family division

Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 600 > Act 236 of 1961 > Chapter 10

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
  • Commissioner: means the department of labor and economic opportunity. See Michigan Laws 408.1101
  • Construction mechanic: means a skilled or unskilled mechanic, laborer, worker, helper, assistant, or apprentice working on a state project but shall not include executive, administrative, professional, office, or custodial employees. See Michigan Laws 408.1101
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Employ: means engage, permit, or allow to work. See Michigan Laws 409.102
  • Employer: means a person, firm, or corporation that employs a minor, and includes the state or a political subdivision of the state, an agency or instrumentality of the state, and an agent of an employer. See Michigan Laws 409.102
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Issuing officer: means the chief administrator of a school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school, or a person authorized by that chief administrator in writing to act on his or her behalf. See Michigan Laws 409.102
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Minor: means a person under 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 409.102
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • shall not apply: means that the pertinent provision is not operative as to certain persons or things or in conjunction with a particular date or dates. See Michigan Laws 8.4c
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.