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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 780.783a

  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Court: means the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • 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.
  • Juvenile: means an individual alleged or found to be within the court's jurisdiction under section 2(a)(1) of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Offense: means 1 or more of the following:
  (i) A violation of a penal law of this state for which a juvenile offender, if convicted as an adult, may be punished by imprisonment for more than 1 year or an offense expressly designated by law as a felony. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  • Prosecuting attorney: means the prosecuting attorney for a county, an assistant prosecuting attorney for a county, the attorney general, the deputy attorney general, an assistant attorney general, a special prosecuting attorney, or, in connection with the prosecution of an ordinance violation, an attorney for the political subdivision that enacted the ordinance upon which the violation is based. See Michigan Laws 780.781
  •    The investigating agency or prosecuting attorney that files a complaint or submits a petition seeking to invoke the court‘s jurisdiction for a juvenile offense described in section 31(1)(d)(iii), (iv), or (v), or a local ordinance substantially corresponding to a juvenile offense described in section 31(1)(d)(iii), (iv), or (v), shall place a statement on the complaint or petition that the offense resulted in damage to another individual’s property or physical injury or death to another individual.