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There are business court dockets in 17 Michigan county circuit courts. [4] These business courts have produced a large number of judicial opinions since their inception. [5] [6] There are 57 Circuit Courts in Michigan. Circuit Court judges are elected for six-year terms. Michigan District Courts [3]
The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center is owned and operated by the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority, which was created in 1948 by the Michigan Legislature. [2] The building contains a library, a courthouse, and the city hall. When it opened, the City-County Building replaced both the historic Detroit City Hall and Wayne County Building.
The Michigan Supreme Court has designated the Berrien County Courts as a consolidation site for the merger of the District Court, Probate Court and Circuit Court into a single Trial Court. [ 13 ] The 6th District Court, which consisted of the cities of Benton Harbor and St. Joseph was merged into the 5th District Court in the 1970s to form a ...
The Wayne County Department of Public Services was formed in 1906 as the Wayne County Road Commission. It was the government agency in Wayne County, Michigan responsible for building and maintaining the county's roads and highways. [10] Its first commissioners were Edward N. Hines, Cassius R. Benton, and automobile manufacturer Henry Ford ...
Wayne County Probate Court Judge candidate Daniel Mercier was nearly disbarred in recent years for failing to disclose legal and financial issues. How lies and crimes almost cost Wayne County ...
The Circuit and Probate Courts for Wayne County are located in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (formerly the "City-County Building"). Circuit and probate judges are elected county-wide, with circuit judges handling all cases where more than $ 25,000 is in dispute, felonies, divorce/custody actions, and matters of general equitable ...
In 1833, all the county courts in all counties in the territory of Michigan except Wayne were abolished and replaced by one circuit court of the territory of Michigan. [2] In 1836, the state was divided into 3 circuits. The 1850 Michigan Constitution made the office of circuit court judges elected officials and set the term of office to six (6 ...
The circuit courts hear the more serious criminal cases. In addition, they are the appellate court for cases heard in the district courts. There are 57 circuit courts in the State of Michigan, which have original jurisdiction over all civil suits where the amount contended in the case exceeds $25,000 and all criminal cases involving felonies.