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The Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan is the largest circuit court in the state, with 61 judges and three operating divisions as of 2023. The Third Circuit Court has jurisdiction over civil, criminal, and family matters arising in Wayne County .
On April 23, 2007, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm appointed Slavens to the Third Circuit Court of Wayne County. He filled the unexpired term of the Honorable Maggie Drake, who stepped down effective January 1, 2007. Drake, who had been re-elected during the 2004 general election, would have otherwise served until 2010.
The 2024 Michigan elections were held on November 5, 2024. In addition to the 2024 United States presidential election , elections were held for all of the state's seats in the United States House of Representatives , the state's class 1 seat in the United States Senate , and for all the seats in the Michigan House of Representatives .
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 ...
Susan Hubbard (Green), judge of the Third Judicial Circuit Court of Michigan [11] Mary Kelly (Republican), St. Clair County prosecutor [12] Bridget Mary McCormack (Democratic), incumbent chief justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan [12] Kerry Lee Morgan (Libertarian), private practice attorney [13] Katie Nepton (Libertarian), attorney [14]
Michigan Circuit Courts [3] In Michigan, the Circuit Court is the trial court with the broadest powers in Michigan. In general, the Circuit Court handles all civil cases with claims of more than $25,000 and all felony criminal cases (cases where the accused, if found guilty, could be sent to prison).
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 3rd district is based in western Michigan, and includes Grand Rapids, Muskegon, and parts of Ottawa County. The incumbent is Democrat Hillary Scholten, who flipped the district and was elected with 54.9% of the vote in 2022. [2] She won with 53.7% of the vote in 2024.