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Circuit courts are the trial courts with the broadest powers in Michigan. [1] [2] In Michigan, circuit courts handle all felony criminal cases that could result in confinement to prison. [1] [2] They also deal with all civil cases for claims in excess of $25,000.00. [1] [2] There are 57 circuit courts in the state of Michigan.
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 ...
From the late 1970s to November 12, 2013, the Circuit Court 30th District (Ingham County, home to the capital) acted as the state's courts of claim. [7] Federal courts located in Michigan. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [8] United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan [9]
The judiciary of Michigan is defined under the Michigan Constitution, law, and regulations as part of the Government of Michigan.The court system consists of the Michigan Supreme Court, the Michigan Court of Appeals as the intermediate appellate court, the circuit courts and district courts as the two primary trial courts, and several administrative courts and specialized courts.
EMMET COUNTY — This Aug. 6, voters in Emmet County will be asked to vote for their next county clerk. The clerk's office handles a wide array of tasks, from records keeping for marriage licenses ...
Theodore Levin United States Courthouse in Detroit, taken January 2010. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Port Huron, taken August 2003.. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (in case citations, E.D. Mich.) is the federal district court with jurisdiction over the eastern half of the Lower Peninsula of the State of Michigan.
Started at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Emmet County Helping Hands was created to help people find just that — a helping hand. 15,000 members later, Emmet County-based Facebook group ...
The United States District Court for the District of Michigan was established on July 1, 1836, by 5 Stat. 61, with a single judgeship. [2] The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as United States circuit courts , except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the ...