Michigan Laws 552.504b – Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), and under the chief judge‘s supervision, the office shall provide the citizen advisory committee with a grievance filed as provided in section 26 and access to records and information necessary for the committee to perform its functions as prescribed by this act, including the following:
(a) Case records and other information pertaining to the case of a party who has filed a grievance with the citizen advisory committee.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 552.504b
- Bureau: means the state friend of the court bureau created in section 19. See Michigan Laws 552.502
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- Chief judge: means the following:
(i) The circuit judge in a judicial circuit having only 1 circuit judge. See Michigan Laws 552.502Citizen advisory committee: means a citizen friend of the court advisory committee established as provided in section 4. See Michigan Laws 552.502 Court: means the circuit court. See Michigan Laws 552.502 Friend of the court: means the person serving under section 21(1) or appointed under section 23 as the head of the office of the friend of the court. See Michigan Laws 552.502 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.
(b) Information regarding the procedures used by the office to carry out its responsibilities as defined by statute, court rule, or the bureau.
(c) Information regarding the administration of the office of the friend of the court office, including budget and personnel information.
(2) The following information shall not be provided to a citizen advisory committee:
(a) Information defined as confidential by supreme court rule.
(b) Case information subject to confidentiality or suppression by specific court order, unless the court that issued the order of confidentiality determines, after notice to the parties and an opportunity for response, that the requested information may be made available to the citizen advisory committee without impairing the rights of a party or the well-being of a child involved in the case.
(3) A citizen advisory committee shall be provided a judge’s or referee’s notes pertaining to a case only at the chief judge‘s express direction.
(4) A citizen advisory committee has access to records of a mediation session only if the court determines, after notice to the parties and an opportunity for a response, that access would not impair the rights of a party to the case or the well-being of a child involved in the case.
(5) Upon request of a citizen advisory committee and under the chief judge’s supervision, the office shall annually provide the committee with information pertaining to a random sampling of grievances. If requested by the committee and at the supreme court’s direction, the state court administrative office shall assist the office in devising a statistically significant random sampling.