Probate Court fee increase of $150 to $175 effective March 1
Per 2015 PA 231, effective March 1, 2016 Probate Courts are required to collect a $25 electronic filing system fee for all new cases filed except for small estate proceedings. The fee is only charged on the initial petition or a petition to reopen a case, not on responses or subsequent petitions in the same proceeding. The cost of these petitions will increase from $150 to $175. The fee will be charged for all proceedings initiated on or after March 1st. New filings by mail received on or after March 1st will also have this fee assessed. The electronic filing system fee expires on December 31, 2020.
The purpose of this additional fee is to provide funding for the State of Michigan to eventually adopt a standardized, voluntary e-filing system for all Michigan trial courts. E-filing is currently not available in the Wayne County Probate Court.
Questions regarding this new fee should be directed to Michael McClory, the Chief Deputy Probate Register of the Wayne County Probate Court, at (313) 224-5685 or mmcclory@wcpc.us.
LAD board of directors elects new executive committee
The board of directors of Legal Aid and Defender Association, Inc. (LAD) has elected a new executive committee, according to LAD President and CEO Deierdre L. Weir.
J. Sherman Larkins, co-founder and President of Infiniti Energy, Inc. was elected chair. Arthur Dudley, II of Butzel Long was elected vice chair. Roger Short, a CPA and financial manager for Detroit Building Authority was elected treasurer. And Karen Chadwick, of Ann Arbor, general counsel for Plastech Manufacturing Co. was elected secretary.
“All of the members have a history of commitment to the organization, and work hard to ensure that LAD continues to be a foot solider in the ongoing march to ensure equal access to justice for our community’s poor,” said Weir.
Judge Edmunds blocks warrantless searches for vicious Detroit dogs
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has issued a temporary injunction that prevents Detroit animal control officers from searching homes for potentially vicious dogs without a warrant.
U.S. District Court Judge Nancy Edmunds’s injunction Monday blocks enforcing an ordinance that previously allowed animal control officers to search homes for dangerous or vicious pets without a warrant. That power was granted to officers in 2004 when the city's Animal Control Ordinance was amended.
City officials have defended efforts to enforce animal control laws.
Floyd Hardrick says animal control officers broke into his Detroit home July 13 while he was at work and seized his three dogs. The dogs died after being seized by the officers. He and others argue it was an unreasonable search.
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