Opinion
ADM File No. 2004-22.
January 4, 2005.
On order of the Court, the need for immediate action having been found, the notice requirements are dispensed with and the following amendment of Rule 7.201 of the Michigan Court Rules is adopted, effective immediately. MCR 1.201(D).
[Additions are indicated by underlining and deletions are indicated by strikeover.]
Rule 7.201 Organization and Operation of Court of Appeals
(A) [Unchanged.]
(B) Court of Appeals Clerk; Place of Filing Papers; Fees.
(1) [Unchanged.]
(2) Papers to be filed with the court or the clerk must be filed in the clerk's office in Lansing or with a deputy clerk in Detroit, Southfield Troy, or Grand Rapids. Fees paid to a deputy clerk must be forwarded to the clerk's office in Lansing. Claims of appeal, applications, motions, and complaints need not be accepted for filing until all required documents have been filed and the requisite fees have been paid.
(3) [Unchanged.]
(C) — (H) [Unchanged.]
Staff Comment: The amendment of MCR 7.201(B)(2) replaces the reference to Southfield with a reference to Troy. This amendment corresponds with the Court of Appeals November 29, 2004, relocation of its Southfield office to Troy.
The staff comment is not an authoritative construction by the Court.