Opinion
ADM File Nos. 1998-50 2001-19.
October 15, 2003.
On order of the Court, Rule 3.973 of the Michigan Court Rules is amended, effective immediately. MCR 1.201(D).
[Additions are indicated by underlining and deletions are indicated by strikeover.]
Rule 3.973 Dispositional Hearing
(A) — (D) [Unchanged.]
(E) Evidence; Reports.
(1) — (3) [Unchanged.]
(4) Written reports, other than those portions made confidential by law, case service plans, and court orders, including all updates and revisions, shall be available to the foster parent, child caring institution, or relative with whom the child is placed. The foster parents, child caring institution, or relative with whom the child is placed shall not have the right to cross-examine individuals making such reports or the right to controvert such reports beyond the making of a written or oral statement concerning the child as provided in subsection (A)(4)(a) subrule (E)(2).
(F) — (H) [Unchanged.]
Staff Comment: The October 15, 2003, amendment of MCR 3.973(E)(4) corrected the misdesignation of the subrule referred to in the text.
The staff comment is published only for the benefit of the bench and bar and is not an authoritative construction by the Court.