Oakland County
Form
Time Frames
Hearings
Miscellaneous
100
The day of the week Motions are heard by judges of the Family Division of the Oakland County Circuit Court.

What is Wednesday?

100

A motion must be in writing unless made during this.

What is a hearing?

100

A motion if served by ordinary mail, must be served this many days prior to the hearing.

What is 9 days?

100

A motion hearing in Oakland County, Michigan held on a Wednesday morning is not this type of hearing.

What is an evidentiary hearing?

100

Basic motion filing fee.

What is $20?

200

This document must be filed with the assignment clerk in order to place a motion on the judge's docket.

What is a praecipe?

200

A motion must state with _______ the grounds and authority on which it is based.

What is particularity?

200

A response to a motion received via personal service, must be filed this many days before the hearing.

What is 3 days?

200

Which of the parties speaks first at a Motion Hearing?

Who is the moving party?

200

Michigan Student Practice Rule

What is MCR 8.120?

300

A praecipe is filed this many days before a hearing on the motion.

What is 7 days or the Wednesday before the Wednesday of the desired motion hearing?

300

A motion must be signed by either ____ or ______.

What is the moving party or counsel?

300

A motion is served be personal service, must be served this many days prior to the hearing.

What is 7 days?

300

The typical length of time that a party has to speak on the record at non-evidentiary motion hearing.

What is 5-10 minutes?

300

The fist thing that a student attorney should do when appearing in court.

What is place his or her appearance on the record and identify his or her supervising attorney?
400

Counsel for the moving party listed on the praecipe must check in with the assigned judge's court clerk by this time or risk having his or her motion dismissed  and counsel for the opposing party must also check in by this time or risk having an order entered granting the moving party's requested relief.  

What is 9:30 a.m.?

400

A motion or response to a motion that presents an issue of law must be accompanied by this.

What is brief?

400

A response to a motion received via ordinary mail, must be filed this many days prior to the hearing.

What is 5 days?

400

Unless directed by the judge otherwise, who typically speaks on the record at a non-evidentiary motion hearing.

Who is the party, if pro per or counsel for the party is represented?

400

Filing fee for a motion to change custody or parenting-time.

What is $100?

500

An attorney that signs and submits a praecipe to the court certifies this.

What is that the attorney has made personal contact with the opposing party/counsel or made reasonable and diligent attempts to contact the opposing party/counsel requesting concurrence in the relief sought with the filed motion.

500

A brief accompanying a motion cannot exceed this many double spaced pages, exclusive of attachments and exhibits. 

What is 20 pages?

500

A motion for Entry of a Default Judgment of Divorce must be served on the opposing party this may days prior to the hearing?

What is 14 days?

500

In Oakland County if you file a motion for support, custody, or parenting-time and schedule the hearing for a Wednesday morning, you will start by first seeing who.

What is the Oakland County Friend of the Court?

500

Filing fee for a motion to change child support.

What is $60?