Michigan is a one-party consent state for recording verbal conversations. As long as the person recording (“recorder”) is also a participant to the conversation, the recorder may record the conversation with “apparent impunity.” You may not employ a third-party to record a conversation.
Rule 2.313 - Failure to Serve Disclosure or to Provide or to Permit Discovery; Sanctions (A) Motion for Order Compelling Disclosure or Discovery. A party, on reasonable notice to other parties and all persons affected, may apply for an order compelling disclosure or discovery as follows: (1) Appropriate Court.
Fill out form MC 03 (Answer, Civil) on the website or get a paper copy from the court to fill out. Write in the court number, case number, the court address, the court telephone number, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of the plaintiff and the defendant exactly as they are on your court papers.
Under MCR 2.405, any party may serve an adverse party with a written offer to stipulate to the entry of a judgment in a sum certain. Additionally, any party may make multiple offers of judgment. The recipient of an offer of judgment can accept, reject, or make a counteroffer.
(b) The court shall not impose a minimum sentence, including a departure, that exceeds 2/3 of the statutory maximum sentence.
(3) Within 7 days after the granting of the judgment or order, or later if the court allows, a party may serve a copy of the proposed judgment or order on the other parties, with a notice to them that it will be submitted to the court for signing if no written objections to its accuracy or completeness are filed with ...
Michigan's new scope allows discovery into any “matters that are relevant to any party's claims or defenses.” This is slightly narrower than its previous scope that allowed discovery of matters “relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending actions.”
Except for crimes exempted by MCL 780.131(2), the inmate shall be brought to trial within 180 days after the department of corrections causes to be delivered to the prosecuting attorney of the county in which the warrant, indictment, information, or complaint is pending written notice of the place of imprisonment of ...
As to each allegation on which the adverse party relies, a responsive pleading must (1) state an explicit admission or denial; (2) plead no contest; or (3) state that the pleader lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of an allegation, which has the effect of a denial.