Until each court is fully implemented on MiFILE, each court shall operate its current e-Filing system in accordance with this order and Michigan Court Rules 1.109(G) and 8.119. This includes that each court may continue to exercise its discretion to grant necessary relief to avoid the consequences of error so as not to affect the substantial rights of the parties until the court is fully implemented on MiFILE. The Michigan Rules of Court govern all other aspects of the cases that are required to be filed electronically.
Participation in the e-Filing system is mandatory for the case types in place and for parties currently required to e-File in each court, as of the date of this order. Each court shall post on its website and in the clerk's office a list of the case types, mandated filers, and types of filings as specified in State Court Administrative Office Memo 2019-4. The State Court Administrative Office shall also maintain this information on its One Court of Justice website. On or before the date a pilot court is transitioned to MiFILE, the court must have in place an approved e-Filing access plan as required by Administrative Order 2019-2. Approval of the e-Filing plan means that the court has demonstrated full access for self-represented litigants. Nothing in this order precludes a court from implementing an e-Filing access plan before full implementation of MiFILE.
Circumstances may arise that will prevent a party from e-Filing where e-Filing is mandated by these courts. A filer may file a request for exemption from e-Filing under MCR 1.109(G)(3). The court shall consider those requests with factors described in MCR 1.109(G)(3)(g)-(h) and shall comply with all other requirements in the rule. The clerk of the court must promptly mail or hand-deliver the order of exemption to the individual.
With the exception of the e-Filing requirements in the Michigan Court Rules and any e-Filing standards prescribed by the State Court Administrative Office, each court will comply with the requirements of this order and, to the extent possible, continue to accept and process e-Filed documents for the case types, case initiation procedures, subsequent filing procedures, and filer requirements in place in each court as of the date of this order. Each court shall make this information readily available to filers from the court's website and at the clerk's office.
With the exception of the e-Filing requirements in the Michigan Court Rules and any e-Filing standards prescribed by the State Court Administrative Office, filers will comply with the requirements of this order and the e-Filing procedures and requirements in place in each court as of the date of this order.
Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 2019-4