If you were served with a Motion Regarding Custody, read it right away. Responding to a Motion to Change Custody Read the Papers Carefully You must keep a record of sent items until a judgment or final order is entered and all appeals have been completed. If you send the e-mail on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, it is considered served on the next business day ĭo not delete any e-mails you send to the other party, especially e-mails that served court documents. If you e-mail a document at or before 11:59 p.m., it is considered served on that day. The e-mail subject line must include the name of the court, case name, case number, and the title of each document being sent Keep the following rules in mind when serving documents by e-mail: To find out if your court has e-Filing for your case type, look at the E-Filing Courts in Michigan page on the Michigan One Court of Justice website. Follow the remaining instructions included with the Motion Regarding Custody.ĭuring the COVID-19 emergency, motions must be served electronically, either through e-Filing (if available) or e-mail. You must mail the motion to the other parent at least nine days before the hearing, or give them the motion in person at least seven days before the hearing. Then serve the motion on the other parent. Write the hearing information in the Notice of Hearing section in your motion. When you file your motion, ask the clerk for a hearing date. You can use the Do-It-Yourself Fee Waiver tool to do this. If you get public assistance or cannot afford to pay the fee, you can ask the court to waive your fee. The court will charge a fee to file your motion. If the other parent agrees to the change, be sure to check the box on question number seven to tell the judge that you and the other parent agree to the changes. To change any other custody order, you can use the Motion Regarding Custody on the Michigan One Court of Justice website. You must file this form within 14 days after you were served with the ex parte order.
If you want to change an ex parte order, use the form called Objection to Ex Parte Order and Motion to Rescind or Modify. You are called the moving party if you file a motion, and the other parent is the Respondent. Whether the other parent agrees or not, you will need to file a motion to ask the judge to change the custody order in your family law case. Although you still need the judge to sign a new order, it is easier to ask for a change if both parents agree to it. If you want to change your custody order, first find out whether your child's other parent will agree to the change. Filing a Motion to Change CustodyĮven if you both agree to change custody or parenting time, the current order is in effect until the judge signs a new order.
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