MI Rules MCR 3.974
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Michigan Compiled Laws Annotated Currentness
Michigan Court Rules of 1985
Chapter 3. Special Proceedings and Actions
Subchapter 3.900. Proceedings Involving Juveniles (Refs & Annos)
RULE 3.974 POST-DISPOSITIONAL PROCEDURES: CHILD AT HOME
(A) Review of Child's Progress.
(1) General. The court shall periodically review the progress of a child not in foster care over whom it has retained jurisdiction.
(2) Time. If the child was never removed from the home, the progress of the child must be reviewed no later than 182 days from the date the petition was filed and no later than every 91 days after that for the first year that the child is subject to the jurisdiction of the court. After that first year, a review hearing shall be held no later than 182 days from the immediately preceding review hearing before the end of the first year and no later than every 182 days from each preceding hearing until the court terminates its jurisdiction. The review shall occur no later than 182 days after the child returns home when the child is no longer in foster care. If the child was removed from the home and subsequently returned home, review hearings shall be held in accordance with MCR 3.975.
(3) Change of Placement. Except as provided in subrule (B), the court may not order a change in the placement of a child solely on the basis of a progress review. If the child over whom the court has retained jurisdiction remains at home following the initial dispositional hearing or has otherwise returned home from foster care, the court must conduct a hearing before it may order the placement of the child. Such a hearing must be conducted in the manner provided in MCR 3.975(E), except as otherwise provided in this subrule for Indian children. If the child is an Indian child, in addition to the hearing prescribed by this subrule, the court must also conduct a removal hearing in accordance with MCR 3.967 before it may order the placement of the Indian child.
(B) Emergency Removal; Protective Custody.
(1) General. If the child, over whom the court has retained jurisdiction, remains at home following the initial dispositional hearing or has otherwise returned home from foster care, the court may order the child to be taken into protective custody to protect the health, safety, or welfare of the child, pending an emergency removal hearing, except, that if the child is an Indian child and the child resides or is domiciled within a reservation, but is temporarily located off the reservation, the court may order the child to be taken into protective custody only when necessary to prevent imminent physical harm to the child.
(2) Notice. The court shall ensure that the parties are given notice of the hearing as provided in MCR 3.920 and MCR 3.921.
(3) Emergency Removal Hearing. If the court orders the child to be taken into protective custody to protect the child's health, safety, or welfare, the court must conduct an emergency removal hearing no later than 24 hours after the child has been taken into custody, excluding Sundays and holidays as defined in MCR 8.110(D)(2). If the child is an Indian child, the court must also conduct a removal hearing in accordance with MCR 3.967 in order for the child to remain removed from a parent or Indian custodian. Unless the child is returned to the parent pending the dispositional review, the court must make a written determination that the criteria for placement listed in MCR 3.965(C)(2) are satisfied.
(a) At the emergency removal hearing, the respondent parent, guardian, or legal custodian from whom the child is removed must receive a written statement of the reasons for removal and be advised of the following rights:
(i) to be represented by an attorney at the dispositional review hearing;
(ii) to contest the continuing placement at the dispositional review hearing within 14 days; and
(iii) to use compulsory process to obtain witnesses for the dispositional review hearing.
(b) At an emergency removal hearing, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian from whom the child was removed must be given an opportunity to state why the child should not be removed from, or should be returned to, the custody of the parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
(C) Dispositional Review Hearing; Procedure. If the child is in placement pursuant to subrule (B), the dispositional review hearing must commence no later than 14 days after the child is placed by the court, except for good cause shown. The dispositional review hearing may be combined with the removal hearing for an Indian child prescribed by MCR 3.967. The dispositional review hearing must be conducted in accordance with the procedures and rules of evidence applicable to a dispositional hearing.
CREDIT(S)
[Adopted February 4, 2003, effective May 1, 2003, 467 Mich; amended October 24, 2006, effective January 1, 2007, 477 Mich; February 2, 2010, effective May 1, 2010, 485 Mich.]
Current with amendments received through January 1, 2011.
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