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Michigan Forms News Alert: MC12 Revised (Again!)

printcarta — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:22:00 GMT

The periodic garnishment has been revised again dated 12/15 and while the prior 9/15 revision may still be used it must be hand corrected for garnishment of State employees.

A few decades ago you had to file a periodic garnishment for every pay period (or periodic income period) and you paid the employer (or garnishee) $6 to withhold some of that pay, called the disclosure fee. Sometime before 2004 (as far back as we could look) the law changed to allow the garnishment to remain in effect for 91 days but the $6 disclosure fee remained. Then in 2013 the law extended the time that the garnishment would remain in effect to 182 days but again the $6 disclosure fee remained unchanged.

Well a new law just this past September 2015 extended the time again keeping a periodic garnishment in effect without any time limit at all, lasting until the judgement debt (and costs and interest) were fully paid, which in cases of large debt could be years even decades. Well the legislature evidently thought that $6 fee was a bit measly for all the work the garnishee had to do withholding funds every pay period for years so they raised the fee to $35 and the 9/15 revision listed that $35 as the amount to submit to the garnishee. But alas, the legislature did not bother to change another state law that limits the disclosure fee to $6 if the employer or garnishee is the State of Michigan (MCL 600.406(3)(b)). So the new 12/15 revisions adds a phrase to include that exception.

You can use up your 9/15 forms doing nothing so long as the State of Michigan is not the garnishee but if they are just cross out the $35 and hand correct it to $6. We will continue to sell our remaining stock of the 9/15 form until we can get the new revision produced in all three formats we offer (continuous, carbonless, and carbon). If you garnish State employees often you may wish to have us backorder your orders for the new revision but if not please help us use up our existing stock to save a tree and keep form costs down.

Michigan Form News Alert: MC12 and Other 9/15 Revisions

printcarta — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 20:23:00 GMT

MC12 Request and Writ for Garnishment 9/15 revision must be used effective 9/30/2015 allows periodic garnishment to remain in effect until the judgment is satisfied. See our May alert for full details.

Here is the full list of 9/15 revisions. They are:

Form	Title	When Must 9/15 Revision Be Used?
MC12	Request and Writ for Garnishment (Periodic)	Must use after 9/30/15
MC14	Garnishee Disclosure	Must use after 12/31/15
MC16a	Order on Motion to Set Aside Order for Installment Payments	previous revision can be used until stock is depleted
MC48	Final Statement on Garnishment of Periodic Payments	previous revision can be used until stock is depleted
MC49	Objections to Garnishment and Notice of Hearing	previous revision can be used until stock is depleted
MC242	Assignment to Youthful Trainee Status	previous revision can be used until stock is depleted
CC243a	Order of Probation	previous revision can be used until stock is depleted
DC243	Order of Probation	previous revision can be used until stock is depleted

Michigan Forms News Alert: Revision Pending for MC12, Periodic Garnishment, in September

printcarta — Fri, 15 May 2015 17:37:00 GMT

A recent change to Michigan law that will go into effect September 30, 2015 will allow periodic garnishments to remain in effect until the judgment is satisfied. Currently periodic garnishments are effective only for a maximum of 182 days. The form, MC12, Request & Writ for Garnishment (Periodic), will be revised accordingly and the new form will likely be required for use after September 30. The new form will not be approved for use until that time so you should order the present 4-14 revision to fully cover your needs up through that date.

The new revision is tentatively to be released to us for printing in early September but the actual date is not yet known. The State Court says it will not be posted to the State Court website until September 30. We hope to have stock available for sale a few weeks prior to that date but we will begin taking backorders for the new revision September 1st if you wish to have a standing order for it once it becomes available. As yet we do not know the revision date it will carry.

For more details on the changes, the law that was changed was MCL 600.4012 as amended by 2015 PA 14.

New Michigan Legal Forms Catalog

printcarta — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:01:00 GMT

We want to let you know we have released a new update of our popular Forms Catalog including all the new revisions up through September.

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Michigan Forms News Alert: June, 2014 Revisions Released

printcarta — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:42:00 GMT

The form revisions for June have been released by the State Court Administrative Office. Most carry a new revision date of 3/14 or 4/14. In most cases the prior revision of the forms can still be used until depleted as many of the changes are minor. Here are details on the most popular forms.

MC12, MC13, and MC52, the three writs of garnishment all had the same two minor changes. The order of the parts was changed to make the court copy the second part. This only changed the distribution list at the top of the form, not the body or substance of the form. The only change in the body of the form was that the words “Plaintiff” and “Defendant” were made possessive in the name and address sections at the top so they now read “Plaintiff’s name and address…” and “Defendant’s name and address…”. This change is so minor as to be insignificant and was only made to be consistent with most other court forms.

MC52 had one additional minor change. The gray bar at the top was extended to the left margin to include the words "This portion to be completed by the court only" to indicate that only referred to the check boxes in the gray bar.

Because these changes do nothing to affect the actual function of the form or the way it is filled in you can use your existing stock and we will try to sell the rest of our existing stock and ask you to help use that up to save trees and keep costs down. The continuous version of MC12 and MC52 we already are stocking in the new 4/14 version.

Before we printed the MC52 continuous, we noticed the words "State Treasurer" in the distribution list at the top of the form had been changed to "Garnishee" (the same as on the MC12 and MC13). We asked the State Court if that was intentional and they said it was not and was supposed to still read "State Treasurer". We made that correction on the 4/14 version prior to printing it. The State Court however made that correction but also changed the revision date to 6/14. They allowed the 4/14 version to be used until depleted. Our initial press run of the MC52 is dated 4/14 but has the correction. Our next press run will have the revision date changed to 6/14 as well.

MC09 , Dismissal, had a check box at the bottom added for the phrase, “this order resolves the last pending claim and closes the case”.

MC09a, Dismissal, Nonservice/No Progress, had a citation corrected at the bottom. On both dismissal forms the words Plaintiff and Defendant were also changed to the possessive as was done to the garnishment forms. We already have the new MC09 in stock in snap sets and will have it shortly in continuous format.

MC11, Subpoena, had a change made to the proof of service on the back where an extra line of fee boxes were added (adding the incorrect fee box) to make it consistent with the two line fee boxes on other proof of service sections on the backs of other forms. The face of the form is unchanged other than the revision date.

For more details on which forms can still be used until depleted click this link.

Michigan Forms News Alert: New Revisions

printcarta — Mon, 12 May 2014 21:07:00 GMT

The State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) is planning to revise the following forms for released this June, 2014. This is a tentative list so there could be a few of these that do not get revised or others that do. Still these are likely to be revised. Once we have confirmation on these revisions, we will notify you in another email.

Tentatively, for most of these, the old revision can be used until depleted. Notable in these are all the writs of garnishment.

The new revision of those marked with an asterisk will likely be required for use after the end of the year (12-31-14). One with the double asterisk will be required for use after June 30, 2014.

MC03	MC82	CC375m	FOC39e
MC09	MC227*	CC376m	FOC65*
MC09a	MC245*	CC377	FOC71 **
MC11	MC262	CC377m	FOC87
MC12	DC243*	CC395	FOC89
MC13	CC08	CC395m	FOC94
MC14	CC08a	FOC1a	FOC100
MC20	CC243a*	FOC10	FOC112
MC31	CC265	FOC10a
MC52	CC375	FOC39*

*The new revision must be used after 12-31-14

**The new revision must be used after 6-30-14

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Michigan Forms News Alert: MC13 Revision

joshames — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:01:00 GMT

A new revision to Michigan form MC13 (non-periodic writ of garnishment) has been released with a revision date of 1/14 (January 2014) however the prior revision dated 4/12 can be used up until next December (2014) as nothing significant changed.

Please note that initially the Michigan State Court form index said the 4/12 revision could still be used with hand correction and some local courts began to insist on the correction. We contacted the State Court and asked if that hand correction was really necessary. They agreed it was not and as of 1-20-2014 the index was changed deleting the hand correction requirement. Instead they added a cutoff date of next December (2014) for using the existing stock.

The only significant change to the form was changing the time for service from 91 days to 182 days. This has virtually no impact on typical usage at all and is merely perfunctory to make the form comply with the last year’s modification to the law that extended the duration for service for all types of garnishments. MC12 was modified at the time (revised 6/13). The MC52 form was not affected as it does not mention the time duration for service (but in use the longer time for service could be helpful with tax garnishments). In contrast we don’t think the change to the MC13 will affect usage since it would be unusual not to serve a one-time non-periodic garnishment as soon as possible.

Until we get the new revision in stock do limit the amount you buy to what you can use up by the end of the year.

For those of you that use continuous feed format, you will be happy to know that on the 1/14 revision we will maintain the field spacing and positions so no programing changes should be needed.

Please know that in addition to printed forms (snap sets or continuous feed), we also stock blank carbonless self-imaging paper. It is designed for use on all digital printers and copiers including high speed copiers. We encourage you to browse our website for an array of printed products for your office, blank stationery paper, and information on the use of Michigan's legal forms.

New Michigan Legal Forms Catalog

joshames — Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:46:00 GMT

We want to let you know we have released a new update of our popular Forms Catalog including all the new revisions up through October.

We are including the catalog with almost all new orders we ship so look for it in your next order. For those of you who order only full cartons of continuous forms (where they are not automatically included) please ask for one with your next order.

Michigan Legal Forms: Jan. - July 2013 Revisions

joshames — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 18:53:00 GMT

The State Supreme Court has advised us that the following forms are scheduled to be revised with the new revisions released in June 2013.

Michigan Forms News: MC12 Revision

joshames — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 13:04:00 GMT

The MC12 was revised again and dated 6/13 to comply with a new change to court rules that will allow 182 days for service on the garnishee. The new rule will extend that time for service for all garnishments – periodic (MC12), nonperiodic (MC13) and tax (MC52). Since that time for service is not mentioned on the MC52 it did not need revision. The MC13 was also just revised in similar fashion to the MC12 and now with a revision date of 1/14 . For both the MC12 and MC13 you will be able to use up the previous revision (dated 10/12 for MC12 and 4/12 for MC13) with a simple hand correction until stock is depleted (see our note below**).

Here are more details. Last year in October the MC12 was revised to accommodate a new change to the law, MCL600.4012(1), that allowed the duration of a wage garnishment to last up to 182 days, up from the previous 91 days. Note that law only applied to wages (salary or earnings). At that time Michigan Court Rules were also changed that allowed the duration of a periodic garnishment to be 182 days for any kind of periodic garnishment, not just wages. This was done in MCR3.101(B)(1)(a)(ii). In that same rule, section (E)(2) the date of service was extended to 182 days after issue for any writ of garnishment (including tax and non-periodic garnishments) but unfortunately in section (F)(1) there was also a reference to the time for service that was left at 91 days. Due to the conflict between the rules in sections (E) and (F), essentially the shorter 91 days for service remained if effect for any type of garnishment. Because of that the 10/12 revision of MC12 kept the reference to the time for service at 91 days in the note “TO THE PLAINTIFF” about mid way down the form. At the bottom of the form in item 5, where it previously had said the duration of the periodic garnishment was 91 days, it was changed to read simply “the expiration date”.

Well this reference to 91 days for service in the middle of the form (with no reference to 182 days anywhere on the form) caused much confusion with court clerks and plaintiffs thinking that the 10/12 revision was still limited to 91 days. Only the time to serve the writ on the garnishee was still limited to 91 days and that only because of a conflict in the two sections of the court rules. However this was destined to be temporary because in theory as long as your garnishment is still effective (182 days) you should still be able to serve it. So the court eventually changed section (F)(1) from 91 days to 182 days so that it is consistent with section (E)(2) of MCR3.101. That change resulted in the new 6/13 revision of MC12.

To continue to use up the existing 10/12 revision of MC12 or the 4/12 revision of MC13, simply change 91 to 182 days in the “TO THE PLAINTIFF” section about mid-way down on either form.

**(One would not think you would not even need to correct it if you served it before 91 days which would almost always be the case with periodic garnishments but such logic may escape some courts so we advise you to check if the clerks expect the correction regardless of when it is served).

The court did not want complicated rules where the service time for one type of garnishment was different from another so this new rule change extended the time for service to 182 days for all types of garnishments, including MC13, non-periodic garnishments and MC52 the tax garnishment. The longer time for MC52 is big news because this will help large collection firms by allowing a much longer window to file in the court and still get them served on the Treasury within this longer 182 day timeframe.