600.227 Writ or process; style; seal; evidence; court order prohibiting disclosure of party's address or contacting another party; service on protected party.

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Sec. 227.

(1)All writs and process issuing out of the supreme court shall be styled: "In the Name of the People of the State of Michigan," and may be executed in any county of this state. The seal of the supreme court affixed to, or impressed on, any writ or process in an action or proceeding is conclusive evidence that the writ or process was issued by the supreme court in all cases in which the writ or process may be lawfully issued.

(2)If a court order has been entered in an action appealed to the supreme court that prohibits the disclosure of the address of a party to the action or that prohibits a party to the action from contacting another party to the action, a party shall serve process or papers in the appeal that are required to be served directly on the protected party by delivering sufficient extra copies of the process or papers to the clerk of the supreme court with a request that the clerk, a sheriff, deputy sheriff, or police officer, or an appointed court officer serve the process or papers on the protected party. The clerk, sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, or court officer shall serve process or papers received under this subsection at 1 of the following:

(a)The confidential address provided by the protected party to the court under Michigan court rules.

(b)If a confidential address has not been provided under subdivision (a), the last known address of the protected party as provided by the court of appeals or trial court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 91 , Eff. July 25, 2016