Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1989-4
On order of the Court, the probate courts for the Counties of Calhoun, Kalamazoo and Oceana are authorized until further order of this Court, to conduct an experimental program which will utilize facsimile communication equipment to transmit petitions, physicians' certificates and other supporting documents from the Kalamazoo Regional Psychiatric Hospital for filing in the aforementioned courts. In all cases, the court will consider the documents filed when they are received by the facsimile equipment, and the court will initiate all notices so that the hearings are held within the time frames required by the Mental Health Code and Rules.
The facsimile documents shall be file-stamped when received and treated like an original, until the original documents are received by mail. If the original is not received within five days, the facsimile documents shall be copied on ordinary paper.
When the original documents are received by mail, the court shall file-stamp the originals with the date they were received and place them in the court file. A statement shall also be placed in the file, itemizing the documents received by facsimile, and indicating the date received. After comparing the facsimile documents with the original documents, the facsimile documents and any copies thereof shall be discarded.
The State Court Administrative Office shall provide assistance in the implementation of the pilot project and shall conduct an evaluation of the experimental program after the individual courts submit a report on the pilot project within 15 days after June 30,1990. The pilot courts shall cooperate with the State Court Administrative Office.
Mich. Admin. Ord. Administrative Order No. 1989-4