Rule 8.112 - Local Court Rules; Administrative Orders(A) Local Court Rules.(1) A trial court may adopt rules regulating practice in that court if the rules are not in conflict with these rules and regulate matters not covered by these rules.(2) If a practice of a trial court is not specifically authorized by these rules, and (a) reasonably depends on attorneys or litigants being informed of the practice for its effectiveness, or(b) requires an attorney or litigant to do some act in relation to practice before that court, the practice, before enforcement, must be adopted by the court as a local court rule and approved by the Supreme Court.(3) Unless a trial court finds that immediate action is required, it must give reasonable notice and an opportunity to comment on a proposed local court rule to the members of the bar in the affected judicial circuit, district, or county. The court shall send the rule and comments received to the Supreme Court clerk.(4) If possible, the number of a local court rule supplementing an area covered by these rules must correspond with the numbering of these rules and bear the prefix LCR. For example, a local rule supplementing MCR 2.301 should be numbered LCR 2.301.(B) Administrative Orders. (1) A trial court may issue an administrative order governing only internal court management.(2) Administrative orders must be sequentially numbered during the calendar year of their issuance. E.g., Recorder's Court Administrative Orders Nos. 1984-1, 1984-2.(3) Before its effective date, an administrative order must be sent to the state court administrator. If the state court administrator directs, a trial court shall stay the effective date of an administrative order or shall revoke it. A trial court may submit such an order to the Supreme Court as a local court rule.Chapter last updated January 29, 2014; amended August 10, 2022, effective 9/9/2022.