Rule 2.119 - Motion Day Practice(A) Motion days shall be held on the first four Mondays of each month. If a Monday is a legal holiday, then the following day shall be motion day, unless otherwise designated.(B) The chief judge shall determine on which motion days criminal matters will be heard.(C) All motion day matters shall be noticed for hearing on a regularly scheduled motion day of the judge to whom the action is assigned.(D) Matters may be scheduled for hearing on motion days by filing a motion praecipe no later than noon of the previous Thursday.(E) Unless otherwise provided by notice published in the term calendar, criminal matters (including appeals), paternity, arraignments, family support matters, and driver's license petitions shall be noticed for hearing on assigned motion days at 1:30 p.m.; all other matters shall be heard at 9:00 a.m.(F) At each session of motion day, attorneys shall notify the court clerk when their matters are ready for hearing and those matters shall be called in the order in which notice is received.Mich. L. Ct. R. Cir. Ct. 2.119
Amended effective 10/24/2019; amended effective 1/1/2023.