Section 600.316 - Process issued by court of appeals; service; court order prohibiting disclosure of party's address or contacting another party; service on protected party(1) Process issued by the court of appeals may be served by any member of the Michigan state police or by any other officer or individual authorized to serve process issued by a circuit court.(2) If a court order has been entered in an action appealed to the court of appeals 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 court of appeals 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 trial court.Amended by 2016, Act 91,s 2, eff. 7/25/2016.Add. 1964, Act 281, Imd. Eff. 6/11/1964.