This webinar will describe the major changes to the Michigan Child Support Formula, effective January 1, 2021.

pdf MJI/FOCB Webinar: 2021 Michigan Child Support Formula Update: A Formula for Better Customer Outcomes

This webinar will provide information that will help friend of the court staff and prosecutors in assisting parents in reaching custody and parenting time agreements.

pdf MJI/FOCB Webinar: Assisting Parents in Reaching Custody and Parenting Time Agreements

As many of our offices continue to hold meetings and hearings using remote technology, there are many communication pieces that get lost or misinterpreted.  This session is designed to help you conduct engaging and informative remote meetings while using different styles and types of effective communication.

pdf MJI/FOCB Webinar: Communication Skills in a Zoom World

This webinar will provide an overview of the Jail Task Force Legislation impacting procedures related to appearance tickets, warrants, sentencings, driver’s license suspensions, reclassification of some misdemeanor offenses to civil infractions, and probation.

pdf Material for the District Court Probation Officers Webinar: Criminal Justice Reform: Implications of the 2020 Jail Task Force Legislation on Court Proceedings

This webinar discusses how to effectively conduct a facilitative information-gathering conference. The following topics are addressed: domestic violence, how to effectively work with family law attorneys, use of Zoom, and how to properly complete forms FOC 124, 125, and FOC 89.

pdf FOCB FIG Training PowerPoint, September 10, 2020

pdf FOCB Consent to Participate Form

The Michigan Judicial Institute (MJI), in collaboration with the Friend of the Court Bureau (FOCB), is pleased to offer a four-day webinar for friend of the court (FOC) staff.

The list below includes available videos.

Building Support Calculation Expertise

Child Support Formula Overview

Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Enforcement: The Basics

Customer Service 101

Customer Service in a Virtual Environment

Functions of the Friend of the Court Office

Improving Support Order Quality

Motivational Interviewing

Overcoming Personal Bias

Professionalism and Ethics

Resources for Custody, Parenting Time, ADR Professional

Support Enforcement – Stepping Outside of the Revolving Door

The “New” Michigan Parenting Time Guideline

Building Support Calculation Expertise

folder Building Support Calculation Expertise Session Material

Child Support Formula Overview

pdf Child Support Formula Overview Session Material

Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Enforcement: The Basics

pdf Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Enforcement: The Basics Session Material

Customer Service 101

pdf Customer Service 101 Session Material

Customer Service in a Virtual Environment

pdf Customer Service in a Virtual Environment Session Material

Functions of the Friend of the Court Office

pdf Functions of the Friend of the Court Office Session Material

Improving Support Order Quality

pdf Improving Support Order Quality Session Material

Motivational Interviewing

pdf Motivational Interviewing Session Material

Overcoming Personal Bias

pdf Overcoming Personal Bias Session Material

Professionalism and Ethics

pdf Professionalism and Ethics Session Material

Resources for Custody, Parenting Time, ADR Professional

pdf Resources for Custody, Parenting Time, ADR Professional Session Material

Support Enforcement - Stepping Outside of the Revolving Door

pdf Support Enforcement – Stepping Outside of the Revolving Door Session Material

The "New" Michigan Parenting Time Guideline

pdf The “New” Michigan Parenting Time Guideline Session Material

This webinar will provide an overview of the experience of the 23rd District Court since implementing an intensive supervision program and how it has improved outcomes.

pdf Intensive Supervision Probation Webinar Material

Recent events have refocused attention on the militia movement and upon sovereign citizens. To help trial court staff better identify the nature and tactics of this group, the Michigan Judicial Institute (MJI) is pleased to present this webinar.  This webinar is password protected, please contact MJI at 517-373-7171 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for the password.

In this recording, learn how juvenile justice professionals across the state and the disciplines have shared how they have used their creativity to stay connected to, and instill hope in, system-involved youth and families. Also, learn how to be the “instrument of hope” in the face of the ongoing pandemic and the “new normal” moving forward.

Strength-based practice is an emerging approach to guiding at-risk youth that is exceptionally positive and inspiring. This workshop will introduce a number of strength-based verbal interventions that help professionals to better engage and motivate at-risk youth.

pdf Juvenile Justice Vision 20/20: 2021 Winter Training Event: The Art of Effective, Strength-Based Communicating with At-Risk Youth and Family Members

This forum will introduce the Science of Hope and the cultural strategic framework that has been developed through extensive research.

pdf Juvenile Justice Vision 20/20 Webinar: A Truly Remarkable Examination of the Soul, Science, and Culture of Hope

This three-session virtual conference further examines the science of hope and strategies to instill hope in juvenile justice–involved youth and families.

This recording is Part 2 of an one-day training to review state and local emergency management systems, emerging public health threats, and applicable laws.  The central focus is on the role of the courts in the event of an outbreak of a special pathogen.  

pdf Public Health Law Bench Book for Michigan Courts

The purpose of this course is to give tools to our frontline workers for peaceful interactions and how to respond to those whom are noncompliant.  When an encounter escalates, what are the employee safeguards and options to avoid becoming a victim?  There are verbal mechanisms, as well as physical stances, that should be available to our workers.  The tools can be utilized not only in the workplace but also in everyday confrontational encounters.

pdf Verbal Diffusion and Violence De-escalation Techniques

This webinar is designed to cover the high-level basics of military income, to learn about the needs unique to returning service members, and to talk about some of the services available to them.

pdf MJI/FOCB Webinar: Working with Military and Veteran Families Material

spreadsheet Veteran Navigator Contact Roster FY21