This webinar will describe the major changes to the Michigan Child Support Formula, effective January 1, 2021.
This webinar will describe the major changes to the Michigan Child Support Formula, effective January 1, 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Building Support Calculation Expertise
Child Support Formula Overview
Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Enforcement: The Basics
Customer Service in a Virtual Environment
Functions of the Friend of the Court Office
Improving Support Order Quality
Resources for Custody, Parenting Time, ADR Professional
Support Enforcement – Stepping Outside of the Revolving Door
The “New” Michigan Parenting Time Guideline
folder Building Support Calculation Expertise Session Material
pdf Custody, Parenting Time, and Child Support Enforcement: The Basics Session Material
pdf Customer Service 101 Session Material
pdf Customer Service in a Virtual Environment Session Material
pdf Functions of the Friend of the Court Office Session Material
pdf Improving Support Order Quality Session Material
pdf Motivational Interviewing Session Material
pdf Overcoming Personal Bias Session Material
pdf Professionalism and Ethics Session Material
pdf Resources for Custody, Parenting Time, ADR Professional Session Material
pdf Support Enforcement – Stepping Outside of the Revolving Door Session Material
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.
This forum will introduce the Science of Hope and the cultural strategic framework that has been developed through extensive research.
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.
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.
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