Michigan Court Records

MiCOURT Case Search shows civil, traffic, criminal, domestic and probate cases from the Michigan trial courts that use MiCOURT; which case types appear depends on the court.

Courts that do not use MiCOURT keep their own case records; the Trial Court Directory lists each local court and its services.

Michigan divorces are family division cases in the circuit court under MCL 600.1021, filed with and kept by the county clerk. MCR 8.119(H) lets any person inspect a public case record unless a statute, rule, case law or sealing order restricts it. The divorce complaint is nonpublic until proof of service is filed under MCL 552.6a. The Verified Financial Information Form, CC 320, is served on the other spouse and never filed, and MCR 3.206(C) makes its information confidential to the court, the parties and their attorneys. The judgment of divorce, consent judgments, support and retirement orders are public, and orders and opinions stay public even in a sealed case.

MiCOURT Case Search is the state court system's online case search; at the clerk's office the public views electronic files on a court provided terminal and buys copies, with certified copies at $10 plus $1 per page under MCL 600.2546. Sealing a document is by motion under MCR 8.119(I) on a showing of good cause, and an entire case cannot be sealed unless a statute requires it. The Michigan asset search page explains what the judgment reveals when the financial form is confidential.