2020 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 600 - Revised Judicature Act of 1961
Act 236 of 1961 Revised Judicature Act of 1961 (600.101 - 600.9948)
236-1961-5 Chapter 5 Circuit Courts: Organization and Powers (600.501...600.596)
Section 600.537 Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit.
Sec. 537.
The thirty-sixth judicial circuit consists of the county of Van Buren and has 1 judge. Subject to section 550, this judicial circuit may have 1 additional judge effective January 1, 1989.
History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1968, Act 127, Imd. Eff. June 11, 1968 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 134, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1988
Compiler's Notes: Section 2 of Act 134 of 1988 provides:“Any additional circuit judgeship to be added by election in 1988 shall not be authorized to be filled by election unless each county in the circuit, by resolution adopted by the county board of commissioners, approves the creation of the judgeship and unless the clerk of each county adopting such a resolution files a copy of the resolution with the state court administrator not later than 4 p.m. of the tenth Tuesday preceding the August primary for the election to fill the additional circuit judgeship.”
