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6th Circuit Court - Oakland County, MI
The following information has been
quoted from the Oakland County website which is "public
domain." Updated on divorcePeers.com April 6, 2005.
Case work assignments
"Family Division Assignments [are] broken down
by Judges.... For
each judge there are two to three teams
assigned to them, each team consisting of a:
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Referee:
Conducts Early Intervention Conferences, evidentiary hearings on motions
to modify child support, parenting time or custody, filed by the
parties, or motions referred by the Court; and conducts show cause
hearings to enforce support and parenting time orders.
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Case
assistant: Processes orders prepared by the referees or the
support specialists. Assists clients with questions regarding show cause
and evidentiary hearings, and general information about their case.
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Family
counselor: Provides mediation to assist parties in domestic
relation matters to voluntarily resolve disputes involving custody,
parenting time, and removal of domicile; provides dispute resolution,
crisis education, and referral counseling regarding divorce or
separation engendered issues; conducts custody, parenting time, and
removal of domicile investigations; prepares reports and recommendations
when ordered to do so by the court.
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Child support
account specialist: Assists with questions and
problems concerning accounting of child support and statements.
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Support
specialist: Conducts support modification reviews;
receives client mail regarding support.
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Medical
support specialist: Conducts pre-enforcement
mediation to settle disputes regarding medical bills and to ensure there
is health insurance coverage for all children; responds to parental
concerns about health care expenses and gather information about the
ability of insurance coverage.
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