Friend of the Court (FOC) Contact Information

• Unless indicated on the order and/or notice, all hearings are held via Zoom. If the hearing is in person, Domestic Relations Matters are heard at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAYMC), Two Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI and the Friend of the Court (FOC), 645 Griswold, Penobscot Building, Detroit, MI.
• File your motion with the County Clerk either in person, by mail, or via the Domestic Case Filings system.
• To schedule a FOC Motion for hearing, place it in the drop box at the clerk’s office or submit an ePraecipe online. If you have a motion for the Judge, take it to the courtroom to get your date or file an ePraecipe online. The ePraecipe cannot be filed until the motion is accepted for filing.
• Attach a copy of your prior order to any motion filing. The FOC Referee Support Services will not schedule a motion unless the prior order is included pursuant to the docket directive 2010-02.(Most matters are scheduled within 4 weeks of filing.)
• For parenting time enforcement, you must first file a request to enforce Parenting Time/Custody form. The form is on the FOC’s website and the matter will be scheduled on the parenting time docket.
• For child support motions, come prepared with your child support calculations. These matters are scheduled for hearing and not referred to investigation.
• Attorney work stations are located at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on the 7th floor. Michigan Child Support Formula are available on these computers.
• If either side is represented in a divorce action, a FOC investigation regarding child support is not required. You may use the MiChildSupport Calculator to run the child support guidelines.
• Be on time for your hearing.
• If either side is represented in a divorce action, a FOC investigation regarding child support is not required. You may use the MiChildSupport Calculator to run the child support guidelines.
• When filing objections to a Referee’s Recommendation, submit the motion and all exhibits to the assigned judge.
• Adjournments of FOC motions are handled by the FOC Referee’s courtroom. You may only adjourn three (3) times, and you must have consent of the other side. The adjournment form (Form 4125) must be faxed to obtain the adjournment.
• Payments mailed to the Michigan Disbursement Unit are applied according to federal regulations. If your client needs to make a payment on a specific case, they should pay in-person and advise the cashier.
• Please request to see a supervisor or manager if you have any customer service concerns. Customer satisfaction surveys are available in the public lobby, we are very interested in receiving your feedback.
• If you would like to receive appointments as Assigned Counsel for paternity, contempt, and felony non-support cases, contact Docket Support Services at (313) 224-5258.

Wayne County Family Bar sponsors an annual Nuts and Bolts Seminar in addition to hosting monthly meetings. Wayne County Third Circuit Court and FOC updates are announced at these.