By the Honorable Anthony J. McDowell, 7th Circuit Court, Genesee County After over 10 years at the Genesee County Friend of the Court (FOC) ...

By: Referee Daniel J. Ferency, Oakland County For most practicing lawyers, judges, and other judicial officers, the mode and method of quest...

By Deedee Taylor, AAS, BSW, President & Founder of Taylor Made Re-Entry Taylor Made Re-Entry is a nonprofit organization that supports j...

By Jamie Eichenberg and Lara Markovitz This summer marked Jamie Eichenberg’s and Lara Markovitz’s two-year anniversary with the Friend of th...

By Jamie Eichenberg, Court Analyst, SCAO FOCB The Eastern Regional Interstate Child Support Association (ERICSA) held its annual conference ...

By Tanner Hickman, FOCB Analyst, SCAO Increase Understanding The Friend of the Court Bureau is developing training to support families fri...

The Michigan Child Support Program is piloting a new initiative to help families navigate the child support system. The idea came about afte...

By Ashley Kasper My time working for the Friend of the Court Bureau has been immensely fulfilling, intertwining my passion for the law with ...

  Guy Jacobson As all things must come to an end, I’m retiring after 36 years of working at the Friend of the Court offices in Muskegon and ...