JIS Updates and Information Blog

Good morning,

JIS will be performing system maintenance on Sunday, March 23rd between 5 PM and 10 PM. Case Management Systems (DCS/WebDCS, TCS/WebTCS, PCS, and the Jury application) will not be available during this time. MiFILE, Case Search, and Public Case Search will be available; however, integration with the Case Management System will be unavailable until the completion of maintenance.

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Attention TCS/WebTCS Courts (Circuit, Juvenile, Probate)

JIS has revised the TCS Caseload Quick Reference Guides (QRG) to better align with the caseload instructions.   The following updates were made:

• In the Circuit Court Quick Reference Guide:
  • Juvenile case types, Adoption case types, Miscellaneous Family and Ancillary case types have all been incorporated into the Circuit QRG.   These case types are all reported under Circuit Court for caseload purposes.
  • Some terminology and helpful troubleshooting tips have been reworded to accommodate both Circuit and Juvenile.
• The Juvenile Quick Reference Guide has been retired.
• In the Probate Quick Reference Guide:
  • Adoption case types, Miscellaneous Family and Ancillary case types were removed. These case types are reported under Circuit Court for caseload purposes.

Please be mindful that if a Probate clerk processes Adoptions and other Probate case types in the Probate office, they will need to have both QRG booklets available (Circuit and Probate) for reference depending on the case type being processed.

These two caseload quick reference guides can be found on the JIS Self-Service Portal/Knowledge Base.  https://servicedesk.courts.michigan.gov

Hotfix Update

• Following our most recent TCS/WebTCS release, we were made aware that updates made to the PZ Case Type processing flow required some corrections. We would like to announce that those corrections have been made, were applied to the TCS application last night, and are now ready for use.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – February 28, 2025 to view details.

Update In Brief

• Following the most recent release, it was discovered that if restitution was paid in full, the voucher process was not working as expected. This has been updated and will work properly now.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, February 24, 2025.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – February 24, 2025 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• Updates to CHR disposition code NMI (Nolo Contendere Mentally Ill).
• Event codes added, removed, and modified.
• Party requirements for PC, PZ, and AS case types updated.

Please join our training on the MiCOURT Platform/JIS Self-Service Portal. This training will be focusing on understanding the basic features and options offered.

Whether you're a beginner to the Portal or just looking to enhance your knowledge, this quick training will help users familiarize themselves with the layout, menus, and icons to navigate efficiently, and it will also offer an introductory tutorial to Ticket Submission, Managing Incidents, and the Knowledge Base. This Lunch and Learn will be valuable to all JIS users including DCS/WebDCS, TCS/WebTCS, PCS, Jury, MiCOURT Platform, and Portal tools!

Register for the JIS Self-Service Portal Lunch and Learn!

Dear JIS TCS Courts:

The Customer Success Team is hosting a Lunch and Learn to review the CHR Eligible Cases Report!

The TCS CHR Report is an excellent tool for confirming that Electronic Judgments have been submitted to MSP. The CHR Report tracks both EJUDs (Electronic Judgments) and MJUDs (Modified Judgments, including those related to successful and unsuccessful deferrals). If you would like to learn more about the CHR Report and the data entry required to populate it, please join us on Wednesday, January 15th, 2025 at 11:30 AM.

Register for the TCS Eligible Cases Report Lunch and Learn!

All JIS TCS Courts:

The end of the year is fast approaching! JIS encourages courts to begin running the caseload report in your application to review the data and correct any errors to ensure the data is accurate prior to uploading/syncing and verifying the report in MCAP in January.

In preparation for submitting your caseload report, we recommend reviewing the following Knowledge Articles:

• 10812: TCS/WebTCS - Circuit Caseload Webinar
• 10971: TCS/WebTCS - Circuit Caseload Quick Reference Guide
• 10813: TCS/WebTCS - Juvenile Caseload Webinar
• 11154: TCS/WebTCS - Juvenile Caseload Quick Reference Guide
• 10811: TCS/WebTCS - Probate Caseload Webinar
• 11155: TCS/WebTCS - Probate Caseload Quick Reference Guide
• 10468: TCS/WebTCS - Caseload Omit Instructions
• 11319: TCS/WebTCS - Caseload Omit Video Lesson
• 11369: TCS/WebTCS - Caseload-Review and Troubleshoot Report Video Lesson
• 11129: TCS/WebTCS - Circuit Summary of Frequent Caseload Issues
• 11088: TCS/WebTCS - Clear the Caseload e-file for Courts
• 11368: TCS/WebTCS - Generate Caseload Report Video Lesson
• 10909: TCS/WebTCS - Understand Case Age Display
• 11771: TCS/WebTCS - Data Entry Flow Chart for Juvenile Delinquency Proceedings
• 11772: TCS/WebTCS - Data Entry Flowchart NA Child Protective Proceedings

Update: To ensure an optimal experience for courts, the upcoming software updates to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) will be delayed one week. A previous announcement stated these updates would be made available on Monday, December 09, 2024; instead, these updates will become available for use on Monday, December 16, 2024.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – December 16, 2024 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• New payment type (TX) added.
• Event codes added and retired.
• PACC Codes updated.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, December 09, 2024.

Click TCS/WebTCS Updates – December 09, 2024 to view details.

Updates In Brief

• New payment type (TX) added.
• Event codes added and retired.
• PACC Codes updated.

Software updates will be applied to the Trial Court System (TCS/WebTCS) and will be available for use on Monday, October 14, 2024.