14.5Judge Must Preside Over Traditional Waiver Proceedings

MCL 712A.4(1) provides that a judge of the Family Division in the county in which the offense is alleged to have been committed may waive jurisdiction over the juvenile. MCR 3.950(A) states that “[o]nly a judge assigned to hear cases in the family division of the circuit court of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed may waive jurisdiction pursuant to MCL 712A.4.” See also MCR 3.912(A)(2) (providing that a judge, not a referee, must preside over traditional waiver proceedings conducted pursuant to MCR 3.950).