February 24, 2021
Livingston County has approved new attorney contracts for the 44th Circuit Court â Juvenile Division.
A non-competitive Request for Qualification (RFQu) bid process was recently performed with CoPro+, the countyâs procurement partner. The search was for interested attorneys and/or firms that would be available to provide legal representation to minor children and parents in child protective proceedings, and respondent children in juvenile delinquent proceedings. In all, 13 responses were received, evaluated, and determined to be qualified by Chief Judge Michael Hatty, Chief Judge Miriam Cavanaugh, and Judge Matthew McGivney, Presiding Judge of the Family Division.
According to a memo sent to the Livingston County Board of Commissioners, based on the responses received along with the Courtâs knowledge of many of the respondents, 10 of the 13 could be approved without further research. The other three were asked to take part in