Rule 278
(1) When a proceeding is ready for hearing, the clerk shall schedule the matter for a date-certain hearing at a time and place to be designated by the tribunal or shall place the case on a general call. The clerk shall send notice of the time, date, and place of a date-certain hearing to all parties or their representatives not less than 28 days before the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the tribunal. When a general call is established, the clerk shall send notice of the time, date, and place for the hearing of case number 1 on the general call to all parties or their representatives listed on that general call not less than 28 days before the hearing, unless otherwise ordered by the tribunal.
In all succeeding cases that appear on the general call, the parties or their representatives shall be telephonically notified by the clerk not less than 48 hours before the hearing.
(2) The tribunal may, upon motion or upon its own initiative, adjourn a hearing.
History: 1996 MR 4, Eff. May 2, 1996.
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