What We Do:
The Prosecuting Attorney is an elected official with a four-year term of
office, as provided by the Michigan constitution. Elections occur at the
time of the Presidential election, on the partisan ballot. The Prosecuting
Attorney is independent of the Michigan Attorney General. The Prosecuting
Attorney’s office is responsible for a wide array of legal functions in our
county, some of which include:
- chief law enforcement official in the County
- reviews, authorizes and prosecutes violations of felony and misdemeanor criminal laws of the State of Michigan (and County ordinances) committed inside the County
- authorizes and prosecutes felony & misdemeanor juvenile delinquency offenses
- represents the County in criminal matters before the District & Circuit Courts; juvenile delinquency, parental neglect and miscellaneous probate matters in the Circuit Court/Family Division and the Probate Court, and appeals in the Court of Appeals and Michigan Supreme Court
- advises the Family Independence Agency on child abuse and neglect
petitions, and actions to terminate parental rights
attends contested mental health commitment hearings - represents and advises the County Board of Commissioners and other
County departments on legal matters
presides at a monthly concealed Weapon Permit Board, unless he or she appoints a certified firearms instructor to replace the Prosecuting Attorney - files and prosecutes actions to establish paternity
- files actions to establish a family support order
Media Release January 23, 2012
This morning in the Isabella County Trial Court, a former Central Michigan University police officer entered a guilty plea to the charge of misconduct in office, relative to his actions while on patrol last September. Jeffery Allen Card, age 34, a Mount Pleasant resident, entered his plea before Chief Trial Judge Paul H. Chamberlain the day his trial was scheduled to commence.