RESERVED QUESTIONS

(a) From what court. A circuit court, the land court, the tax appeal court and any other court empowered by statute, may reserve for the consideration of the supreme court a question of law arising in any proceedings before it. Questions may be reserved on motion of any party or on the court's own motion. Reserved questions shall be electronically filed by the clerk of the court. (b) Record. The court reserving the question shall electronically transmit images of as much of the record as may be necessary to a full understanding of the questions reserved to the appellate clerk. (c) Disposition. The supreme court may, in its discretion, return any reserved question for decision in the first instance by the court reserving it. (Amended December 6, 1999, effective January 1, 2000; further amended June 20, 2006, effective July 1, 2006; further amended August 30, 2010, effective September 27, 2010.)