Rule 3.989.Supplemental Dispositions
Subchapter 3.900 — Proceedings Involving Juveniles · Last verified September 5, 2026
Full Text of Rule 3.989
Plain-English Summary
MCR 3.989 runs one sentence long and does one job. It borrows. When a minor placed on probation for the violation of a minor personal protection order is alleged to have violated a condition of that probation, the court follows the procedures for supplemental disposition provided in MCR 3.944.
What triggers the rule
Three elements have to line up. The minor is on probation. That probation was imposed for the violation of a minor personal protection order rather than for some other matter. And it is alleged that the minor has violated a condition of the probation. The rule keys on the allegation, not on a finding, so it takes hold from the moment the claim is made rather than from the moment it is proven.
A borrowed procedure
The minor personal protection order rules build their own path: initiating contempt proceedings, apprehending the alleged violator, a preliminary hearing, pleas, a violation hearing, disposition. MCR 3.989 stops that pattern short of writing a separate probation violation procedure. Instead it points to MCR 3.944, the rule titled Probation Violation, and adopts its supplemental disposition procedures for this class of case.
Mandatory, not optional
The rule says the court shall follow those procedures. There is no discretion to design a different process here and no alternative track hidden elsewhere in the minor personal protection order rules. Whatever notice, hearing, and disposition steps MCR 3.944 supplies are the steps that govern. The rule itself sets no deadlines, no evidentiary standard, and no menu of sanctions, because every one of those comes from the rule it points to.
Why the cross-reference matters
A practitioner reading straight through the minor personal protection order rules could reasonably expect the sequence to end at disposition. MCR 3.989 signals that it does not. Probation, once imposed, carries its own enforcement stage, and the rules for that stage sit elsewhere among the juvenile rules. Reading the protection order rules alone will not tell a party what happens after a probation condition is broken. The answer is in MCR 3.944.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does MCR 3.989 cover?
It covers the situation where a minor has been placed on probation for the violation of a minor personal protection order and it is then alleged that the minor violated a condition of that probation. In that situation the court follows the procedures for supplemental disposition provided in MCR 3.944.
Does the rule set its own procedure for a probation violation?
No. The rule contains no deadlines, no hearing steps, and no list of sanctions of its own. It directs the court to the supplemental disposition procedures of another rule and stops there.
Does the court have a choice about which procedure to use?
No. The rule says the court shall follow the procedures for supplemental disposition as provided in MCR 3.944. The direction is mandatory.
Does the rule apply before the probation violation is proven?
Yes. It is written to apply when a violation of a probation condition is alleged. The allegation is what brings the supplemental disposition procedures into play.
Does the rule reach a minor on probation for something other than a protection order violation?
Not by its own terms. The rule describes a minor placed on probation for the violation of a minor personal protection order. That is the probation it speaks to.