{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4953","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.4953","heading":"Mediation panel; selection and qualifications of member; judge as member; grounds for disqualification as mediator.","body":"Sec. 4953.\n\nMediation panels shall be composed of 3 members.\n\nThe procedure for selecting mediation panel members and their qualifications shall be as prescribed by the Michigan court rules or local court rules.\n\nA judge may be selected as a member of a mediation panel, but may not preside at the trial of any action in which he or she served as a mediator.\n\nThe grounds for disqualification of a mediator are the same as that provided in the Michigan court rules for the disqualification of a judge.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-4953","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"b4737044107d171e197a1e79ef16f924b982e7a2b01d586076b5c38e5a52736c","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4951","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.4955"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}