{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-691.1345","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1345","heading":"Coercive or violent relationship.","body":"Sec. 15.\n\n(1) Before a prospective party signs a collaborative law participation agreement, a prospective collaborative lawyer shall make reasonable inquiry whether the prospective party has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another prospective party. A reasonable inquiry includes the use of the domestic violence screening protocol for mediation provided by the state court administrative office.\n\n(2) Throughout a collaborative law process, a collaborative lawyer reasonably and continuously shall assess whether the party the collaborative lawyer represents has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party.\n\n(3) If a collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the party the lawyer represents or the prospective party who consults the lawyer has a history of a coercive or violent relationship with another party or prospective party, the lawyer may not begin or continue a collaborative law process unless both of the following apply:\n\n(a) The party or the prospective party requests beginning or continuing a process.\n\n(b) The collaborative lawyer reasonably believes that the safety of the party or prospective party can be protected adequately during a process.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 691","Act Act-159-of-2014"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-691-1345","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"370b58648b6f2cc97150962397f2e901563374241d09e87d7807433428f075e4","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-691.1344","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-691.1346"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}