{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-691.1350","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 691.1350","heading":"Authority of tribunal in case of noncompliance.","body":"Sec. 20.\n\n(1) If an agreement fails to meet the requirements of section 4, or a lawyer fails to comply with section 14 or 15, a tribunal may nonetheless find that the parties intended to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement if both of the following apply:\n\n(a) The parties signed a record indicating an intention to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement.\n\n(b) The parties reasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process.\n\n(2) If a tribunal makes the findings specified in subsection (1), and the interests of justice require, the tribunal may do all of the following:\n\n(a) Enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the process in which the parties participated.\n\n(b) Apply the disqualification provisions of sections 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11.\n\n(c) Apply a privilege under section 17.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 691","Act Act-159-of-2014"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-691-1350","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"e9568c3fcc7bc7be9745b1756d3212cd7713629ba6ed871ba30a85ab745a63af","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-691.1349","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-691.1351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}