Michigan Laws 730.532 – Conciliation division; settlement; judgment, payment
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 730.532
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Garnishment: Generally, garnishment is a court proceeding in which a creditor asks a court to order a third party who owes money to the debtor or otherwise holds assets belonging to the debtor to turn over to the creditor any of the debtor
- municipal judge: whenever used in this act shall be deemed to include all municipal courts and judges heretofore or hereafter established or authorized under the provisions of Act No. See Michigan Laws 730.501a
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
The parties prior to or at the hearing may make a settlement upon such terms as they may agree upon, in which case it shall be reduced to writing and signed by the parties, and the settlement shall be filed in the cause and in all respects shall be considered as a judgment rendered by the conciliator. Any judgment rendered in such conciliation division may provide for its satisfaction by payment to the clerk of the court or to the plaintiff of either a lump sum, or by installments in such amounts and at such times as the conciliator may deem just and reasonable under the circumstances. The presiding municipal judge or the conciliator in the cause thereafter for good cause shown may alter the amount of installment payments and the time of payment of such judgments, and authorize execution or garnishment to issue thereon where it appears that the defendant has not paid according to the terms of the agreement or order.