§ 691.1551 Short title
§ 691.1552 Definitions
§ 691.1553 Community dispute resolution program; creation; purpose
§ 691.1554 Community dispute resolution fund; creation; purpose; administration
§ 691.1555 Revenues, funds, and interest credited to fund
§ 691.1556 Participation in dispute resolution process
§ 691.1556a Agreement; enforcement
§ 691.1557 Confidentiality
§ 691.1557a Civil liability
§ 691.1558 Administration of program
§ 691.1559 Eligibility of grant recipient for funding
§ 691.1560 Selection of grant recipients; contents of grant applications submitted for funding; allocations; matching amount; “civil filing fee fund” defined
§ 691.1561 Fiscal affairs of grant recipient; inspection, examination, and audit
§ 691.1562 Providing statistical data annually to state court administrator; annual report
§ 691.1563 Effective date
§ 691.1564 Conditional effective date
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 691 > Act 260 of 1988 - Community Dispute Resolution Act

  • Administrative expenses: means expenses incurred by the state court administrator in implementing this act. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • Available grant funds: means that portion of the community dispute resolution fund available for awards to grant recipients, after administrative expenses have been met. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • Center: means a community-based dispute resolution center. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fund: means the community dispute resolution fund. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • Grant recipient: means a nonprofit or governmental organization that receives funds to operate a center pursuant to this act. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
  • Mediator: means an impartial, neutral person who assists parties in voluntarily reaching their own settlement of issues in a dispute and who has no authoritative decision-making power. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Program: means the community dispute resolution program created by this act. See Michigan Laws 691.1552
  • 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.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o