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MI Comp L § 691.1173 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1173 - Foreign Judgment; Filing; Effect.

691.1173 Foreign judgment; filing; effect. Sec. 3.  A copy of a foreign judgment authenticated in accordance with an act of congress or the laws of this state may be filed in the office of the clerk of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state. The clerk shall treat the foreign judgment in the same manner as a judgment of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state. A judgment filed under this act has the same effect and is subject to the same procedures, defenses, and proceedings for reopening, vacating, or staying as a judgment of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state and may be enforced or satisfied in like manner. History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1174 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1174 - Foreign Judgment; Filing; Affidavit; Fee; Notice of Filing; Enforcement.

691.1174 Foreign judgment; filing; affidavit; fee; notice of filing; enforcement. Sec. 4.  (1) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor or his or her attorney shall make and file with the clerk of the court an affidavit setting forth the name and last known address of the judgment debtor and the judgment creditor.  (2) At the time of the filing of the foreign judgment, the judgment creditor shall pay a filing fee as follows:  (a) In the circuit court, a sum equal to the amount required to file a civil action under section 2529 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.2529 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.  (b) In the district court, a sum equal to the amount required to file a civil action under section 8371 of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.8371 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. For the purposes of determining the amount of the filing fee, the amount in controversy shall equal the amount of the foreign judgment.  (c) In a municipal court, a sum equal to the amount required to file a civil action under section 28 of the Michigan uniform municipal court act, Act No. 5 of the Public Acts of 1956, being section 730.528 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. For the purposes of determining the amount of the filing fee, the amount in controversy shall equal the amount of the foreign judgment.  (3) Promptly after the foreign judgment and the affidavit have been filed, the clerk shall mail notice of the filing of the foreign judgment to the judgment debtor at the address provided by the judgment creditor or his or her attorney. The notice shall include the name and address of the judgment creditor and the judgment creditor's attorney, if any, in this state. In addition, the judgment creditor may mail a notice of the filing of the judgment to the judgment debtor and may file proof of mailing with the clerk. The clerk's failure to mail a notice of filing shall not affect the enforcement proceedings if proof of mailing by the judgment creditor has been filed.  (4) A foreign judgment filed under this act shall not be enforced until 21 days after the date notice of the filing of the foreign judgment is mailed. History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1175 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1175 - Foreign Judgment; Stay of Enforcement.

691.1175 Foreign judgment; stay of enforcement. Sec. 5.  (1) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court that an appeal from the foreign judgment is pending or will be taken, or that a stay of execution has been granted, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment until the appeal is concluded, the time for appeal expires, or the stay of execution expires or is vacated, upon proof that the judgment debtor has furnished the security for the satisfaction of the judgment required by the state in which it was rendered.  (2) If the judgment debtor shows the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court any ground upon which enforcement of a judgment of the circuit court, the district court, or a municipal court of this state would be stayed, the court shall stay enforcement of the foreign judgment for an appropriate period, upon requiring the same security for satisfaction of the judgment that is required in this state. History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1176 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1176 - Post Judgment Interest.

691.1176 Post judgment interest. Sec. 6.  Post judgment interest will be awarded in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the judgment was awarded. History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1177 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1177 - Enforcement Action by Judgment Creditor.

691.1177 Enforcement action by judgment creditor. Sec. 7.  A judgment creditor may bring an action to enforce his or her judgment instead of proceeding under this act. History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1178 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1178 - Interpretation and Construction of Act.

691.1178 Interpretation and construction of act. Sec. 8.  This act shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it.  History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1179 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 502 of 1996 - Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (691.1171 - 691.1179)|Section 691.1179 - Effective Date.

691.1179 Effective date. Sec. 9.  This act shall take effect June 1, 1997. History: 1996, Act 502, Eff. June 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 691.1301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1301 - Short Title.

691.1301 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "revised structured settlement protection act". History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1303 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1303 - Separate Disclosure Statement to Be Provided by Transferee; Type; Contents.

691.1303 Separate disclosure statement to be provided by transferee; type; contents.Sec. 3.  Not less than 3 days before the date on which a payee signs a transfer agreement, the transferee shall provide to the payee a separate disclosure statement in bold type no smaller than 14 points setting forth all of the following:  (a) The amounts and due dates of the structured settlement payments to be transferred.  (b) The aggregate amount of the payments.  (c) The discounted present value of the payments to be transferred, which shall be identified as the calculation of current value of the transferred structured settlement payments under federal standards for valuing annuities, and the amount of the applicable federal rate used in calculating the discounted present value.  (d) The gross advance amount.  (e) An itemized listing of all applicable transfer expenses, other than attorney fees and related disbursements payable in connection with the transferee's application for approval of the transfer, and the transferee's best estimate of the amount of the fees and disbursements.  (f) The net advance amount.  (g) The amount of penalties or liquidated damages payable by the payee if the payee breaches the transfer agreement.  (h) A statement that the payee has the right to cancel the transfer agreement without penalty or further obligation not later than the third business day after the date that the payee signs the agreement. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1304 - Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights; Final Court Order; Approval; Basis; Findings.

691.1304 Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; final court order; approval; basis; findings.Sec. 4.  A direct or indirect transfer of structured settlement payment rights is not effective and a structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer is not required to make a payment directly or indirectly to a transferee of structured settlement payment rights unless the transfer has been approved in a final court order and the order is based on express findings of all of the following:  (a) The transfer is in the best interest of the payee, taking into account the welfare and support of the payee's dependents.  (b) The transferee has advised the payee, in writing, to seek independent professional advice regarding the transfer, and the payee has either received independent professional advice or knowingly waived in writing the opportunity to seek advice.  (c) The transfer does not contravene an applicable statute or order of the court or other government authority.  (d) The discount rate or rates used in determining the discounted present value of the structured settlement payments to be transferred do not exceed 25% per year.  (e) If the transfer is inconsistent with a restriction against assignment in the structured settlement agreement and if the structured settlement obligor objects to the transfer based on the restriction against assignment before the hearing on the application for approval of the transfer, all of the following:  (i) The payee will suffer imminent financial hardship if the transfer is not approved.  (ii) The transfer will not render the payee unable to pay current or future normal living expenses.  (iii) The transfer order will restrict payment of the gross advance amount to direct payment to the provider of the goods or services that are the subject of the imminent financial hardship. If the total cost of the goods or services cannot be readily determined at the time of or within a reasonable time after the transfer, the court may exercise reasonable discretion in ordering such direct payments. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1305 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1305 - Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights; Effects.

691.1305 Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; effects.Sec. 5.  A transfer of structured settlement payment rights under this act has all of the following effects:  (a) The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer are discharged and released from all liability for the transferred payments as to any person except the transferee.  (b) The transferee is liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer for both of the following:  (i) If the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, the taxes incurred by the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer as a consequence of the transfer.  (ii) Other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising from the structured settlement obligor's and the annuity issuer's compliance with the order of the court or from the transferee's failure to comply with this act.  (c) An annuity issuer or a structured settlement obligor is not required to divide a periodic payment between the payee and a transferee or assignee or between 2 or more transferees or assignees.  (d) A payee may make a further transfer of structured settlement payment rights only after complying with all of the requirements of this act. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1306 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1306 - Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights; Application for Approval; Court Jurisdiction; Notice of Proposed Transfer.

691.1306 Transfer of structured settlement payment rights; application for approval; court jurisdiction; notice of proposed transfer.Sec. 6.  (1) The transferee may apply for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights with the court in the county in which the payee resides, in the county in which the structured settlement obligor or the annuity issuer maintains its principal place of business, or with the court that approved the structured settlement agreement.  (2) Not less than 20 days before the scheduled hearing on an application for approval of a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under section 4, the transferee shall file with the court and serve on all interested parties a notice of the proposed transfer and the application for its authorization, and shall include with the notice all of the following:  (a) A copy of the transferee's application.  (b) A copy of the transfer agreement.  (c) A copy of the disclosure statement required under section 3.  (d) A listing of each of the payee's dependents and each dependent's age.  (e) Notice that any interested party is entitled to support, oppose, or otherwise respond to the transferee's application, either in person or by counsel, by submitting written comments to the court or by participating in the hearing.  (f) Notice of the time and place of the hearing and of the manner in which and the time by which written responses to the application must be filed to be considered by the court. The time for filing written responses shall be not less than 15 days after service of the transferee's notice. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1307 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1307 - Waiver Prohibited; Scope and Effect of Act; Failure to Comply With Act.

691.1307 Waiver prohibited; scope and effect of act; failure to comply with act.Sec. 7.  (1) A payee shall not waive a provision of this act.  (2) A transfer agreement entered into on or after the effective date of this act by a payee who resides in this state shall provide that disputes under the transfer agreement, including a claim that the payee has breached the agreement, shall be determined in and under the laws of this state. A transfer agreement shall not authorize the transferee or any other person to confess judgment or consent to entry of judgment against the payee.  (3) A transfer of structured settlement payment rights that are life-contingent is not effective unless, before the date on which the payee signs the transfer agreement, the transferee has established and has agreed to maintain procedures reasonably satisfactory to the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor for both of the following:  (a) Periodically confirming the payee's survival.  (b) Giving the annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor prompt written notice in the event of the payee's death.  (4) A payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall not incur a penalty, forfeit an application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur liability to the proposed transferee or assignee based on the failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of this act.  (5) This act does not authorize a transfer of structured settlement payment rights in contravention of law or validate or invalidate a transfer under a transfer agreement entered into before the effective date of this act.  (6) The transferee has sole responsibility for complying with the requirements in section 3 and fulfilling the conditions in section 4 in a transfer of structured settlement payment rights. A structured settlement obligor or annuity issuer shall not bear any responsibility or liability arising from a transferee's failure to comply with those requirements or to fulfill those conditions. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1308 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1308 - Applicability of Act.

691.1308 Applicability of act.Sec. 8.  This act applies to a transfer of structured settlement payment rights under any transfer agreement entered into on or after the thirtieth day after the effective date of this act. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1309 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1309 - Repeal of MCL 691.1191 to 691.1197.

691.1309 Repeal of MCL 691.1191 to 691.1197.Sec. 9.  The structured settlement protection act, 2000 PA 330, MCL 691.1191 to 691.1197, is repealed effective 30 days after the effective date of this act. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1310 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 296 of 2006 - Revised Structured Settlement Protection Act (691.1301 - 691.1310)|Section 691.1310 - Effective Date.

691.1310 Effective date.Sec. 10.  This act takes effect September 1, 2006. History: 2006, Act 296, Eff. Sept. 1, 2006
MI Comp L § 691.1331 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 159 of 2014 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act (691.1331 - 691.1354)|Section 691.1331 - Short Title.

691.1331 Short title.Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform collaborative law act". History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
MI Comp L § 691.1333 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 159 of 2014 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act (691.1331 - 691.1354)|Section 691.1333 - Applicability of Act.

691.1333 Applicability of act.Sec. 3.  This act applies to a collaborative law participation agreement that meets the requirements of section 4 signed on or after the effective date of this act. History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
MI Comp L § 691.1334 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 159 of 2014 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act (691.1331 - 691.1354)|Section 691.1334 - Collaborative Law Participation Agreement; Requirements.

691.1334 Collaborative law participation agreement; requirements.Sec. 4.  (1) A collaborative law participation agreement must satisfy all of the following requirements:  (a) Be in a record.  (b) Be signed by the parties.  (c) State the parties' intention to resolve a collaborative matter through a collaborative law process under this act.  (d) Describe the nature and scope of the matter.  (e) Identify the collaborative lawyer who represents each party in the process.  (f) Contain a statement by each collaborative lawyer confirming the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative law process.  (2) Parties may agree to include in a collaborative law participation agreement additional provisions not inconsistent with this act. History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
MI Comp L § 691.1335 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 691 - Judiciary|Act 159 of 2014 - Uniform Collaborative Law Act (691.1331 - 691.1354)|Section 691.1335 - Beginning and Concluding Collaborative Law Process.

691.1335 Beginning and concluding collaborative law process.Sec. 5.  (1) A collaborative law process begins when the parties sign a collaborative law participation agreement.  (2) A tribunal may not order a party to participate in a collaborative law process over that party's objection.  (3) A collaborative law process is concluded by 1 of the following:  (a) Resolution of a collaborative matter as evidenced by a signed record.  (b) Resolution of a part of the collaborative matter, evidenced by a signed record, in which the parties agree that the remaining parts of the matter will not be resolved in the process.  (c) Termination of the process.  (4) A collaborative law process terminates when any of the following occur:  (a) A party gives notice to other parties in a record that the process is ended.  (b) A party does any of the following:  (i) Begins a proceeding related to a collaborative matter without the agreement of all parties.  (ii) In a pending proceeding related to the matter, does any of the following:  (A) Initiates a pleading, motion, order to show cause, or request for a conference with the tribunal.  (B) Requests that the proceeding be put on the tribunal's active calendar.  (C) Takes similar action requiring notice to be sent to the parties.  (c) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (7), a party discharges a collaborative lawyer or a collaborative lawyer withdraws from further representation of a party.  (5) A party's collaborative lawyer shall give prompt notice to all other parties in a record of a discharge or withdrawal.  (6) A party may terminate a collaborative law process with or without cause.  (7) Notwithstanding the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer, a collaborative law process continues if, not later than 30 days after the date that the notice of the discharge or withdrawal of a collaborative lawyer required by subsection (5) is sent to the parties, both of the following occur:  (a) The unrepresented party engages a successor collaborative lawyer.  (b) A record is signed that satisfies all of the following requirements:  (i) The parties consent in the record to continue the process by reaffirming the collaborative law participation agreement.  (ii) The agreement is amended in the record to identify the successor collaborative lawyer.  (iii) The successor collaborative lawyer confirms in the record the lawyer's representation of a party in the collaborative process.  (8) A collaborative law process does not conclude if, with the consent of the parties, a party requests a tribunal to approve a resolution of the collaborative matter or any part of the matter as evidenced by a signed record.  (9) A collaborative law participation agreement may provide additional methods of concluding a collaborative law process. History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014