691.1350 Authority of tribunal in case of noncompliance.Sec. 20. (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: (a) The parties signed a record indicating an intention to enter into a collaborative law participation agreement. (b) The parties reasonably believed they were participating in a collaborative law process. (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: (a) Enforce an agreement evidenced by a record resulting from the process in which the parties participated. (b) Apply the disqualification provisions of sections 5, 6, 9, 10, and 11. (c) Apply a privilege under section 17. History: 2014, Act 159, Eff. Dec. 8, 2014
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