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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5070 (2026)

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.5070 Scope of chapter.

Sec. 5070.

    (1) This chapter provides for and governs arbitration in domestic relations matters. Arbitration proceedings under this chapter are also governed by court rule except to the extent those provisions are modified by the arbitration agreement or this chapter. This chapter controls if there is a conflict between this chapter and chapter 50 or between this chapter and the uniform arbitration act.

    (2) This chapter does not apply to arbitration in a domestic relations matter if, before March 28, 2001, the court has entered an order for arbitration and all the parties have executed the arbitration agreement.

History: Add. 2000, Act 419, Eff. Mar. 28, 2001 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 370, Eff. July 1, 2013

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 37 cases (17 in the last 5 years), 2003–2026 · leading case: Harvey v. Harvey, 668 N.W.2d 187 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003).
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Harvey v. Harvey, 668 N.W.2d 187 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). · cites it 16× “II Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion for review of the friend of the court's findings because the parties' agreement to be bound by the referee's decision did not meet the requirements for binding arbitration under the recently enacted statute…”
Johnson v. Johnson, 739 N.W.2d 877 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 4× “I write separately to emphasize the restrictions that our Legislature has placed on judges to protect litigants from confusion and protect the court system from abuse.”
Miller v. Miller, 707 N.W.2d 341 (Mich. 2005). · cites it 2× “5077 provides: (1) Except as provided by this section, court rule, or the arbitration agreement, a record shall not be made of an arbitration hearing under this chapter. If a record is not required, an arbitrator may make a record to be used only by the arbitrator to aid in…”
Harvey v. Harvey, 680 N.W.2d 835 (Mich. 2004). “MCL 600.5070 et seq. and 552.501 et seq. The domestic relations arbitration act permits parties to agree to binding arbitration of child custody disputes.”
Miller v. Miller, 691 N.W.2d 788 (Mich. Ct. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “I believe that the public policy that the majority unwisely attempts to create threatens to disrupt the arbitration process by causing instability in this area of the law and threatening the finality of arbitration awards.”
Janet Lashar Eppel v. Christopher James Eppel, 912 N.W.2d 584 (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “Under the domestic relations arbitration act (DRAAA), *590 MCL 600.5070 et seq ., "parties to a domestic-relations proceeding may stipulate to submit their disputed issues to binding arbitration," *572 Cipriano , 289 Mich.”
Vyletel-Rivard v. Rivard, 777 N.W.2d 722 (Mich. Ct. App. 2009). “Pursuant to the domestic relations arbitration act (DRAA), MCL 600.5070 et seq., the parties entered into a domestic relations arbitration agreement, whereby they submitted the issues of property and debt division, child support, parenting time, spousal support, costs and fees,…”
Cipriano v. Cipriano, 289 Mich. App. 361 (Mich. Ct. App. 2010). “We reverse this order of the trial court and remand the case to the trial court to reinstate the $5,500 monthly payments that were awarded in arbitration.”
Tokar v. Albery, 671 N.W.2d 139 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “Despite our belief that this appeal and the motion filed in the lower court are procedurally faulty, we address the issues raised on appeal to conserve judicial resources because upon remand, the personal representative of the estate could be substituted for decedent and the…”
Valentine v. Valentine, 742 N.W.2d 627 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “Plaintiff claims that the trial court’s order to arbitrate was void ab initio because it violated the domestic relations arbitration act (DRAA), MCL 600.5070 et seq., by sending a case involving allegations of domestic violence to arbitration when the parties did not waive the…”
Kirby v. Vance, 749 N.W.2d 741 (Mich. 2008). “The arbitrator exceeded her authority under the Domestic Relations Arbitration Act, MCL 600.5070 et seq., when she failed to adequately tape record the arbitration proceedings.”
Kimberly Zalewski v. Benjamin Homant (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). · cites it 3× “3 Although the trial court did not reference MCR 1.”
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— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5070(1) — 4 cases
Harvey v. Harvey, 668 N.W.2d 187 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “II Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion for review of the friend of the court's findings because the parties' agreement to be bound by the referee's decision did not meet the requirements for binding arbitration under the recently enacted statute…”
Kimberly Zalewski v. Benjamin Homant (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “3 Although the trial court did not reference MCR 1.”
Richard Aaron Mann v. Margaret Clark Whitfield (Mich. Ct. App. 2024).
Birgit Declerck v. Pierre Desmet (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.5070(2) — 1 case
Harvey v. Harvey, 668 N.W.2d 187 (Mich. Ct. App. 2003). “II Plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in denying her motion for review of the friend of the court's findings because the parties' agreement to be bound by the referee's decision did not meet the requirements for binding arbitration under the recently enacted statute…”
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