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Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6201 (2026)

Order permitting payment of judgment in installments; showing.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961


Act 236 of 1961


600.6201 Order permitting payment of judgment in installments; showing.

Sec. 6201.

    (1) The judge of any court having civil jurisdiction at the time of the rendition of a judgment, upon proper showing made by the defendant with both parties or their attorneys present in court, may make a written order permitting the defendant to pay the judgment in installments, at such times and in such amounts as in the opinion of the judge, the defendant is able to pay.

    (2) Any judge may make a written order permitting the defendant to pay any judgment previously rendered in or transcribed to his court in installments, upon compliance by the defendant with the provisions of this chapter and the rules of court.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1985–2025 · leading case: Cent. Cartage Co v. Fewless, 591 N.W.2d 422 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999).
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Cent. Cartage Co v. Fewless, 591 N.W.2d 422 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “§ 600.6201(1); MSA 27A.6201(1) provides that a judge may enter an order permitting a defendant to pay in installments any judgment previously rendered in the judge's court.”
In Re Whitby, 51 B.R. 184 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 1985). “§ 600.6201 et seq.; so in that event too, the debtor might well decide to forego his remedies under Chapter 7.”
Meyer Jewelry Co. v. Johnson, 581 N.W.2d 734 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “Because the installment judgments act, MCL 600.6201 et seq.; MSA 27A.6201 et seq.”
PNC Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, successor by merger to Nat'l City Bank, a Nat'l banking Ass'n v. Legal Advocacy, P.C. (E.D. Mich. 2022). · cites it 5× “Finally, Plaintiff states that a payment plan cannot be administered later than the time of judgment under Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6201 . However, such a statement would be valid if the court only looked at § 600.”
Operating Engineers Local 324 Health Care Plan v. Alpha Elec. & Eng'g, L.L.C. (E.D. Mich. 2020). · cites it 4× “§ 600.6201 et seq. Section 600.6201 permits the Court to “make a written order permitting the defendant to pay the judgment in installments, at such times and in such amounts as in the opinion of the judge, the defendant is able to pay.”
Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. Sredich (E.D. Mich. 2022). · cites it 2× “” MCL § 600.6201(2); see also MCR 3.104(a) (“A party against whom a money judgment has been entered may move for entry of an order permitting the judgment to be paid in installments.”
Terees Williams v. Jerviss-Fethke Ins. Agency (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). ““The judge of any court having civil jurisdiction at the time of the rendition of a judgment, upon proper showing made by the defendant with both parties or their attorneys present in court, may make a written order permitting the defendant to pay the judgment in installments,…”
Shastal, Jr v. Recovery Law Grp. (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 2025). “See, MCL 600.6201. (Dkt. No. 124, p. 49); and failed to adequately investigate the value of the Shastals’ residence.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6201(1) — 4 cases
Cent. Cartage Co v. Fewless, 591 N.W.2d 422 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). “§ 600.6201(1); MSA 27A.6201(1) provides that a judge may enter an order permitting a defendant to pay in installments any judgment previously rendered in the judge's court.”
Meyer Jewelry Co. v. Johnson, 581 N.W.2d 734 (Mich. Ct. App. 1998). “Because the installment judgments act, MCL 600.6201 et seq.; MSA 27A.6201 et seq.”
Terees Williams v. Jerviss-Fethke Ins. Agency (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). ““The judge of any court having civil jurisdiction at the time of the rendition of a judgment, upon proper showing made by the defendant with both parties or their attorneys present in court, may make a written order permitting the defendant to pay the judgment in installments,…”
PNC Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, successor by merger to Nat'l City Bank, a Nat'l banking Ass'n v. Legal Advocacy, P.C. (E.D. Mich. 2022). “Finally, Plaintiff states that a payment plan cannot be administered later than the time of judgment under Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6201 . However, such a statement would be valid if the court only looked at § 600.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6201(2) — 2 cases
Nat'l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA v. Sredich (E.D. Mich. 2022). “” MCL § 600.6201(2); see also MCR 3.104(a) (“A party against whom a money judgment has been entered may move for entry of an order permitting the judgment to be paid in installments.”
PNC Bank, Nat'l Ass'n, successor by merger to Nat'l City Bank, a Nat'l banking Ass'n v. Legal Advocacy, P.C. (E.D. Mich. 2022). “Finally, Plaintiff states that a payment plan cannot be administered later than the time of judgment under Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.6201 . However, such a statement would be valid if the court only looked at § 600.”
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