(A) Obtaining Briefs or Summary. The mediation clerk shall, immediately after the deadline for filing a document, brief, or summary, make those received available to the assigned mediators. The assigned mediators shall thereafter obtain the same as soon as possible from the administrative office of the court.(B) Disposition and Adjournment. (1) Adjournment of mediation hearings is to be avoided whenever possible. Adjournments are to be approved by the judge assigned to the case or, in the absence of the assigned judge, the chief judge or, in the absence of the chief judge, the chief judge pro tempore. Whenever possible, the attorney in principal charge of the case shall delegate responsibility for attendance at the hearing to another attorney when necessary so as to avoid adjournment.
(2) When a case is set for mediation as provided in MCR 2.403, and is thereafter settled or otherwise disposed of before the mediation, it shall be the responsibility of both counsel immediately to notify the mediation clerk of the disposition, and to provide the mediation clerk with a signed, true copy of the judge's order of disposition as soon as possible.(3) When a true copy of a final order of disposition is submitted to the mediation clerk before the documents, briefs, or summaries have been turned over to the assigned mediators, the fees paid for that hearing shall be returned to the parties paying such fee, except for those fees subject to penalty under the terms of this rule.Mich. L. Ct. R. Cir. Ct. 2.403
Amended effective 10/24/2019; amended effective 1/1/2023.