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Mediators in Allegan County, MI

3 mediators list Allegan County as their home county on official Michigan rosters.

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How does mediation work in Allegan County?

Allegan County is the whole of Michigan's forty-eighth judicial circuit; the statute sets the circuit at 2 judges and, subject to section 550, permits a third from January 1, 2025 [1]. Its friend of the court must provide alternative dispute resolution for custody and parenting-time disputes under a plan approved by the chief judge and the State Court Administrative Office, which has to screen for domestic violence, protection orders and child abuse or neglect [2]. Two of our three Allegan mediators, both in Holland, are on the Berrien County Trial Court's approved civil case mediator list [3]. The third appears on Kent County's civil roster and on the Western District of Michigan's facilitative mediation panel [4][5].

  1. Michigan Legislature – MCL 600.549 (forty-eighth judicial circuit)
  2. Michigan Legislature – MCL 552.513 (friend of the court alternative dispute resolution)
  3. Berrien County Trial Court – Approved Civil Case Mediators List (PDF)
  4. Kent County 17th Circuit Court – Court-Approved Civil Mediators' Roster
  5. U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan – Voluntary Facilitative Mediation Panel (PDF)

Fact-checked 2026-10-08. Court programs change; confirm with the clerk.

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Mediators who work online with Michigan clients

These mediators say they work with Michigan clients online. They are on other states’ official rosters (shown on each listing), not Michigan’s. Where they serve is their own statement. Sorted: placements first (paid ones are labeled), then most complete profile.

Court-ordered case? Courts may require a mediator from their own approved list for court-ordered cases. Check your court’s rules, or see how mediation works in Michigan.

Court-connected mediation in Michigan: Michigan circuit courts keep their own lists of mediators who met court-rule training requirements, and court clerks appoint only from those lists. Some courts encourage parties to pick their own mediator; the court rules themselves were not reviewed.

Private mediation in Michigan: No state license for private mediators was found in the sources reviewed. A State Bar of Michigan ethics opinion says a lawyer-mediator may not draft all the divorce papers for both parties while acting only as mediator.

Sources: 37th Judicial Circuit Court (Calhoun County) - Civil Mediators (PDF) · Oakland County Circuit Court - Approved Domestic Mediators (PDF) · MCL 691.1556 - Participation in dispute resolution process · MCL 691.1558 - Administration of program · MCL 552.513 - Friend of the Court alternative dispute resolution · State Bar of Michigan Ethics Opinion RI-351 · partly verified

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