Terms Used In Michigan Laws 691.1633

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, other than a governmental agency. See Michigan Laws 691.1633
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  As used in this act:
  (a) “Child social welfare program” means a child welfare residential or home-based program, a program involving foster care coordination including adoption activities, a respite care program, or behavioral health or early education services operating under contract and as an agent for the department of human services.
  (b) “Gross negligence” means conduct or a failure to act that is so reckless that it demonstrates a substantial lack of concern for whether an injury will result.
  (c) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity, other than a governmental agency.
  (d) “Social services agency” means a person, other than an individual, that is licensed by this state to provide child social welfare programs.
  (e) “Willful misconduct” means conduct or a failure to act that is intended to harm the plaintiff.