MI SB0568

Removes the automatic circuit court review requirement and instead allows courts to vacate or modify child support, custody, or parenting time awards only if found to be adverse to the child's best interests.

Requires review of arbitration awards to be based on the record made under section 5077(2), with courts permitted to take additional evidence if the existing record is insufficient to determine whether the award is adverse to the child's best interests.

Clarifies that the section applies only to arbitration awards, not to court orders or judgments, which remain subject to other applicable laws and court rules for modification.

Other standards and procedures for reviewing arbitration awards are governed by court rule.