Eligibility For Awards; Limitations; Waiver - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 18.354

Sec. 4.

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the following persons are eligible for awards:

(a) A victim or an intervenor of a crime.

(b) A surviving spouse, parent, grandparent, child, sibling, or grandchild of a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of the crime.

(c) Any other person dependent for his or her principal support upon a victim of a crime who died as a direct result of the crime.

(2) A person is not eligible to receive an award if the person is either of the following:

(a) Criminally responsible for the crime.

(b) An accomplice to the crime.

(3) An award shall not be made on a claim unless the claimant has incurred a minimum out-of-pocket loss of $200.00 or has lost at least 2 continuous weeks' earnings or support, but the commission may waive the limitations of this subsection in the case of a claimant retired by reason of age or disability. If the claimant is a victim of criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree, the commission may waive the limitations of this subsection.