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• Invalidity Of Marriages; Legitimacy Of Issue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1
  If solemnized within this state, a marriage that is prohibited by law because of consanguinity or affinity between the parties, because either party had ...
• Invalidity Of Marriages; Marriage Of Person Under Age Of Consent, Marriage By Fraud, Lack Of Cohabitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.2
  In case of a marriage solemnized when either of the parties was under the age of legal consent, if they shall separate during such ...
• Marriage Of Doubtful Validity; Procedure To Annul - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.3
  When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the validity thereof is doubted, for any of the causes mentioned in the 2 preceding ...
• Marriage Of Doubtful Validity; Procedure To Affirm - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.4
  When the validity of any marriage shall be denied or doubted by either of the parties, the other party may file a bill or ...
• Repealed. 1951, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.5
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section declared that sentence of life imprisonment on either party dissolved marriage without decree of divorce or other legal process, ...
• Complaint For Divorce; Filing; Grounds; Answer; Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.6
  (1) A complaint for divorce may be filed in the circuit court upon the allegation that there has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship ...
• Action For Separate Maintenance; Filing; Grounds; Answer; Effect Of Admission; Counterclaim For Divorce; Judgment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.7
  (1) An action for separate maintenance may be filed in the circuit court in the same manner and on the same grounds as an action ...
• Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.8
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to additional grounds for divorce from bonds of matrimony.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Judgment Of Divorce; Residency Requirement; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.9
  (1) A judgment of divorce shall not be granted by a court in this state in an action for divorce unless the complainant or defendant ...
• Decree Of Divorce; Conditions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.9a
  No decree of divorce shall be granted in any case except when 1 of the following facts exists: (a) The defendant is domiciled in ...
• Repealed. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.9b, 552.9c
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections provided that actions for divorce should be commenced by filing praecipe for summons with clerk, set forth requirements for ...
• Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.9d
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to the occurrence of desertion.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Divorce; Cause Occurring Out Of State, Residence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.9e
  Whenever the cause for divorce charged in the bill or petition has occurred out of this state, no decree of divorce shall be granted ...
• Divorce; Taking Of Testimony; Minor Children; Perpetuating Testimony; Nonresident Defendant, Residence Of Plaintiff - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.9f
  No proofs or testimony shall be taken in any case for divorce until the expiration of 60 days from the time of filing the ...
• Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.10
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to collusion or misconduct of parties.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Action For Divorce; Answer Without Oath - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.11
  An action for a divorce may be brought by a wife or a husband, and in all cases the respondent may answer the bill ...
• Suit; Conduct, Power Of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.12
  Suits to annul or affirm a marriage, or for a divorce, shall be conducted in the same manner as other suits in courts of ...
• Alimony; Costs; Termination - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.13
  (1) In every action brought, either for a divorce or for a separation, the court may require either party to pay alimony for the suitable ...
• Action For Annulment, Divorce, Or Separate Maintenance; Entering Personal Protection Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.14
  (1) On the motion of a party at any time after the filing of a complaint in an action to annul a marriage or for ...
• Care, Custody, And Support Of Minor Children During Pendency Of Action; Support Order; Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.15
  (1) After the filing of a complaint in an action to annul a marriage or for a divorce or separate maintenance, on the motion of ...
• Care, Custody, And Support Of Minor Child After Annulment Or Judgment Of Divorce Or Separate Maintenance; Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.16
  (1) Upon annulling a marriage or entering a judgment of divorce or separate maintenance, the court may enter the orders it considers just and proper ...
• Repealed. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.16a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to support of child after child reaches 18 years of age.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Revision And Alteration Of Judgment Concerning Care, Custody, Maintenance, And Support Of Children; Enforceability Of Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.17
  (1) After entry of a judgment concerning annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance and on the petition of either parent, the court may revise and alter ...
• Jurisdiction Of Court; Application For Modification Of Judgment Or Order; Waiver Of Contempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.17a
  (1) The court has jurisdiction to make an order or judgment relative to the minor children of the parties as authorized in this chapter to ...
• Rights Or Contingent Rights In And To Vested Or Unvested Benefits Or Accumulated Contributions As Part Of Marital Estate Subject To Award By Court; Amendment Of Court Order To Satisfy Requirements Of Eligible Domestic Relations Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.18
  (1) Any rights in and to vested pension, annuity, or retirement benefits, or accumulated contributions in any pension, annuity, or retirement system, payable to or ...
• Restoration Of Real And Personal Estate To Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.19
  Upon the annulment of a marriage, a divorce from the bonds of matrimony or a judgment of separate maintenance, the court may make a ...
• Real And Personal Property Or Money In Lieu Thereof; Delivery Or Payment To Trustee; Investment; Application Of Income - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.20
  Upon every divorce, and upon every divorce from bed and board for any cause, if any real and personal estate of either party, or ...
• Payment Of Principal Sum On Court Order; Bonds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.21
  Such trustees shall also pay over the principal sum to either party and children of the marriage, when ordered by the court, in such ...
• Disclosure Of Property - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.22
  Whenever the court shall think proper to award to either party any of the real and personal estate of either party, or any money ...
• Judgment Of Divorce Or Separate Maintenance; Further Award Of Real And Personal Estate; Transmittal Of Payments To Family Independence Agency; Service Fee; Computation, Payment, And Disposition; Failure Or Refusal To Pay Service Fee; Contempt; "State Disbursement Unit" Or "Sdu" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.23
  (1) Upon entry of a judgment of divorce or separate maintenance, if the estate and effects awarded to either party are insufficient for the suitable ...
• Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.24
  The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement ...
• Alimony Or Allowance For Support And Education Of Children As Lien; Default; Powers Of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.27
  If alimony or an allowance for the support and education of the children is awarded to either party, the amount of the alimony or ...
• Judgment For Alimony Or Allowance Or For Appointment Of Trustees; Revision Or Alteration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.28
  On petition of either party, after a judgment for alimony or other allowance for either party or a child, or after a judgment for ...
• Presumption Of Legitimacy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.29
  The legitimacy of all children begotten before the commencement of any action under this act shall be presumed until the contrary be shown. History: ...
• Legitimacy Of Issue; Dissolution Of Marriage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.30
  Upon the dissolution of a marriage because of a party's non-age at the time of the marriage, or because a party was otherwise not ...
• Legitimacy Of Issue; Dissolution Of Bigamous Marriage Entered Into In Good Faith - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.31
  When a marriage is dissolved on account of a prior marriage of either party, and it shall appear that the second marriage was contracted ...
• Action To Annul Marriage Of Minor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.34
  An action to annul a marriage on the ground that 1 of the parties was under the age of legal consent, as provided in ...
• Marriage Annulment; Action By Party's Next Friend - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.35
  If, at the time of a marriage, a party to the marriage was not capable in law of contracting, an individual admitted by the ...
• Marriage Annulment; Action By Party To Marriage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.36
  A party to a marriage who, at the time of the marriage, was not capable in law of contracting and who later becomes capable ...
• Marriage Annulment; Ground Of Force Or Fraud; Effect Of Voluntary Cohabitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.37
  No marriage shall be annulled on the ground of force or fraud, if it shall appear that, at any time before the commencement of ...
• Marriage Annulment; Ground Of Force Or Fraud; Custody And Maintenance Of Issue - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.38
  If there shall be any issue of a marriage, annulled on the ground of force or fraud, the court shall decree their custody to ...
• Marriage Annulment; Ground Of Physical Incapacity; Party To Maintain; Time Limitation Of Suit - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.39
  A suit to annul a marriage, on the ground of the physical incapacity of 1 of the parties, shall only be maintained by the ...
• Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.40-552.42
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed sections pertained to divorce decrees, adultery, and orders for support and maintenance of wife and children.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Divorce From Bed And Board; Decree; Limited Time, Revocation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.43
  When a decree of divorce from bed and board forever, or for a limited time, shall have been pronounced, it may be revoked at ...
• Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.44
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to testimony taken before a circuit court commissioner.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Children; Enumeration In Complaint; Notice To Prosecutor Of Friend Of Court; Decree Opposition, Interest Of Prosecutor Or Partners In Case - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.45
  History: Add. 1887, Act 137, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887 ;-- How. 6263b ;-- CL 1897, 8657 ;-- Am. 1907, Act 315, Eff. Sept. 28, ...
• Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.46
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to remarriage.Popular Name: No-Fault Divorce ...
• Judgment Of Divorce Or Separate Maintenance; Provision In Lieu Of Dower; Determining Rights Of Wife Or Husband In And To Policy Of Life Insurance, Endowment, Or Annuity; Discharge Of Liability On Policy; Determination Of Rights; Assignment Of Rights - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.101
  (2) Each judgment of divorce or judgment of separate maintenance shall determine all rights of the wife in and to the proceeds of any policy ...
• Realty Owned Jointly Or By Entireties; Effect Of Divorce Without Determination Of Ownership In Decree - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.102
  Every husband and wife owning real estate as joint tenants or as tenants by entireties shall, upon being divorced, become tenants in common of ...
• Realty Owned Jointly Or By Entireties; Bill Of Complaint, Disposal, Sale Order, Partition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.103
  The bill of complaint or amendment thereto, or the answer or cross bill or amendment thereto, filed in any divorce proceeding may ask that ...
• Divorce Decree; Certified Copy; Recording - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.104
  A certified copy of any decree granted in a suit for divorce may be recorded in the office of the register of deeds of ...
• Foreign Divorce Decree As Basis Of Action At Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.121
  In all cases where a decree for alimony has been rendered in another state in a case where the party against whom the decree ...
• Stay Of Proceedings - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.122
  If the defendant in this state shows that he has made proper application in the court of the other state for a reduction or ...
• Judgment; Stay, Amendment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.123
  All judgments in such cases shall be stayed 60 days, and if during said term the defendant in this state presents satisfactory evidence of ...
• Alimony Or Support And Maintenance Order In Suit For Divorce Or Separate Maintenance; Petition; Punishment For Neglect Or Violation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.151
  In a suit for divorce or separate maintenance, if an order or decree for payment of temporary or permanent alimony, or of support and ...
• Payments In Default; Motion; Attachment; "State Disbursement Unit" Or "Sdu" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.152
  (1) When a decree or order described in section 1 orders payments to be made to the clerk of the court, the friend of the ...
• Order For Payment; Demand Or Notice Not Necessity - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.153
  No demand or notice of making the order for such payment shall be necessary in the cases enumerated in section 1. History: 1913, Act ...
• Attachment; Arrest, Custody Of Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.154
  The attachment shall be executed by the sheriff of the county, or by any officer authorized to make such arrest, who shall arrest the ...
• Attachment; Discharge By Execution Of Bond, Court Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.155
  The party arrested on the attachment shall be discharged therefrom upon executing and delivering to the clerk of the court issuing such attachment a ...
• Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.156
  The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement ...
• Divorced Woman; Change Of Name - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.391
  The circuit courts of this state, whenever a decree of divorce is granted, may, at the instance of the woman, whether complainant or defendant, ...
• Property Owned By Spouse; Award To Party Contributing To Acquisition, Improvement, Or Accumulation Thereof; Effect Of Decree - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.401
  The circuit court of this state may include in any decree of divorce or of separate maintenance entered in the circuit court appropriate provisions ...
• Certified Copy Of Decree; Recording Or Filing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.402
  A certified copy of any such decree may be recorded or filed in the office of the register of deeds of any county wherein ...
• Proceedings For Support Of Custodial Parent And Children; Complaint; Service; Prohibition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.451
  A married parent who has a minor child or children living with him or her and who is living separate and away from his ...
• Proceedings For Support Of Children; Support Order; Burden Of Proof; Applicability Of Section - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.451a
  A custodial parent or guardian of a minor child or children or a child or children who have reached 18 years of age may ...
• Proceedings For Support Of Custodial Parent And Children Being Supported By Public Assistance; Burden Of Proof - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.451b
  The director of social services or his or her designated representative or the director of the county department of social services of the county ...
• Repealed. 2001, Act 111, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.451c
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to support for child after child reaches 18 years of age. ...
• Hearing; Order; Contents; Burden Of Proving Lack Of Ability To Provide Support; Amount; Enforcement Of Order; Custody And Parenting Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.452
  (1) Upon the hearing of the complaint, in the manner of a motion, the court may enter an order as it determines proper for the ...
• Transmitting Order For Support To Friend Of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.453
  Upon the entry of any order for support under this act, a copy of the order shall be transmitted to the friend of the ...
• Prosecuting Attorney As Attorney For Petitioner; Utilization Of Child Support Formula As Guideline; Transmittal Of Payments To Family Independence Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.454
  (1) If the county family independence agency where the custodial parent or guardian of the minor child or children or the child or children who ...
• Modification Of Order; Application And Notice; Order Void Upon Entry Of Judgment Of Divorce Or Separate Maintenance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.455
  An order entered under section 2 may be modified by the court upon proper application to the court and due notice to the opposite ...
• Warrant For Criminal Nonsupport; Testimony - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.456
  A warrant for criminal nonsupport shall not issue or be enforced against any parent who is a party to the proceedings provided for in ...
• Reimbursement Of County For Cost Of Enforcing Support Or Parenting Time Orders; Service Fee; Computation, Payment, And Disposition; Failure Or Refusal To Pay Service Fee; Contempt - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.457
  (1) To reimburse the county for the cost of enforcing support or parenting time orders under this act, the court shall order the payment of ...
• Fees And Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.458
  No filing, order or stenographer's fees shall be required for an action or proceedings under this act, but the court may assess any such ...
• Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.458a
  The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement ...
• Short Title; "State Disbursement Unit" Or "Sdu" Defined - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.459
  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as "the family support act". (2) As used in this act, "state disbursement unit" or ...
• Short Title; Purposes And Construction Of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.501
  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "friend of the court act". (2) The purposes of this act are to ...
• Definitions; B To I - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.502
  As used in this act: (a) "Bureau" means the state friend of the court bureau created in section 19. (b) "Centralizing enforcement" means the ...
• Definitions; M To T - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.502a
  As used in this act: (a) "Medical assistance" means medical assistance as established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 ...
• Office Of The Friend Of The Court; Creation In Judicial Circuit; Exception; Separate Office In County; Vacancy; Merger; Head Of Office As Friend Of The Court; Friend Of The Court As Employee Of Circuit Court; Performance Of Duties; Office Procedures; Availability Of Services To Public - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.503
  (1) There is created in each judicial circuit of this state an office of the friend of the court, except as provided in subsection (2). ...
• Citizen Friend Of The Court Advisory Committee; Establishment; Composition; Appointment; Vacancy; Terms; Election Of Chairperson And Vice-Chairperson; Court Administrative Office Guidelines; Term Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.504
  (1) Each county may establish a citizen friend of the court advisory committee composed of the following members, each of whom is a resident of ...
• Citizen Advisory Committee; Scope; Duties; Subcommittees; Meetings Open To The Public; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.504a
  (1) A citizen advisory committee is advisory only. Once established, the citizen advisory committee shall do all of the following: (a) Meet not less than ...
• Information And Records To Be Provided To Citizen Advisory Committee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.504b
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), and under the chief judge's supervision, the office shall provide the citizen advisory committee with ...
• Information And Records As Confidential; Disclosure; Penalty; Grounds For Dismissal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.504c
  (1) A citizen advisory committee, its members, and its staff shall consider as confidential a record or other information to which they have access in ...
• Duties Of Friend Of The Court; Failure Of Party To Attend Scheduled Meeting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.505
  (1) Each office of the friend of the court has the following duties: (a) To inform each party to the domestic relations matter that, unless ...
• Open Friend Of The Court Case; Closure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.505a
  (1) Except as required by this section, an office of the friend of the court shall open and maintain a friend of the court case ...
• Referee; Designation By Chief Judge; Powers; Transcript Of Hearing; Cost; De Novo Court Hearing; Request; Interim Order; Review - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.507
  (1) The chief judge may designate a referee as provided by the Michigan court rules. (2) A referee may do all of the following: (a) ...
• Making Report, Recommendation, And Supporting Documents Available To Attorneys And Parties; Informing Parties In Child Custody Dispute Or Guardian Concerning Preference Expressed By Child; Availability Of Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.507a
  (1) A copy of each report, recommendation, and any supporting documents or a summary of supporting documents prepared or used by the friend of the ...
• Expediting Relief; Methods - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.508
  The circuit court shall utilize referees and take other appropriate action to expedite obtaining relief in the form of child or spousal support in ...
• Duties Of Office Regarding Support Payments; Transition To State Disbursement Unit; Providing Statement Of Account To Parties; Initiating And Carrying Out Proceedings To Enforce Order Entered In Domestic Relations Matter; Enforcement Orders Entered In Other State - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.509
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), after a support order is entered in a friend of the court case, the office ...
• Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.509a
  The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement ...
• Initiating Enforcement Of Support Order And Custody Or Parenting Time Order; Procedure; Arrearage; Amnesty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.511
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, the arrearage under the support order is equal to or greater than the monthly amount of support ...
• Payment Of Health Care Expense; Complaint; Sending Copy Of Complaint And Notice To Parent; Objection; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.511a
  (1) A complaint seeking enforcement for payment of a health care expense must include information showing that all of the following conditions have been met: ...
• Custody Or Parenting Time Order Violations; Complaint; Sending Copy Of Complaint To Individual Accused Of Interfering; Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.511b
  (1) An office shall initiate enforcement under the support and parenting time enforcement act if the office receives a written complaint that states specific facts ...
• Providing Information To Consumer Reporting Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.512
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, in a format acceptable to the friend of the court, the family independence agency, and the consumer ...
• Domestic Relations Mediation; Services; Agreement; Consent Order; Confidentiality Of Communications; Minimum Qualifications Of Mediator - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.513
  (1) The office shall provide, either directly or by contract, domestic relations mediation to assist the parties in settling voluntarily a dispute concerning child custody ...
• Performance By Mediator Of Certain Functions Involving Party Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.515
  An employee of the office who performs domestic relations mediation in a friend of the court case involving a particular party shall not perform ...
• Review Of Child Support Order After Final Judgment; Notices And Conduct Of Review; Modification Order; Certain Determinations Requiring Report; Contents Of Report; Petition For Modification; Scheduling Of Hearing; Objection To Determination Of No Change In Order; Petition To Require Dependent Health Care Coverage; Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.517
  (1) After a final judgment containing a child support order has been entered in a friend of the court case, the office shall periodically review ...
• Repealed. 2002, Act 571, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2002 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.517a
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to making form motions, responses, and orders available to individuals.Popular Name: Friend of the Court ...
• Review Of Order; Notice Of Right To Request; Notice Of Review; Calculation Of Support Amount; Objection; Joint Meeting Expediting Resolution Of Support Issues; Recommendation; Modification; Frequency Of Review - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.517b
  (1) Child support orders entered after the effective date of the 2004 amendatory act that added subsection (8) shall be modified according to this section. ...
• Review Of Support Order In Another State; Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.517c
  (1) If Michigan is the initiating state in an interstate friend of the court case involving child support, the office shall determine whether a review ...
• Motion For Modification Of Parenting Time Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.517d
  (1) After a final judgment containing a parenting time order is entered in a domestic relations matter for which there is an open friend of ...
• Arrearage Payment Schedules; Administrative Adjustment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.517e
  The office shall utilize guidelines provided in the child support formula developed by the state friend of the court bureau under section 19 to ...
• Information From Employer Or Former Employer Relative To Parent - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.518
  (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), upon the request of the office of the friend of the court, any employer or former employer of ...
• State Friend Of The Court Bureau; Creation; Supervision And Direction; Main Office; Duties; State Advisory Committee; Report Or Recommendation; Reimbursement For Expenses; Meetings; Assistance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.519
  (1) The state friend of the court bureau is created within the state court administrative office, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court. ...
• Information Requested By Family Independence Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.520
  If the family independence agency requests information from an office of the friend of the court, that office may provide the information requested on ...
• Person Appointed As Friend Of The Court Under Former Act; Continuation; Transfer Of Files, Records, Funds, And Pending Cases Of Office Under Former Act; Employees Of Friend Of The Court Appointed Under Former Act To Become Employees Of Corresponding Office; Employees Of State Judicial Council Serving In Third Judicial Circuit To Continue In Present Positions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.521
  (1) Each person appointed as friend of the court under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919 who is serving in that ...
• Appointment Of Attorney To Assist Friend Of The Court; Compensation; Payment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.522
  If the friend of the court serving a judicial circuit is not an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Michigan ...
• Vacancy; Appointment Of Person To Position Of Friend Of The Court Or Interim Friend Of The Court; Experience Or Education - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.523
  (1) If the position of friend of the court becomes vacant for any reason, the chief judge shall appoint a person to the position of ...
• Annual Review Of Performance Record Of Friend Of The Court; Public Notice And Comments; Written Evaluation; Written Response; Copies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.524
  (1) The chief judge annually shall review the performance record of each friend of the court serving that circuit to determine whether the friend of ...
• Removal Of Friend Of The Court; Approval - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.525
  The chief judge may remove the friend of the court. A removal under this section is not effective until approved by a majority of ...
• Grievance Procedure; Records; Public Access To Report Of Grievances; Powers And Duties Of Citizen Advisory Committee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.526
  (1) A party to a friend of the court case who has a grievance concerning office operations or employees shall utilize the following grievance procedure: ...
• Compensation And Expenses Of Friend Of The Court And Employees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.527
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the compensation and expenses of the friend of the court for each judicial circuit and of ...
• Compilation Of Data; Transmission Of Report To State Court Administrator - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.528
  Each office of the friend of the court shall compile data on the number and type of complaints regarding support and parenting time. The ...
• Repealed. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.531
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to definitions.Popular Name: Friend of the Court ...
• Repeal Of SS 552.251 To 552.255 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.533
  Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919, as amended, being sections 552.251 to 552.255 of the Compiled Laws of 1970, is repealed. ...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.534
  This act shall not take effect unless the following House Bills of the 81st Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4871. ...
• Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.535
  Except as provided in section 34, this act shall take effect July 1, 1983. History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983 Popular Name: ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.601
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "support and parenting time enforcement act". History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.602
  As used in this act: (a) "Account" means any of the following: (i) A demand deposit account. (ii) A draft account. (iii) A checking ...
• Support Order; Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.603
  (1) A support order issued by a court of this state shall be enforced as provided in this act. (2) Except as otherwise provided in ...
• Support Payment; Surcharge; Computation; Assessment; Collection; Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.603a
  (1) For a friend of the court case, as of January 1 and July 1 of each year, a surcharge shall be added to support ...
• Retroactive Correction Of Support Amount - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.603b
  If an individual who is required by the court to report his or her income to the court or the office of the friend ...
• Repayment Plan - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.603d
  (1) A party or the friend of the court may file a motion with the court for a repayment plan order that provides, subject to ...
• Support Order To Provide For Order Of Income Withholding; Order Of Income Withholding By Operation Of Law; Notice; Effective Date Of Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.604
  (1) After July 1, 1983, each support order entered or modified by the circuit court shall provide for an order of income withholding. (2) Each ...
• Child Support Order; Deviation From Formula; Agreement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.605
  (1) If a court orders the payment of child support under this or another act of the state, this section applies to that order. (2) ...
• Information To Be Provided To Office Of The Friend Of The Court; Health Care Coverage; Bond - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.605a
  (1) For a friend of the court case, a child support order entered or modified by the court shall provide that each party shall keep ...
• Child Support After 18 Years Of Age - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.605b
  (1) A court that orders child support may order support for a child after the child reaches 18 years of age as provided in this ...
• Support Order; Monthly Amounts; Conversion; Proration; Applicability Of Excess Payment Against Arrearage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.605c
  (1) All support orders shall be stated in monthly amounts payable on the first of each month in advance. A support obligation not paid by ...
• Support Order; Provisions; Assignment, Redirection, Or Abatement Of Support Payment; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.605d
  (1) On and after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section, each support order the court enters or modifies shall ...
• Payment Plan For Arrearages - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.605e
  (1) A payer who has an arrearage under a support order may seek relief from the arrearage by complying with the amnesty under section 3b ...
• Support Order Entered Under Interstate Income Withholding Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.606
  If a support order is entered under section 6 of the interstate income withholding act, sections 7 to 23 shall apply in the same ...
• Notice Of Arrearage To Payer; Contents; Sending Copy Of Notice To Recipient; Request For Hearing; Time Of Hearing; De Novo Hearing; Consolidation Of Hearings; Completion Of Proceedings; Review By Friend Of The Court Office - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.607
  (1) For a friend of the court case, if income withholding is not immediately effective and the arrearage under a support order reaches the arrearage ...
• Documentary Evidence Of Income Withheld - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.607a
  The friend of the court shall not consider a payer to have an arrearage if the payer produces documentary evidence that money has been ...
• Limitation On Amount Of Income Withheld - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.608
  The total amount of income withheld under this act under all orders to withhold income for current support, past due support, fees, and health ...
• Order Of Income Withholding; Service; Directives; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.609
  A notice of income withholding entered under this act shall be served on sources of income as provided in section 11. The notice shall ...
• Payer To Give Friend Of Court Name And Address Of Employer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.610
  For a friend of the court case, the payer shall give to the office of the friend of the court at the time the ...
• Order Of Income Withholding; Duration; Priority - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.611
  An order of income withholding entered under this act is binding upon a source of income 7 days after service upon that source of ...
• More Than 1 Order Of Income Withholding Against Payer Or Parent; Compliance With Source Of Income; Priority; Liability; Identification Of Withholding; Combining Amounts In Single Payment; Identifying Portion Of Single Payment Attributable To Each Payer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.611a
  (1) If there is more than 1 order to withhold income for support, fees, or health care coverage premiums against a payer or parent under ...
• Compliance With Order As Discharge Of Liability To Payer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.612
  Compliance by the source of income with a notice of income withholding operates as a discharge of the source's liability to the payer as ...
• Failure To Comply With Order; Contempt; Finding; Initiation Of Proceedings; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.613
  The court may find a source of income in contempt, require the source of income to pay an amount according to section 11a(2) if ...
• Termination Or Interruption Of Payer's Income; Notice; Service On New Employer Or Other Source Of Income - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.614
  (1) A source of income that has been served with a notice of income withholding or with an order or notice of an order for ...
• Notice Of Change In Circumstances - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.615
  The payer and any recipient of support shall immediately give to the office of the friend of the court notice of any change in ...
• Military Service Adjustment; Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.615a
  (2) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a payer is not eligible for a military service adjustment before the date the friend of the ...
• Notice Of Support Modification; Changing Amount Assigned Or Withheld - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.617
  For a friend of the court case, if the court orders a modification in support and an order of income withholding has been entered ...
• Modifying Support Order To Exclude Support For Child Of Whom Payer Awarded Sole Custody; Suspension Or Termination Of Order Of Income Withholding; Circumstances Prohibiting Written Agreement; Effectiveness Of Order Of Income Withholding; Refund Of Money Improperly Withheld - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.619
  (1) If the court awards to the payer sole custody of a child for whom the payer has been previously ordered to pay support and ...
• Repealed. 1990, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.621
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to payments by employer to friend of court. ...
• Using Order Of Income Withholding As Basis For Refusing To Employ, Discharging, Disciplining, Or Penalizing Payer Prohibited; Violation As Misdemeanor; Penalty; Restitution; Use Of Occupational, Driver's, Or Recreational Or Sporting License As Basis; Exception - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.623
  (1) A source of income shall not use a notice of income withholding as a basis for refusing to employ, discharging, taking disciplinary action against, ...
• Offset Proceedings Against Delinquent Payer's Tax Refunds - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.624
  For a friend of the court case, if a support arrearage has accrued, the office of the friend of the court may request the ...
• Proceedings To Set Aside Transfer Of Title Or Ownership Of Property Without Fair Consideration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.624a
  For a friend of the court case, if a support arrearage has accrued and there is reason to believe the payer transferred title or ...
• Notification To Child Support Lien Network And Additional Clearinghouses Of Payer With Support Arrearage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.624b
  History: Add. 2004, Act 483, Eff. Oct. 1, 2005 ...
• Enforcement Of Support Orders; Providing Bond, Security, Or Other Guarantee - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625
  In addition to providing remedies or imposing penalties otherwise available under this act or other law for the enforcement of support orders, the court, ...
• Lien; Creation; Effect; Full Faith And Credit To Liens Created In Other States; Priority; Notice; Exceptions To Creation Of Lien; Effect Of Lien On Itemized Amount In Redemption Order; Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625a
  (2) Liens that arise in other states shall be accorded full faith and credit when the requirements of section 25b or 25c are met. (3) ...
• Remedy As Cumulative; Lien; Perfection; Notice; Review Procedures; Enforcement; Termination; Disclosure Of Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625b
  (2) Except for a financial asset, money to be paid, or compensation to which section 25c applies, the title IV-D agency may perfect a lien ...
• Remedy As Cumulative; Arrearage Under Payer's Support Order; Payer's Financial Assets Held By Financial Institution; Notice Of Lien And Levy; Form; Notice Of Withdrawal; Release Of Assets - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625c
  (2) If an arrearage has accrued in an amount that exceeds 2 times the monthly amount of periodic support payments payable under a payer's support ...
• Obligation Or Liability Of Financial Institution, Insurer, Or Carrier; Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625d
  (2) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier incurs no obligation or liability to the title IV-D agency or another person for an error or omission ...
• Freeze Of Payer's Financial Assets; Execution; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625e
  (a) If the notice is received before noon, the first business day after the business day on which the notice is received. (b) If the ...
• Levy On Financial Assets; Challenge; Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625f
  (2) If the title IV-D agency receives a written challenge from a payer, or other person with an interest in the financial assets, within the ...
• Forwarding Money By Financial Institution, Insurer, Or Carrier - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625g
  (2) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall forward money as required by subsection (1) no sooner than the next day and no later than ...
• Circuit Court Review - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625h
  (2) All of the following apply in an action governed by this section: (a) The circuit court shall only address the issues of the propriety ...
• Return Of Forwarded Money To Payer; Reimbursement Of Fee, Cost, Or Penalty; Interest; Allocations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.625i
  (2) If the total amount of past due support the payer owes under all support orders subject to levy under section 25c is more than ...
• Notice Of Income Withholding; Failure Of Parent To Obtain Or Maintain Health Care Coverage For Child; Duties Of Friend Of The Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.626
  (1) For a friend of the court case, within 2 business days after a new hire report is entered into the state directory of new ...
• Eligibility Of Parent For Health Care Coverage Through Employer; Duties Of Employer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.626a
  (1) If a parent is eligible for health care coverage through an employer doing business in the state, within 20 business days after the date ...
• Order Or Notice For Dependent Health Care Coverage; Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.626b
  (1) An order or notice for dependent health care coverage entered under this act shall include the information required in a qualified medical child support ...
• Order For Health Care Coverage; Modification Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.626c
  If the court modifies an order for health care coverage that may affect the provision of dependent health care coverage, the office of the ...
• Notice To Department Of Social Services Identifying Health Care Coverage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.626d
  The office of the friend of the court shall notify the state department of social services if the office identifies health care coverage that ...
• Other Enforcement Action - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.627
  (1) Under the Michigan court rules, the circuit court may take other enforcement action under applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the following: (a) ...
• Order To Suspend Payer's Occupational, Driver's, Or Recreational Or Sporting License; Petition By Office Of Friend Of The Court; Circumstances; Notice To Payer - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.628
  (1) For a friend of the court case, the office of the friend of the court may petition the court for an order to suspend ...
• Suspension Hearing; Consolidation With Modification Hearing; Order To Pay Arrearage In Installments; Suspension Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.629
  (1) Within 21 days after the date on which the notice described in section 28 is mailed to a payer, the payer may request a ...
• Suspension Of Occupational, Driver's, Or Recreational Or Sporting License By Regulatory Agency Or Secretary Of State; Sending Copy Of Order; Schedule For Payment Of Arrearage; Rescission Of Suspension Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.630
  (1) If the court orders a suspension of an occupational license, driver's license, or recreational or sporting license, or any combination of the licenses, under ...
• Failure Or Refusal To Obey And Perform Support Order; Civil Contempt Proceeding; Failure To Appear; Bench Warrant; Bond Or Cash Deposit; Custody; Payment And Disposition Of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.631
  (a) Find the payer in contempt for failure to appear. (b) Find the payer in contempt for the reasons stated in the motion for the ...
• Payer Arrested Under Bench Warrant; Cash Performance Bond; Hearing On Order To Show Cause; Form Of Bond Receipt; Failure To Appear; Transmission And Deposit Of Bond; Setting Aside Contempt Finding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.632
  (1) If a bench warrant was issued and the payer is arrested in the county that issued the warrant or another county in this state, ...
• Finding Payer In Contempt; Presumption; Proof Of Currently Available Resources; Orders; Noncompliance With Arrearage Payment Schedule; Suspension Of License - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.633
  (1) The court may find a payer in contempt if the court finds that the payer is in arrears and if the court is satisfied ...
• Finding Payer In Contempt; Orders; Release From County Jail Of Unemployed Payer Who Finds Employment; Noncompliance With Arrearage Payment Schedule; Suspension Of License - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.635
  (1) The court may find a payer in contempt if the court finds that the payer is in arrears and 1 of the following: (a) ...
• Order Of Commitment - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.637
  (1) An order of commitment under section 33 or 35 shall be entered only if other remedies appear unlikely to correct the payer's failure or ...
• Committing Payer To County Jail Without Privilege; Violating Conditions Of Court; Failure To Return To Place Of Confinement As Escape From Custody; Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.639
  (1) If a payer is committed to jail under section 33(b) or 35(2) and violates the conditions of the court, the court shall commit the ...
• Complaint Alleging Custody Or Parenting Time Order Violation; Duties Of Friend Of Court; Declining To Respond To Violation; Circumstances; Compliance With S 552.519 - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.641
  (1) For a friend of the court case, a friend of the court shall do 1 or more of the following in response to an ...
• Makeup Parenting Time Policy; Establishment; Approval; Provisions Of Policy; Notice; Response; Procedures - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.642
  (1) Each circuit shall establish a makeup parenting time policy under which a parent who has been wrongfully denied parenting time is able to make ...
• Joint Meeting - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.642a
  (1) A joint meeting scheduled by the office of the friend of the court under section 41 of this act or section 17 of the ...
• Civil Contempt Proceeding To Resolve Dispute Concerning Parenting Time Of Minor Child; Commencement By Office Of Friend Of Court; Notice; Finding Of Violation; Powers Of Court; Duration Of Commitment; Release; Bench Warrant; Sanction For Bad Faith; Judgment; Payment Of Costs - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.644
  (1) If the office of the friend of the court determines that a procedure for resolving a parenting time dispute authorized under section 41 other ...
• Finding Of Contempt For Noncompliance With Makeup And Ongoing Parenting Time Schedule; Suspension Of License; Agreement; Rescission Of Suspension Order; Sending Copy To Licensing Agency; Hearing To Show Cause; Hearing On Modification Of Parenting Time - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.645
  (1) If the court enters an order under section 44(2)(g) and the parent fails to comply with the makeup and ongoing parenting time schedule, the ...
• Custodial Parent Committed To Jail Under S 552.644(2)(E); Violation Of Conditions Of Court; Commitment To County Jail Without Privilege; Failure To Return To Place Of Confinement As Escape From Custody; Misdemeanor; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.646
  (1) If a custodial parent is committed to jail under section 44(2)(e) and violates the conditions of the court, the court shall commit the person ...
• Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.648
  The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement ...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.649
  This act shall not take effect unless the following bills of the 81st Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4870. (b) ...
• Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.650
  Except as provided in section 49, this act shall take effect July 1, 1983. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.671
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "interstate income withholding act". History: 1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ...
• Purpose Of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.672
  The purpose of this act is to enhance the enforcement of support obligations by providing a quick and effective procedure for the withholding of ...
• Definitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.673
  As used in this act: (a) "Agency" means the court or entity in another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act ...
• Remedy Cumulative; Delay Or Denial Of Relief Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.674
  The remedy provided in this act is in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other remedy otherwise available to enforce a support ...
• Requesting Agency Of Another Jurisdiction To Enter Order For Purpose Of Obtaining Income Withholding; Documentation; Copy Of Subsequent Modifications Of Support Order; Contesting Income Withholding; Notice; Monitoring Payments - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.675
  On behalf of a client for whom the office of the friend of the court is already providing services, or on application of a ...
• Office Of Child Support To Forward Documentation To Office Of Friend Of Court; Filing Documents With Clerk Of Court; Acceptance Of Documents As Entry Of Support Order; Documentation Required For Entry Of Support Order Of Another Jurisdiction; Remedying Defect In Documentation; Notice Of Necessary Additions Or Corrections; Effect Of Meeting Substantive Requirement; Enforcement Of Support Order; Jurisdiction Limited To Income Withholding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.676
  (1) Upon receiving a support order of another jurisdiction with the documentation specified in subsection (2) from an agency, an obligee, an obligor, or an ...
• Filing Fee Or Other Costs Not Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.676a
  A court shall not require payment of either a filing fee or other costs from the obligee. History: Add. 1990, Act 354, Imd. Eff. ...
• Notice Of Proposed Income Withholding; Contents; Request For Hearing; Notice Of Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.677
  (1) On the date a support order is entered under section 6, the office of the friend of the court shall send to the obligor, ...
• Prima Facie Proof; Defenses Of Obligor; Burden; Duties Of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.678
  (1) At any hearing contesting proposed income withholding based on a support order entered under section 6, the support order, accompanying sworn or certified statement, ...
• Order Of Income Withholding; Manner Of Taking Effect; Notice - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.679
  If the obligor does not request a hearing in the time provided, or if a hearing is held and it is determined that the ...
• Payments Made And Received Pursuant To Order Of Income Withholding; Validity Of Support Order; More Than 1 Support Order In Effect For Support Of 1 Person By Same Obligor - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.680
  (1) An order of income withholding under this act shall direct payment to be made to the office of the friend of the court or ...
• Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.680a
  The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement ...
• Obligor Obtaining Employment Or Having New Or Additional Source Of Income In Another State; Duty Of Office Of Friend Of Court - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.681
  If the office of the friend of the court determines that the obligor has obtained employment in another state or has a new or ...
• Voluntary Income Withholding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.682
  A person who is the obligor on a support order of another jurisdiction may obtain voluntary income withholding by filing with the office of ...
• Applicable Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.683
  (1) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (2), the law of this state shall apply in all actions and proceedings concerning the entry, enforcement, and ...
• Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.684
  This act shall take effect on March 1, 1986. History: 1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ...
• Conditional Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.685
  This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 83rd Legislature are enacted into law: (a) Senate Bill No. ...
• Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1101
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform interstate family support act". History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997 ...
• Definitions; C To H - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1102
  As used in this act: (a) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to ...
• Definitions; I To O - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1103
  As used in this act: (a) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to money from any source and any other property subject to ...
• Definitions; R To T - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1104
  As used in this act: (a) "Register" means to file a support order or judgment determining parentage in the circuit court. (b) "Registering tribunal" ...
• Remedies - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1105
  A remedy provided by this act is cumulative and does not affect the availability of a remedy under other law. History: 1996, Act 310, ...
• Applicability And Construction Of Act - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1107
  This act shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this ...
• Circuit Court As Tribunal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1108
  The circuit court is the tribunal for this state. History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997 ...
• Tribunal; Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1201
  In a proceeding to establish, enforce, or modify a support order or to determine parentage, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction ...
• Receipt Of Evidence And Discovery From Another State; Applicability Of Procedural And Substantive Law - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1203
  A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident under section 201 may apply section 328 to receive evidence from another state ...
• State Tribunal As Initiating And Responding Tribunal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1221
  Under this act, this state's tribunal may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to another state and as a responding tribunal for ...
• Establishment Of Support Order; Filing Petition Or Pleading; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1223
  (1) This state's tribunal may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if a petition or comparable pleading is filed in this state after a ...
• Issuance Of Support Order; Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction; Modification; Recognition Of Jurisdiction Of Another State; Temporary Ex Parte Order; Duration Of Jurisdiction; Modification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1224
  (1) A tribunal of this state that issues a support order consistent with this state's law has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a child support order ...
• State Tribunal Serving As Initiating Or Responding Tribunal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1225
  (1) This state's tribunal may serve as an initiating tribunal to request another state's tribunal to enforce or modify a support order issued in that ...
• Issuance Of 1 Or More Child Support Orders; Determining Recognition Of Orders For Purposes Of Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1231
  (1) If a proceeding is brought under this act and only 1 tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls ...
• Enforcement Of Multiple Registrations Or Petitions For Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1233
  In responding to multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard ...
• Crediting Money Collected Under Another State's Support Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1235
  Money collected and credited for a particular period under a support order issued by another state's tribunal shall be credited against the amount that ...
• Applicability Of Act To Proceedings; Commencement Of Proceeding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1301
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act. (2) This act provides for the following proceedings: ...
• Proceeding On Behalf Of Minor's Child - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1303
  A minor parent, or a minor parent's guardian or other legal representative, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of ...
• Responding Tribunal; Duties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1304
  Except as otherwise provided by this act, a responding tribunal of this state shall do both of the following: (a) Apply the procedural and ...
• Forwarding Copies Of Petitions - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1306
  (1) Upon filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward 3 copies of the petition and its ...
• Receipt Of Petitions Or Pleadings By Responding Tribunal; Duties; Authority; Orders - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1308
  (1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under section 301, the tribunal ...
• Petition Or Pleading Received By Inappropriate Tribunal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1310
  If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents ...
• Services Provided By Support Enforcement Agency, Prosecuting Attorney, Or Office Of Friend Of The Court; Fiduciary Relationship - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1312
  (1) Upon request, a support enforcement agency of this state, or upon the support enforcement agency's request, the prosecuting attorney or office of the friend ...
• Support Enforcement Agency; Neglect Or Refusal To Provide Services - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1314
  If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general may ...
• Employment Of Private Counsel - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1315
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act. History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997 ...
• Office Of Child Support As State Information Agency - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1316
  The office of child support established under the office of child support act, Act No. 174 of the Public Acts of 1971, being sections ...
• Petition; Verification; Contents; Form - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1318
  (1) A petitioner seeking to establish or modify a support order or to determine parentage in a proceeding under this act shall verify the petition. ...
• Nondisclosure Of Certain Information - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1320
  Upon a finding, which may be made ex parte, that a party's or a child's health, safety, or liberty would be unreasonably put at ...
• Fees, Costs, Or Expenses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1322
  (1) A petitioner under this act shall not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (2) If an obligee prevails, a responding ...
• Jurisdiction Over Petitioner In Another Proceeding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1324
  Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support ...
• Nonparentage As Defense - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1326
  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by law shall not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under ...
• Physical Presence Of Petitioner Not Required; Documents Admissible As Evidence; Testimony - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1328
  (1) The petitioner's physical presence in a responding tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order ...
• Communication - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1330
  This state's tribunal may communicate with another state's tribunal in writing, or by telephone or other means, to obtain information concerning that state's laws, ...
• Authority Of State Tribunal To Obtain Discovery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1332
  This state's tribunal may do any of the following: (a) Request another state's tribunal to assist in obtaining discovery. (b) Upon request, compel a ...
• Disbursement Of Money Received Under Support Order; Certified Statement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1334
  A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall promptly disburse money received under a support order, as directed by the order. The ...
• Issuance Of Support Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1401
  (1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state may issue a support ...
• Order Of Income Withholding - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1501
  (1) An income withholding order issued in another state may be sent to the obligor's employer without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or ...
• Multiple Income Withholding Orders; Priorities - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1501a
  If an obligor's employer receives multiple income withholding orders for the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the multiple orders if the ...
• Income Withholding Order Issued In Another State; Compliance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1501b
  An employer who complies with an income withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability ...
• Income Withholding Order Issued By Another State; Noncompliance - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1501c
  An employer who willfully fails to comply with an income withholding order issued by another state and received for enforcement is subject to the ...
• Income Withholding Order Issued In Another State; Contesting Validity Or Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1501d
  An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in ...
• Support Enforcement Agency; Receipt Of Documents From Another State; Enforcement Of Support Order Or Income Withholding Order; Registration - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1502
  (1) A party seeking to enforce a support order or an income withholding order, or both, issued by another state's tribunal may send the documents ...
• Registration Of Order; Documents And Information To Be Sent To State Tribunal; Filing As Foreign Judgment; Affirmative Remedy - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1601
  (1) A support order or an income withholding order issued by another state's tribunal may be registered in this state for enforcement by sending all ...
• Order Issued In Another State; Registration; Recognition; Enforcement - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1603
  (1) A support order or income withholding order issued in another state is registered when the order is filed in the registering tribunal of this ...
• Support Payments And Arrearages; Governing Law; Statute Of Limitations - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1605
  (1) The issuing state's law governs the nature, extent, amount, and duration of current payments and other obligations of support and the payment of arrearages ...
• Notice To Nonregistering Party - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1621
  (1) When a support order or income withholding order issued in another state is registered, the registering tribunal shall notify the nonregistering party. The notice ...
• Nonregistering Party; Hearing - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1623
  (1) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the validity or enforcement of a registered order in this state shall request a hearing within 20 days ...
• Burden Of Proof; Defenses; Actions By Tribunal; Further Contest Of Order Precluded - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1625
  (1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered order or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving 1 or ...
• Modification Of Order Issued In Another State; Petition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1631
  A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order issued in another state shall register ...
• Enforcement Of Another State's Child Support Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1633
  This state's tribunal may enforce another state's child support order registered for purposes of modification in the same manner as if the order had ...
• Modification Of Another State's Child Support Order; Finding By Responding Tribunal; Requirements, Procedures, And Defenses; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1635
  (1) After another state's child support order is registered in this state, the responding tribunal of this state may modify that order only if section ...
• Recognition Of Modification - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1637
  This state's tribunal shall recognize a modification of its earlier child support order by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction under a ...
• Child Not Resident Of Issuing State; Jurisdiction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1638
  (1) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this state and the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal ...
• Issuance Of Modified Child Support Order; Failure To File With Issuing Tribunal - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1639
  Within 30 days after issuance of a modified child support order, the party obtaining the modifications shall file a certified copy of the order ...
• Proceeding To Determine Parentage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1701
  (1) This state's tribunal may serve as an initiating or responding tribunal in a proceeding brought under a support enforcement act to determine that a ...
• "Governor" Defined; Authority; Extradition - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1801
  (1) For purposes of this article, "governor" includes an individual performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state covered by this ...
• Individual Charged Criminally With Failing To Provide Support; Surrender - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1803
  (1) Before making demand that another state's governor surrender an individual charged criminally in this state with having failed to provide for an obligee's support, ...
• Effective Date - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 552.1901
  This act shall take effect June 1, 1997. History: 1996, Act 310, Eff. June 1, 1997 ...

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