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

Sec. 7.

(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 a service fee of $2.00 per month, payable semiannually on each January 2 and July 2, to the friend of the court or state disbursement unit. The service fee shall be paid by the person ordered to pay the support money. The service fee shall be computed from the beginning date of the support order and shall continue while the support order is operative. The service fee shall be paid 6 months in advance on each due date, except for the first payment which shall be paid at the same time the support order is filed, and covers the period of time from that month until the next calendar due date. The friend of the court may deduct the service fee from support money paid after the due date of the service fee. An order that provides for the payment of support that requires collection by the friend of the court under this act or by the SDU shall provide for the payment of the service fee. Upon its own motion, a court may amend such an order or judgment to provide for the payment of the service fee, in the amount provided by this subsection, upon notice to the person ordered to pay the support money. The service fees shall be turned over to the county treasurer and credited to the general fund of the county.

(2) The court may hold in contempt a person who fails or refuses to pay a service fee ordered under subsection (1).