Michigan Compiled Laws 255-2015-3-civil-provisions-of-g Civil Provisions Of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)

• Section 552.2301 Applicability Of Article To Proceedings; Initiation; Petition.
  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act. (2) An individual petitioner or a support...
• Section 552.2302 Proceeding On Behalf Of Minor's Child.
  A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the...
• Section 552.2303 Responding Tribunal; Duties.
  Except as otherwise provided in this act, a responding tribunal of this state shall do both of the following: (a) Apply the procedural and...
• Section 552.2304 Forwarding Copies Of Petition And Documents; Certificate; Findings.
  (1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this act, an initiating tribunal of this state shall forward the petition and its accompanying...
• Section 552.2305 Receipt Of Petition Or Pleading By Responding Tribunal; Duties; Authority; Calculations On Which Order Is Based; Prohibition; Sending Copy Of Order To Petitioner, Respondent, And Initiating Tribunal; Conversion Of Foreign Currency.
  (1) When a responding tribunal of this state receives a petition or comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly under section 301(1), it...
• Section 552.2306 Petition Or Pleading Received By Inappropriate Tribunal.
  If a petition or comparable pleading is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this state, the tribunal shall forward the pleading and accompanying documents...
• Section 552.2307 Support Enforcement Agency; Duties.
  (1) In a proceeding under this act, a support enforcement agency of this state, upon request: (a) Shall provide services to a petitioner residing...
• Section 552.2308 Support Enforcement Agency; Neglect Or Refusal To Provide Services.
  (1) If the attorney general determines that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide services to an individual, the attorney general...
• Section 552.2309 Employment Of Private Counsel.
  An individual may employ private counsel to represent the individual in proceedings authorized by this act. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
• Section 552.2310 Office Of Child Support As State Information Agency; Duties.
  (1) The office of child support is the state information agency under this act. (2) The state information agency shall do the following: (a)...
• Section 552.2311 Petition; Contents; Form.
  (1) In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register...
• Section 552.2312 Disclosure Of Certain Information.
  If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would...
• Section 552.2313 Fees, Costs, Or Expenses.
  (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs. (2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of...
• Section 552.2314 Jurisdiction Over Petitioner In Another Jurisdiction.
  (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services...
• Section 552.2315 Nonparentage As Defense.
  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or according to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to...
• Section 552.2316 Physical Presence Of Nonresident Party; Documents Admissible As Evidence; Deposition Or Testimony.
  (1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment,...
• Section 552.2317 Communication.
  A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means,...
• Section 552.2318 Authority Of State Tribunal To Obtain Or Respond To Discovery.
  A tribunal of this state may do the following: (a) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery. (b) Upon request,...
• Section 552.2319 Disbursement Of Amounts Received Under Support Order; Certified Statement.
  (1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the...

Last modified: October 10, 2016