Michigan Compiled Laws Act 295 Of 1982 Support And Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)***** 552.635 This § Is Repealed Effective March 17, 2015 *****

• Section 552.601 Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the “support and parenting time enforcement act”. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1,...
• Section 552.602 Definitions.
  As used in this act: (a) "Account" means any of the following: (i) A demand deposit account. (ii) A draft account. (iii) A checking...
• Section 552.603 Support Order; Enforcement; Information To Be Included; Notice Of New Information; Service Of Notices Or Other Papers; Accrued Interest Prohibited; Failure To Comply With Requirements; Fee; Admission Into Evidence.
  (1) A support order issued by a court of this state shall be enforced as provided in this act. (2) Except as otherwise provided...
• Section 552.603a Failure To Pay Support; Surcharge; Calculation; Assessment; Collection; Enforcement.
  (1) Subject to subsection (6), for a friend of the court case, if the court determines that the payer has failed to pay support...
• Section 552.603b Retroactive Correction Of Support Amount.
  If an individual who is required by the court to report his or her income to the court or the office of the friend...
• Section 552.603d Repayment Plan.
  (1) A party or the friend of the court may file a motion with the court for a repayment plan order that provides, subject...
• Section 552.604 Support Order To Provide For Order Of Income Withholding; Order Of Income Withholding By Operation Of Law; Notice; Effective Date Of Order.
  (1) After July 1, 1983, each support order entered or modified by the circuit court shall provide for an order of income withholding. (2)...
• Section 552.605 Child Support Order; Deviation From Formula; Agreement.
  (1) If a court orders the payment of child support under this or another act of the state, this section applies to that order....
• Section 552.605a Information To Be Provided To Office Of The Friend Of The Court; Health Care Coverage; Bond.
  (1) For a friend of the court case, a child support order entered or modified by the court shall provide that each party shall...
• Section 552.605b Child Support After 18 Years Of Age.
  (1) A court that orders child support may order support for a child after the child reaches 18 years of age as provided in...
• Section 552.605c Support Order; Monthly Amounts; Conversion; Proration; Applicability Of Excess Payment Against Arrearage; Refund.
  (1) All support orders shall be stated in monthly amounts payable on the first of each month in advance. A support obligation not paid...
• Section 552.605d Support Order; Provisions; Assignment, Redirection, Or Abatement Of Support Payment; Notice.
  (1) On and after June 1, 2003, each support order the court enters or modifies shall include substantially the following provisions: (a) If a...
• Section 552.605e Payment Plan For Arrearages.
  (1) A payer who has an arrearage under a support order may file a motion with the circuit court for a payment plan to...
• Section 552.606 Support Order Entered Under Interstate Income Withholding Act.
  If a support order is entered under section 6 of the interstate income withholding act, sections 7 to 23 shall apply in the same...
• Section 552.607 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.
  (1) For a friend of the court case, if income withholding is not immediately effective and the arrearage under a support order reaches the...
• Section 552.607a Documentary Evidence Of Income Withheld.
  The friend of the court shall not consider a payer to have an arrearage if the payer produces documentary evidence that money has been...
• Section 552.608 Limitation On Amount Of Income Withheld.
  The total amount of income withheld under this act under all orders to withhold income for current support, past due support, fees, and health...
• Section 552.609 Order Of Income Withholding; Service; Notice.
  (1) A notice of income withholding entered under this act shall be served on sources of income as provided in section 11. A labor...
• Section 552.610 Payer To Give Friend Of Court Name And Address Of Employer.
  For a friend of the court case, the payer shall give to the office of the friend of the court at the time the...
• Section 552.611 Order Of Income Withholding; Duration; Priority.
  An order of income withholding entered under this act is binding upon a source of income 7 days after service upon that source of...
• Section 552.611a More Than 1 Order Of Income Withholding Against Payer Or Parent; Compliance With Source Of Income; Liability; Identification Of Withholding; Combining Amounts In Single Payment; Identifying Portion Of Single Payment Attributable To Each Payer.
  (1) If there is more than 1 order to withhold income for support, fees, or health care coverage premiums against a payer or parent...
• Section 552.612 Compliance With Order As Discharge Of Liability To Payer.
  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...
• Section 552.613 Failure To Comply With Order; Contempt; Finding; Initiation Of Proceedings; Jurisdiction.
  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...
• Section 552.614 Termination Or Interruption Of Payer's Income; Notice; Service On New Employer Or Other Source Of Income.
  (1) A source of income that has been served with a notice of income withholding or with an order or notice of an order...
• Section 552.615 Notice Of Change In Circumstances.
  The payer and any recipient of support shall immediately give to the office of the friend of the court notice of any change in...
• Section 552.615a Military Service Adjustment; Procedures.
  (1) If a payer is called to emergency military service, that payer may request a military service adjustment on his or her support obligation...
• Section 552.617 Notice Of Support Modification; Changing Amount Assigned Or Withheld.
  For a friend of the court case, if the court orders a modification in support and an order of income withholding has been entered...
• Section 552.619 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.
  (1) If the court awards to the payer sole custody of a child for whom the payer has been previously ordered to pay support...
• Section 552.621 Repealed. 1990, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990.
  Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to payments by employer to friend of court.
• Section 552.623 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; Fee.
  (1) A source of income shall not use a notice of income withholding as a basis for refusing to employ, discharging, taking disciplinary action...
• Section 552.624 Offset Proceedings Against Delinquent Payer's Tax Refunds.
  For a friend of the court case, if the case has not been designated for offset proceedings by the office of child support and...
• Section 552.624a Proceedings To Set Aside Transfer Of Title Or Ownership Of Property Without Fair Consideration.
  For a friend of the court case, if a support arrearage has accrued and there is reason to believe the payer transferred title or...
• Section 552.624b Notification To Child Support Lien Network And Additional Clearinghouses Of Payer With Support Arrearage.
  The title IV-D agency shall notify the child support lien network, and may notify 1 or more additional national child support information clearinghouses, of...
• Section 552.625 Enforcement Of Support Orders; Providing Bond, Security, Or Other Guarantee.
  In addition to providing remedies or imposing penalties otherwise available under this act or other law for the enforcement of support orders, the court,...
• Section 552.625a 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.
  (1) The amount of past due support that accrues under a judgment as provided in section 3 or under the law of another state...
• Section 552.625b Remedy As Cumulative; Lien; Perfection; Notice; Review Procedures; Enforcement; Termination; Disclosure Of Information.
  (1) A remedy provided by this section is cumulative and does not affect the availability of another remedy under this act or other law....
• Section 552.625c 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.
  (1) A remedy provided by this section is cumulative and does not affect the availability of another remedy under this act or other law....
• Section 552.625d Obligation Or Liability Of Financial Institution, Insurer, Or Carrier; Limitations.
  (1) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier incurs no obligation or liability to a depositor, account holder, or other person arising from the furnishing...
• Section 552.625e Freeze Of Payer's Financial Assets; Execution; Notice.
  (1) When a financial institution, insurer, or carrier receives a notice of levy under section 25c on a payer's financial assets held by the...
• Section 552.625f Levy On Financial Assets; Challenge; Procedures.
  (1) A payer whose financial assets are, or money to be paid or compensation is, levied on under section 25c or another person with...
• Section 552.625g Forwarding Money By Financial Institution, Insurer, Or Carrier.
  (1) A financial institution, insurer, or carrier that receives a notice of levy under section 25c shall forward money in the amount of past...
• Section 552.625h Circuit Court Review.
  (1) If an action is filed in circuit court within the time limit prescribed in section 25f, the circuit court shall review the matter...
• Section 552.625i Return Of Forwarded Money To Payer; Reimbursement Of Fee, Cost, Or Penalty; Interest; Allocations.
  (1) If, after a financial institution forwards money to the state disbursement unit, all of the forwarded money is returned to the payer due...
• Section 552.626 Notice Of Income Withholding; Failure Of Parent To Obtain Or Maintain Health Care Coverage For Child; Duties Of Friend Of The Court.
  (1) For a friend of the court case, within 2 business days after a new hire report is entered into the state directory of...
• Section 552.626a Eligibility Of Parent For Health Care Coverage Through Employer; Duties Of Employer.
  (1) If a parent is eligible for health care coverage through an employer doing business in the state, within 20 business days after the...
• Section 552.626b Order Or Notice For Dependent Health Care Coverage; Requirements.
  (1) An order or notice for dependent health care coverage entered under this act shall include the information required in a qualified medical child...
• Section 552.626c Order For Health Care Coverage; Modification Notice.
  If the court modifies an order for health care coverage that may affect the provision of dependent health care coverage, the office of the...
• Section 552.626d Notice To Department Of Social Services Identifying Health Care Coverage.
  The office of the friend of the court shall notify the state department of social services if the office identifies health care coverage that...
• Section 552.627 Other Enforcement Action.
  (1) Under the Michigan court rules, the circuit court may take other enforcement action under applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the following:...
• Section 552.628 Order To Suspend Payer's Occupational, Driver's, Or Recreational Or Sporting License; Notice To Payer.
  (1) For a friend of the court case, a payer's occupational license, driver's license, or recreational or sporting license, or any combination of the...
• Section 552.629 Suspension Hearing; Consolidation With Modification Hearing; Order To Pay Arrearage In Installments; Suspension Order; Failure Of Payer To Comply With Order.
  (1) Within 21 days after the date on which a notice described in section 28 is mailed to a payer, the payer may request...
• Section 552.630 Suspension Of Occupational, Driver's, Or Recreational Or Sporting License By Licensing Agency; Sending Copy Of Order; Schedule For Payment Of Arrearage.
  (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,...
• Section 552.631 Failure Or Refusal To Obey And Perform Support Order; Civil Contempt Proceeding; Failure To Appear; Bench Warrant; Cash Performance Bond; Custody; Payment And Disposition Of Costs; Order Rendering Vehicle Inoperable.
  (1) If a person is ordered to pay support under a support order and fails or refuses to obey and perform the order, and...
• Section 552.632 Payer Arrested Under Bench Warrant; Cash Performance Bond; Hearing; Form Of Bond Receipt; Failure To Appear; Transmission And Deposit Of Bond; Setting Aside Contempt Finding; Voluntary Appearance By Payer; Receipt.
  (1) If a bench warrant was issued and the payer is arrested in the county that issued the warrant or another county in this...
• Section 552.633 Finding Payer In Contempt; Presumption; Proof Of Currently Available Resources.
  (1) The court may find a payer in contempt if the court finds that the payer is in arrears and 1 or more of...
• Section 552.635 Finding Payer In Contempt; Order; Release Of Payer From County Jail; Noncompliance With Arrearage Payment Schedule; Suspension Of License.
  552.635 Finding payer in contempt; order; release of payer from county jail; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.Sec. 35. (1) The court may...
• Section 552.635a Alternative Contempt Track Docket.
  (1) A payer who meets the criteria in subsection (2) may, with the consent of the court, agree to have his or her case...
• Section 552.636 Friend Of The Court Enforcement Action; Assessment Of Reasonable Expenses.
  In addition to any remedy or sanction provided in section 31 or 33, the court may assess the payer the actual reasonable expense of...
• Section 552.637 Order Of Commitment.
  (1) An order of commitment under section 33 shall be entered only if other remedies appear unlikely to correct the payer's failure or refusal...
• Section 552.639 Committing Payer To County Jail Or Alternative To Jail; Violating Conditions Of Court; Failure To Return To Place Of Confinement As Escape From Custody; Misdemeanor; Penalty.
  (1) If a payer is committed to jail or an alternative to jail under section 33(1)(b) or 35(2)(a) and violates the conditions prescribed by...
• Section 552.641 Complaint Alleging Custody Or Parenting Time Order Violation; Duties Of Friend Of Court; Declining To Respond To Violation; Circumstances; Compliance With Mcl 552.519.
  (1) For a friend of the court case, a friend of the court shall do 1 or more of the following in response to...
• Section 552.642 Makeup Parenting Time Policy; Establishment; Approval; Provisions Of Policy; Notice; Response; Procedures.
  (1) Each circuit shall establish a makeup parenting time policy under which a parent who has been wrongfully denied parenting time is able to...
• Section 552.642a Joint Meeting.
  (1) A joint meeting scheduled by the office of the friend of the court under section 41 of this act or section 17 of...
• Section 552.644 Civil Contempt Proceeding To Resolve Dispute Concerning Parenting Time; Commencement By Office Of Friend Of Court; Notice; Allegations; Finding Of Violation; Powers Of Court; "Good Cause" Defined; Duration Of Commitment; Release; Bench Warrant; Sanction For Bad Faith; Judgment; Payment Of Costs; Order Rendering Vehicle Inoperable.
  (1) If the office of the friend of the court determines that a procedure for resolving a parenting time dispute authorized under section 41...
• Section 552.645 Finding Of Contempt For Noncompliance With Makeup And Ongoing Parenting Time Schedule; Suspension Of License; Agreement; Hearing On Modification Of Parenting Time.
  (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,...
• Section 552.646 Custodial Parent Committed To Jail Or Alternative To Jail Under Mcl 552.644(2)(f); Violation Of Conditions Of Court; Commitment To County Jail Without Privilege; Failure To Return To Place Of Confinement As Escape From Custody; Misdemeanor; Penalty.
  (1) If a custodial parent is committed to jail or an alternative to jail under section 44(2)(f) and violates the conditions ordered by the...
• Section 552.648 Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees.
  The state disbursement unit is responsible for the centralized receipt and disbursement of support. An office of the friend of the court may continue...
• Section 552.649 Conditional Effective Date.
  This act shall not take effect unless the following bills of the 81st Legislature are enacted into law: (a) House Bill No. 4870. (b)...
• Section 552.650 Effective Date.
  Except as provided in section 49, this act shall take effect July 1, 1983. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983

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