Michigan Compiled Laws Act 8 Of 1952 Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement Of Support Act (780.151 - 780.183)***** 780.164a This § Is Repealed Effective March 17, 2015 *****

• Section 780.151 Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the “revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act”. History: 1952, Act 8, Eff. Sept....
• Section 780.152 Purposes Of Act; Construction.
  (1) The purposes of this act are to improve, extend, and make uniform by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support. (2) This...
• Section 780.153 Meanings Of Words And Phrases.
  For the purposes of this act, unless the context requires otherwise, the words and phrases defined in sections 3a and 3b have the meanings...
• Section 780.153a Definitions; C To O.
  (1) “Court” means the appropriate circuit court of this state and, when the context requires, means the appropriate court of any other state as...
• Section 780.153b Definitions; P To S.
  (1) “Prosecuting attorney” means the public official in the appropriate jurisdiction who has the duty to enforce criminal laws relating to the failure to...
• Section 780.154 Remedies Additional.
  The remedies herein provided are in addition to and not in substitution for any other remedies. History: 1952, Act 8, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952
• Section 780.155 Duties Of Support Generally.
  Duties of support arising under the law of this state, when applicable under section 8, bind the obligor present in this state regardless of...
• Section 780.156 Powers Of Governor.
  The governor of this state may: (a) Demand of the governor of another state the surrender of a person found in that state who...
• Section 780.156a Conditions To Making Demand Upon Governor; Delaying Or Declining Honoring Of Demand.
  (1) Before making the demand upon the governor of another state for the surrender of a person charged criminally in this state with failing...
• Section 780.157 Obligor Relieved Of Extradition; Requirements.
  Any obligor contemplated by sections 6 and 6a, who submits to the jurisdiction of the court of such other state and complies with the...
• Section 780.158 Applicable Duties Of Support; Presumption.
  Duties of support applicable under this act are those imposed or imposable under the laws of any state where the obligor was present for...
• Section 780.159 Reimbursement Of State Or Political Subdivision.
  If a state or a political subdivision furnishes support to an individual obligee, it has the same right to initiate a proceeding under this...
• Section 780.159a Enforcement Of Duties Of Support; Defense Of Immunity Not Available.
  All duties of support, including the duty to pay arrearages, are enforceable by a proceeding under this act including a proceeding for civil contempt....
• Section 780.160 Jurisdiction; Venue.
  (1) Jurisdiction of any proceeding in this state under this act is vested in the circuit court. (2) The proper venue if this state...
• Section 780.160a Representation Of Obligee By Prosecuting Attorney; Agreement To Transfer Prosecutor's Responsibilities; Conduct Of Proceeding On Behalf Of State.
  (1) If this state is acting as an initiating state, the prosecuting attorney, upon the request of the state department of human services, shall...
• Section 780.161 Petition; Verification; Contents; Filing; Accepting Or Forwarding Petition.
  (1) The petition shall be verified and shall state the name and, so far as known to the obligee, the address and circumstances of...
• Section 780.161a Petition On Behalf Of Minor Obligee; Execution And Filing.
  A petition on behalf of a minor obligee may be executed and filed without appointment of the petitioner as guardian ad litem or next...
• Section 780.162 Certification Of Petition; Sending Forms Package And Copy Of Act To Interstate Central Registry; Certification Requirements.
  If the initiating court finds that the petition sets forth facts from which it may be determined that the obligor owes a duty of...
• Section 780.162a Belief That Obligor May Flee Jurisdiction; Procedure.
  If the court of this state believes that the obligor may flee the jurisdiction, it may: (a) As an initiating court, request in its...
• Section 780.162b Duties Of Office Of Child Support; Use Of State Locator Service.
  (1) The office of child support of the state department of human services is designated as the state information agency and the interstate central...
• Section 780.163 Court Acting As Responding Court; Docketing Case; Notification; Jurisdiction By Court Over Obligor Or Obligor's Property; Utilization Of Child Support Formula.
  (1) When the court of this state, acting as a responding court, receives from the interstate central registry of this state copies of the...
• Section 780.163a Inability To Obtain Jurisdiction; Duties Of Prosecuting Attorney, Attorney Employed Or Contracted, Or Friend Of The Court; Forwarding Documents.
  If, because of inaccuracies in the petition or otherwise, the court cannot obtain jurisdiction, the prosecuting attorney, an attorney employed or contracted under section...
• Section 780.163b Manner Of Conducting Proceedings.
  The court, except as provided otherwise in this act, shall conduct proceedings under this act in the manner prescribed by law for an action...
• Section 780.163c Evidence As To Duty Of Support.
  If the obligee is not present at the hearing and the obligor offers evidence constituting a defense which the court does not consider frivolous,...
• Section 780.164 Support Order; Payments; Amount; Deviation From Formula.
  (1) If the court of this state when acting as a responding court finds a duty of support, the court may order the obligor...
• Section 780.164a Transition To Centralized Receipt And Disbursement Of Support And Fees.
  780.164a Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. Sec. 14a. The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the...
• Section 780.165 Sending Copy Of Support Order To Initiating Court.
  The court of this state when acting as a responding court shall cause a copy of all support orders to be sent to the...
• Section 780.166 Terms And Conditions Assuring Compliance; Enforcement Of Support Order.
  (1) In addition to the foregoing powers, the court of this state when acting as a responding court may subject the obligor to any...
• Section 780.166a Adjudicating Issue Of Paternity.
  The court of this state when acting as a responding court may adjudicate the issue of paternity if both of the following apply: (a)...
• Section 780.167 Duties Of Court Carried Out Through Office Of Friend Of Court.
  The court of this state, when acting as a responding court, has the following duties which may be carried out through the office of...
• Section 780.168 Receipt And Disbursement Of Payments; Valid Prior And Existing Support Order; Carrying Out Duties.
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), the court of this state, when acting as an initiating court, shall receive and disburse immediately all...
• Section 780.169 Husband And Wife; Privilege Against Disclosure Inapplicable; Competent Witnesses; Compelling Testimony.
  Laws attaching a privilege against the disclosure of communications between husband and wife are inapplicable to proceedings under this act. Husband and wife are...
• Section 780.169a Pending Or Prior Action Or Proceeding; Hearing; Issuance Of Support Order Pendente Lite; Bond; Conforming Support Order To Amount Allowed In Other Action Or Proceeding; Staying Enforcement Prohibited.
  A responding court shall not stay the proceeding or refuse a hearing under this act because of any pending or prior action or proceeding...
• Section 780.170 Fees And Costs.
  An initiating court shall not require payment of either a filing fee or other costs from the obligee but may request the responding court...
• Section 780.171 Nullification Of Support Orders; Crediting Amounts Paid.
  A support order made by a court of this state pursuant to this act does not nullify and is not nullified by a support...
• Section 780.172 Jurisdiction Not Conferred By Participation In Proceeding.
  Participation in any proceeding under this act does not confer jurisdiction upon any court over any of the parties to the proceeding in any...
• Section 780.173 Reimbursement Of County For Cost Of Enforcing Spousal Or Child Support Or Parenting Time Order; Service Fee; Computation, Payment, And Disposition; Failure Or Refusal To Pay Service Fee; Contempt.
  780.173 Reimbursement of county for cost of enforcing spousal or child support or parenting time order; service fee; computation, payment, and disposition; failure or refusal...
• Section 780.174 Foreign State As Reciprocating State; Declaration; Revocation.
  Where the director of social services is satisfied that reciprocal provisions will be made by any foreign state for the enforcement in that foreign...
• Section 780.175 Appeal.
  If the attorney general or the director of social services is of the opinion that a support order is erroneous and presents a question...
• Section 780.176 Additional Remedies.
  If the duty of support is based on a foreign support order, the obligee has additional remedies as provided in sections 27 to 31....
• Section 780.177 Registration Of Foreign Support Order.
  The obligee may register the foreign support order in a court of this state in the manner, with the effect, and for the purposes...
• Section 780.178 Registry Of Foreign Support Orders.
  The clerk of the court shall maintain a registry of foreign support orders in which he or she shall file foreign support orders. History:...
• Section 780.179 Registration Of Valid Existing Support Order Or Foreign Support Order By Friend Of Court; Confirmation Of Registered Order.
  (1) If this state is acting as a rendering state, the friend of the court upon the request of the court or the state...
• Section 780.180 Registration Of Foreign Support Order By Obligee; Transmittal And Filing Of Documents; Filing As Registration; Docketing Case; Notification Of Friend Of Court; Mailing Or Serving Notice Of Registration; Copy Of Registered Support Order And Post Office Address Of Obligee; Petition To Vacate Registration Or Seek Other Relief; Confirmation Of Registered Support Order; Sending Copy Of Petition To Friend Of Court; Hearing; Defenses; Staying Enforcement Of Order; Proof; Security.
  (1) An obligee seeking to register a foreign support order in a court of this state shall transmit to the clerk of the court...
• Section 780.181 Effect And Enforcement Of Confirmed Registered Foreign Support Order.
  (1) If a registered foreign support order has been confirmed, it shall be treated in the same manner as a support order issued by...
• Section 780.181a Foreign Support Order; Transmittal Of Support Payments To Friend Of Court Or State Disbursement Unit; Duties Of Friend Of Court Or Sdu; Filing Copy Of Foreign Support Order.
  (1) If there is no Michigan support order but there is a foreign support order, upon request of the obligee or the family independence...
• Section 780.182 Adjudicating Issue Of Support Only; Jurisdiction.
  (1) A proceeding under this act shall adjudicate only the issue of support and shall not adjudicate an issue of custody or parenting time....
• Section 780.183 Representation Of Obligee By Attorney General Or Private Legal Counsel.
  (1) If this state is the initiating, responding, rendering, or registering state in proceedings under this act, and the prosecuting attorney, an attorney employed...

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