Michigan StatutesChapter 552 - DIVORCE
- Act 42 of 1949 - AWARD OF PROPERTY OWNED BY SPOUSE TO PARTY (552.401 - 552.402)
- Act 52 of 1911 - ALIMONY AWARDED BY COURT OF ANOTHER STATE (552.121 - 552.123)
- Act 138 of 1966 - THE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (552.451 - 552.459)
- Act 152 of 1873 - <font color=red>Repealed-</font>PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE FOR WIVES (552.333 - 552.333)
- Act 216 of 1985 - INTERSTATE INCOME WITHHOLDING ACT (552.671 - 552.685)
- Act 239 of 1913 - <font color=red>Repealed-</font>FAILURE TO PAY SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (552.201 - 552.203)
- Act 243 of 1889 - <font color=red>Repealed-</font>PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE FOR WIVES (552.301 - 552.302)
- Act 259 of 1909 - JUDGMENTS OF DIVORCE OR SEPARATE MAINTENANCE (552.101 - 552.104)
- Act 294 of 1982 - FRIEND OF THE COURT ACT (552.501 - 552.535)
- Section 552.501 - Short title; purposes and construction of act.
- Section 552.502 - Definitions; A to I.
- Section 552.502a - Definitions; M to T.
- Section 552.503 - 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
- Section 552.504 - Citizen friend of the court advisory committee; establishment; composition; appointment; vacancy; terms; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; court administrative office gui
- Section 552.504a - Citizen advisory committee; scope; duties; subcommittees; meetings open to the public; exception.
- Section 552.504b - Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee.
- Section 552.504c - Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal.
- Section 552.505 - Duties of friend of the court; failure of party to attend scheduled meeting; charging parties for investigation, report and recommendations; waiver or suspension of fees; disposition
- Section 552.505a - Open friend of the court case; closure.
- Section 552.507 - Referee; designation by chief judge; powers; transcript of hearing; cost; de novo court hearing; request; interim order; review.
- Section 552.507a - Making report, recommendation, and supporting documents available to attorneys and parties; informing parties in child custody dispute or guardian concerning preference expressed by
- Section 552.508 - Expediting relief; methods.
- Section 552.509 - Duties of office regarding support payments; transition to state disbursement unit; providing statement of account to parties; initiating and carrying out proceedings to enforce orde
- Section 552.509a - Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
- Section 552.511 - Initiating enforcement of support order and custody or parenting time order; procedure; arrearage; amnesty.
- Section 552.511a - Payment of health care expense; complaint; sending copy of complaint and notice to parent; objection; hearing.
- Section 552.511b - Custody or parenting time order violations; complaint; sending copy of complaint to individual accused of interfering; action.
- Section 552.512 - Providing information to consumer reporting agency.
- Section 552.513 - Alternative dispute resolution; approval of plan; agreement; consent order; confidentiality of communications; minimum qualifications of mediator.
- Section 552.515 - Certain actions by employee of office providing alternative dispute resolution prohibited.
- Section 552.517 - Review of child support order after final judgment; modification order; calculations; petition for modification; scheduling of hearing; petition to require dependent health care cove
- Section 552.517a - Repealed. 2002, Act 571, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2002.
- Section 552.517b - Review of order; notice of right to request; notice of review; calculation of support amount; objection; joint meeting expediting resolution of support issues; provisions; modificat
- Section 552.517c - Review of support order in another state; procedures.
- Section 552.517d - Motion for modification of parenting time order.
- Section 552.517e - Arrearage payment schedules; administrative adjustment.
- Section 552.518 - Information from employer or former employer relative to parent.
- Section 552.519 - State friend of the court bureau; creation; supervision and direction; main office; duties; state advisory committee; report or recommendation; reimbursement for expenses; meetings;
- Section 552.520 - Information requested by department of human services.
- Section 552.521 - 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 co
- Section 552.522 - Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation; payment.
- Section 552.523 - Vacancy; appointment of person to position of friend of the court or interim friend of the court; experience or education.
- Section 552.524 - Annual review of performance record of friend of the court; public notice and comments; written evaluation; written response; copies.
- Section 552.525 - Removal of friend of the court; approval.
- Section 552.526 - Grievance procedure; records; public access to report of grievances; powers and duties of citizen advisory committee.
- Section 552.527 - Compensation and expenses of friend of the court and employees.
- Section 552.528 - Compilation of data.
- Section 552.531 - Repealed. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
- Section 552.533 - Repeal of MCL 552.251 to 552.255.
- Section 552.534 - Conditional effective date.
- Section 552.535 - Effective date.
- Act 295 of 1982 - SUPPORT AND PARENTING TIME ENFORCEMENT ACT (552.601 - 552.650)
- Section 552.601 - Short title.
- Section 552.602 - Definitions.
- 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 requirement
- Section 552.603a - Failure to pay support; surcharge; calculation; assessment; collection; enforcement.
- Section 552.603b - Retroactive correction of support amount.
- Section 552.603d - Repayment plan.
- 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.
- Section 552.605 - Child support order; deviation from formula; agreement.
- Section 552.605a - Information to be provided to office of the friend of the court; health care coverage; bond.
- Section 552.605b - Child support after 18 years of age.
- Section 552.605c - Support order; monthly amounts; conversion; proration; applicability of excess payment against arrearage; refund.
- Section 552.605d - Support order; provisions; assignment, redirection, or abatement of support payment; notice.
- Section 552.605e - Payment plan for arrearages.
- Section 552.606 - Support order entered under interstate income withholding act.
- 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 proceedin
- Section 552.607a - Documentary evidence of income withheld.
- Section 552.608 - Limitation on amount of income withheld.
- Section 552.609 - Order of income withholding; service; notice.
- Section 552.610 - Payer to give friend of court name and address of employer.
- Section 552.611 - Order of income withholding; duration; priority.
- 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; ide
- Section 552.612 - Compliance with order as discharge of liability to payer.
- Section 552.613 - Failure to comply with order; contempt; finding; initiation of proceedings; jurisdiction.
- Section 552.614 - Termination or interruption of payer's income; notice; service on new employer or other source of income.
- Section 552.615 - Notice of change in circumstances.
- Section 552.615a - Military service adjustment; procedures.
- Section 552.617 - Notice of support modification; changing amount assigned or withheld.
- 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 a
- Section 552.621 - Repealed. 1990, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990.
- 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 o
- Section 552.624 - Offset proceedings against delinquent payer's tax refunds.
- Section 552.624a - Proceedings to set aside transfer of title or ownership of property without fair consideration.
- Section 552.624b - Notification to child support lien network and additional clearinghouses of payer with support arrearage.
- Section 552.625 - Enforcement of support orders; providing bond, security, or other guarantee.
- 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 ord
- Section 552.625b - Remedy as cumulative; lien; perfection; notice; review procedures; enforcement; termination; disclosure of information.
- 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; rel
- Section 552.625d - Obligation or liability of financial institution, insurer, or carrier; limitations.
- Section 552.625e - Freeze of payer's financial assets; execution; notice.
- Section 552.625f - Levy on financial assets; challenge; procedures.
- Section 552.625g - Forwarding money by financial institution, insurer, or carrier.
- Section 552.625h - Circuit court review.
- Section 552.625i - Return of forwarded money to payer; reimbursement of fee, cost, or penalty; interest; allocations.
- 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.
- Section 552.626a - Eligibility of parent for health care coverage through employer; duties of employer.
- Section 552.626b - Order or notice for dependent health care coverage; requirements.
- Section 552.626c - Order for health care coverage; modification notice.
- Section 552.626d - Notice to department of social services identifying health care coverage.
- Section 552.627 - Other enforcement action.
- Section 552.628 - Order to suspend payer's occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license; notice to payer.
- Section 552.629 - Suspension hearing; consolidation with modification hearing; order to pay arrearage in installments; suspension order; failure of payer to comply with order.
- 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.
- Section 552.631 - 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.
- Section 552.632 - 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 co
- Section 552.633 - Finding payer in contempt; presumption; proof of currently available resources; order; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.
- Section 552.635 - Finding payer in contempt; order; release of payer from county jail; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.
- Section 552.637 - Order of commitment.
- 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.
- 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.
- Section 552.642 - Makeup parenting time policy; establishment; approval; provisions of policy; notice; response; procedures.
- Section 552.642a - Joint meeting.
- Section 552.644 - Civil contempt proceeding to resolve dispute concerning parenting time; commencement by office of friend of court; notice; finding of violation; powers of court; "good cause" defined
- 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.
- 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
- Section 552.648 - Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
- Section 552.649 - Conditional effective date.
- Section 552.650 - Effective date.
- Act 299 of 1905 - CHANGE OF NAME OF DIVORCED WOMAN (552.391 - 552.391)
- Act 310 of 1996 - UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (552.1101 - 552.1901)
- Act 379 of 1913 - COLLECTION OF ALIMONY OR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (552.151 - 552.156)
- Act 412 of 1919 - <font color=red>Repealed-</font>FRIEND OF COURT IN DIVORCE CASES (552.251 - 552.255)
- R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46)