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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 294 of 1982
| AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws relating to the friend of the court; to provide for the appointment or removal of the friend of the court; to create the office of the friend of the court; to establish the rights, powers, and duties of the friend of the court and the office of the friend of the court; to establish a state friend of the court bureau and to provide the powers and duties of the bureau; to prescribe powers and duties of the circuit court and of certain state and local agencies and officers; to establish friend of the court citizen advisory committees; to prescribe certain duties of certain employers and former employers; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
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| Document | Description |
| Section 552.501 | Short title; purposes and construction of act. |
| Section 552.502 | Definitions; B 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 employee of circuit court; performance of duties; office procedures; availability of services to public. |
| Section 552.504 | Citizen friend of the court advisory committee; establishment; composition; appointment; vacancy; terms; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; court administrative office guidelines; term limitation. |
| 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. |
| 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 child; availability of information. |
| 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 order entered in domestic relations matter; enforcement orders entered in other state. |
| Section 552.509a | Transition to 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 | Domestic relations mediation; services; agreement; consent order; confidentiality of communications; minimum qualifications of mediator. |
| Section 552.515 | Performance by mediator of certain functions involving party prohibited. |
| Section 552.517 | Review of child support order after final judgment; notices and conduct of review; modification order; certain determinations requiring report; contents of report; petition for modification; scheduling of hearing; objection to determination of no change in order; petition to require dependent health care coverage; costs. |
| 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; recommendation; modification; frequency of review. |
| 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; assistance. |
| Section 552.520 | Information requested by family independence agency. |
| 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 court appointed under former act to become employees of corresponding office; employees of state judicial council serving in third judicial circuit to continue in present positions. |
| 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; transmission of report to state court administrator. |
| Section 552.531 | Repealed. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Section 552.533 | Repeal of §§ 552.251 to 552.255. |
| Section 552.534 | Conditional effective date. |
| Section 552.535 | Effective date. |
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