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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 205 of 1956
| AN ACT to confer upon circuit courts jurisdiction over proceedings to compel and provide support of children born out of wedlock; to prescribe the procedure for determination of such liability; to authorize agreements providing for furnishing of such support and to provide for the enforcement thereof; and to prescribe penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act.
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| Document | Description |
| Section 722.711 | Definitions. |
| Section 722.712 | Child born out of wedlock; liability of parents. |
| Section 722.713 | Repealed. 1996, Act 308, Eff. June 1, 1997. |
| Section 722.714 | Paternity proceeding; parties; venue; action not required; commencement of action; statute of limitations; initiating and conducting proceedings; utilization of child support formula; verification of complaint; charge; summons; default judgment; genetic paternity testing; next friend or guardian ad litem; rights of indigent defendant; order of filiation. |
| Section 722.714a | Summons or notice; notification of obligation and rights; court order for genetic paternity testing. |
| Section 722.714b | Effect of paternity in another state. |
| Section 722.715 | Mother and alleged father competent to testify; cross-examination; exclusion of public; continuance until birth of child. |
| Section 722.716 | Pretrial proceedings; blood or tissue typing determinations as to mother, child, and alleged father; court order; refusal to submit to typing or identification profiling; qualifications of person conducting typing or identification profiling; compensation of expert; result of typing or identification profiling; filing summary report; objection; admissibility; presumption; burden of proof; summary disposition. |
| Section 722.716a | Information obtained from genetic paternity testing; disclosure prohibited; retention and destruction of material; confidentiality; sale, transfer, or offer; audit; violation as misdemeanor; penalty. |
| Section 722.717 | Order of filiation; circumstances; contents; support order; retroactivity; enforcement of judgment or order; fee; reports to director of department of community health; service of copies to parties. |
| Section 722.717a | Repealed. 2001, Act 109, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001. |
| Section 722.717b | Provisions for custody and parenting time; temporary order in case of dispute; referral to friend of the court; attorneys not required to represent parties in dispute. |
| Section 722.718 | Payments to friend of court, clerk of court, or state disbursement unit; disbursement. |
| Section 722.719 | Bond to perform court order and indemnify county; filing; dismissal of complaint; default; issuance of citation to principal and sureties; service; execution; contempt of court; commitment; decree or judgment; appointment of receiver. |
| Section 722.720 | Continuing jurisdiction; purposes. |
| Section 722.720a | Repealed. 1982, Act 296, Eff. July 1, 1983. |
| Section 722.721 | Mother's support and education of child born out of wedlock; bond; default; liability of father. |
| Section 722.722 | False complaint; penalty. |
| Section 722.723 | Repealed. 1982, Act 296, Eff. July 1, 1983. |
| Section 722.724 | Appeal; stay of execution, bond, security for costs. |
| Section 722.725 | Reference to mother as parent of child in records, certificates, or other papers. |
| Section 722.726 | Application of act. |
| Section 722.727 | Fees; assessment in order of filiation. |
| Section 722.728 | Enforcement remedies. |
| Section 722.729 | Reimbursement of county for cost of enforcing support or parenting time orders; service fee; computation, payment, and disposition; failure or refusal to pay service fee; contempt. |
| Section 722.729a | Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. |
| Section 722.730 | Paternity act; short title. |
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