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Sec. 27.

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3), the compensation and expenses of the friend of the court for each judicial circuit and of the employees of the office and all operating expenses incurred by the office shall be fixed by the chief judge as provided in section 591 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.591 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The compensation and expenses shall be paid by the county treasurer from the general fund, and the friend of the court fund created under section 2530 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.2530 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, of the county or counties served.

(2) In the third judicial circuit the compensation of the friend of the court and the employees of the state judicial council serving in the third judicial circuit and supervised by the friend of the court shall be paid by the state and shall be fixed as provided in sections 592 and 9104 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.592 and 600.9104 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. Pursuant to section 595(1) of Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.595 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the state shall maintain and operate the office of the friend of the court as the successor to the friend of the court appointed under former Act No. 412 of the Public Acts of 1919.

(3) In any other judicial circuit in which employees serving in the circuit court are employees of the state judicial council, the compensation of the friend of the court and the employees of the state judicial council serving in that judicial circuit and supervised by the friend of the court shall be paid by the state and shall be fixed as provided in section 9104 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961.