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2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 155 of 1964


CIRCUIT COURT FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES ACT

Act 155 of 1964

AN ACT to establish circuit court family counseling services and to provide for their powers and duties; to provide for the employment of directors of family counseling and for the selection and size of their staffs; to provide for the confidentiality of communications between the family counselors and clients; and to provide for payment of fees by persons counseled.


History: 1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;--Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 551.331Short title.
Section 551.332Family counseling services; creation; purpose; establishment in judicial circuits; appropriations; participation in funding; agreement; limitation.
Section 551.333Family counseling service as arm of circuit court; merger with other court services; contracts; purchase of services; direct service delivery.
Section 551.334Director; qualifications; employment, term, and compensation; compensation of staff.
Section 551.335Hiring of professional and clerical staff.
Section 551.336Rules and standards of eligibility for counseling; priority; residential requirements.
Section 551.337Referrals to agencies outside court; conferences.
Section 551.338Family counseling service as impartial, unbiased resource in evaluating problems.
Section 551.339Confidentiality; privileged communications; exemption.
Section 551.340Fee schedule; disposition of revenues.
Section 551.341Powers of family counseling service.
Section 551.342Statutory provisions not changed or affected; conferences or interviews not considered as condonation.
Section 551.343Multiple-judge circuit; majority of judges.
Section 551.344Submission to family counseling not required.

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