2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 295 of 1982


SUPPORT AND PARENTING TIME ENFORCEMENT ACT

Act 295 of 1982

AN ACT to provide for and to supplement statutes that provide for the provisions and enforcement of support, health care, and parenting time orders with respect to divorce, separate maintenance, paternity, child custody and support, and spousal support; to prescribe and authorize certain provisions of those orders; to prescribe the powers and duties of the circuit court and friend of the court; to prescribe certain duties of certain employers and other sources of income; to provide for penalties and remedies; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.


History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;--Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1987 ;--Am. 1995, Act 236, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;--Am. 1996, Act 25, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;--Am. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 552.601Short title.
Section 552.602Definitions.
Section 552.603Support order; enforcement.
Section 552.603aSupport payment; surcharge; computation; assessment; collection; enforcement.
Section 552.603bRetroactive correction of support amount.
Section 552.603dRepayment plan.
Section 552.604Support order to provide for order of income withholding; order of income withholding by operation of law; notice; effective date of order.
Section 552.605Child support order; deviation from formula; agreement.
Section 552.605aInformation to be provided to office of the friend of the court; health care coverage; bond.
Section 552.605bChild support after 18 years of age.
Section 552.605cSupport order; monthly amounts; conversion; proration; applicability of excess payment against arrearage.
Section 552.605dSupport order; provisions; assignment, redirection, or abatement of support payment; notice.
Section 552.605ePayment plan for arrearages.
Section 552.606Support order entered under interstate income withholding act.
Section 552.607Notice 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 proceedings; review by friend of the court office.
Section 552.607aDocumentary evidence of income withheld.
Section 552.608Limitation on amount of income withheld.
Section 552.609Order of income withholding; service; directives; notice.
Section 552.610Payer to give friend of court name and address of employer.
Section 552.611Order of income withholding; duration; priority.
Section 552.611aMore than 1 order of income withholding against payer or parent; compliance with source of income; priority; liability; identification of withholding; combining amounts in single payment; identifying portion of single payment attributable to each payer.
Section 552.612Compliance with order as discharge of liability to payer.
Section 552.613Failure to comply with order; contempt; finding; initiation of proceedings; jurisdiction.
Section 552.614Termination or interruption of payer's income; notice; service on new employer or other source of income.
Section 552.615Notice of change in circumstances.
Section 552.617Notice of support modification; changing amount assigned or withheld.
Section 552.619Modifying support order to exclude support for child of whom payer awarded sole custody; suspension or termination of order of income withholding; circumstances prohibiting written agreement; effectiveness of order of income withholding; refund of money improperly withheld.
Section 552.621Repealed. 1990, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990.
Section 552.623Using order of income withholding as basis for refusing to employ, discharging, disciplining, or penalizing payer prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; restitution; use of occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license as basis; exception.
Section 552.624Offset proceedings against delinquent payer's tax refunds.
Section 552.624aProceedings to set aside transfer of title or ownership of property without fair consideration.
Section 552.624bNotification to child support lien network and additional clearinghouses of payer with support arrearage.
Section 552.625Enforcement of support orders; providing bond, security, or other guarantee.
Section 552.625aLien; 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 order; definitions.
Section 552.625bRemedy as cumulative; lien; perfection; notice; review procedures; enforcement; termination; disclosure of information.
Section 552.625cRemedy 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; release of assets.
Section 552.625dObligation or liability of financial institution, insurer, or carrier; limitations.
Section 552.625eFreeze of payer's financial assets; execution; notice.
Section 552.625fLevy on financial assets; challenge; procedures.
Section 552.625gForwarding money by financial institution, insurer, or carrier.
Section 552.625hCircuit court review.
Section 552.625iReturn of forwarded money to payer; reimbursement of fee, cost, or penalty; interest; allocations.
Section 552.626Notice of income withholding; failure of parent to obtain or maintain health care coverage for child; duties of friend of the court.
Section 552.626aEligibility of parent for health care coverage through employer; duties of employer.
Section 552.626bOrder or notice for dependent health care coverage; requirements.
Section 552.626cOrder for health care coverage; modification notice.
Section 552.626dNotice to department of social services identifying health care coverage.
Section 552.627Other enforcement action.
Section 552.628Order to suspend payer's occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license; petition by office of friend of the court; circumstances; notice to payer.
Section 552.629Suspension hearing; consolidation with modification hearing; order to pay arrearage in installments; suspension order.
Section 552.630Suspension of occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license by regulatory agency or secretary of state; sending copy of order; schedule for payment of arrearage; rescission of suspension order.
Section 552.631Failure 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 552.632Payer 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 contempt finding.
Section 552.633Finding payer in contempt; presumption; proof of currently available resources; orders; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.
Section 552.635Finding payer in contempt; orders; release from county jail of unemployed payer who finds employment; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.
Section 552.637Order of commitment.
Section 552.639Committing payer to county jail without privilege; violating conditions of court; failure to return to place of confinement as escape from custody; misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 552.641Complaint alleging custody or parenting time order violation; duties of friend of court; declining to respond to violation; circumstances; compliance with § 552.519.
Section 552.642Makeup parenting time policy; establishment; approval; provisions of policy; notice; response; procedures.
Section 552.642aJoint meeting.
Section 552.644Civil contempt proceeding to resolve dispute concerning parenting time of minor child; commencement by office of friend of court; notice; finding of violation; powers of court; duration of commitment; release; bench warrant; sanction for bad faith; judgment; payment of costs.
Section 552.645Finding of contempt for noncompliance with makeup and ongoing parenting time schedule; suspension of license; agreement; rescission of suspension order; sending copy to licensing agency; hearing to show cause; hearing on modification of parenting time.
Section 552.646Custodial parent committed to jail under § 552.644(2)(e); violation of conditions of court; commitment to county jail without privilege; failure to return to place of confinement as escape from custody; misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 552.648Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Section 552.649Conditional effective date.
Section 552.650Effective date.

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