2011 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 552 — DIVORCE
Act 294 of 1982 — FRIEND OF THE COURT ACT (552.501 - 552.535)
Section 552.522 — Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation; payment.

Sec. 22.

If the friend of the court serving a judicial circuit is not an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Michigan and that office does not employ such an attorney, the chief judge may appoint an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Michigan to assist the friend of the court when legal assistance is necessary to carry out the duties imposed in this act. An attorney appointed under this section to assist an office shall be compensated in a reasonable amount, based upon time and expenses, to be determined by the county board or boards of commissioners of the judicial circuit served by that office. If the judicial circuit is one in which the employees serving in the circuit court are employees of the state judicial council, the compensation of an attorney appointed under this section shall be paid by the state and fixed by the state judicial council as provided in section 9104 of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being section 600.9104 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983
Popular Name: Friend of the Court