Michigan Laws > Chapter 551 > Act 155 of 1964 – Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act


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

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