§ 552.671 Short title
§ 552.672 Purpose of act
§ 552.673 Definitions
§ 552.674 Remedy cumulative; delay or denial of relief prohibited
§ 552.675 Requesting agency of another jurisdiction to enter order for purpose of obtaining income withholding; documentation; copy of subsequent modifications of support order; contesting income withholdi
§ 552.676 Office of child support to forward documentation to office of friend of court; filing documents with clerk of court; acceptance of documents as entry of support order; documentation required for
§ 552.676a Filing fee or other costs not required
§ 552.677 Notice of proposed income withholding; contents; request for hearing; notice of hearing
§ 552.678 Prima facie proof; defenses of obligor; burden; duties of court
§ 552.679 Order of income withholding; manner of taking effect; notice
§ 552.680 Payments made and received pursuant to order of income withholding; validity of support order; more than 1 support order in effect for support of 1 person by same obligor
§ 552.680a Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees
§ 552.681 Obligor obtaining employment or having new or additional source of income in another state; duty of office of friend of court
§ 552.682 Voluntary income withholding
§ 552.683 Applicable law
§ 552.684 Effective date
§ 552.685 Conditional effective date
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 552 > Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act

  • Agency: means the court or entity in another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act to the office of the friend of the court and the office of child support relative to the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Child: means a child, whether above or below the age of majority, with respect to whom a support order exists. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Court: means the circuit court of this state and, when the context requires, the court or entity of another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act to the circuit court of this state relative to the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Income: means income as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Jurisdiction: means a state or political subdivision, territory, or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Obligee: means a person or entity that is entitled to receive support under a support order, and includes an entity of another jurisdiction to which a person has assigned his or her right to support. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Obligor: means a person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child, spouse, or former spouse. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Office of child support: means the entity established in section 2 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Office of the friend of the court: means an office created in section 3 of the friend of the court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Order of income withholding: means order of income withholding as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • SDU: means the entity established in section 6 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Source of income: means source of income as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Statute of limitations: A law that sets the time within which parties must take action to enforce their rights.
  • Support and parenting time enforcement act: means 1982 PA 295, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Support order: means an order or judgment for the support, or for the payment of arrearages on the support, of a child, spouse, or former spouse issued by a court or agency of another jurisdiction, whether interlocutory or final, whether or not prospectively or retroactively modifiable, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, separate maintenance, paternity, guardianship, or equivalent proceeding, or otherwise. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o