§ 552.601 Short title
§ 552.602 Definitions
§ 552.603 Support order; enforcement; information to be included; notice of new information; service of notices or other papers; accrued interest prohibited; failure to comply with requirements; fee; admis
§ 552.603a Failure to pay support; surcharge; calculation; assessment; collection; enforcement
§ 552.603b Retroactive correction of support amount
§ 552.603d Repayment plan
§ 552.604 Support order to provide for order of income withholding; order of income withholding by operation of law; notice; effective date of order
§ 552.605 Child support order; deviation from formula; agreement
§ 552.605a Information to be provided to office of the friend of the court; health care coverage; use of guidelines; bond
§ 552.605b Child support after 18 years of age
§ 552.605c Support order; monthly amounts; conversion; proration; applicability of excess payment against arrearage; refund
§ 552.605d Support order; provisions; motion for modification; assignment, redirection, or abatement of support payment; notice
§ 552.605e Payment plan for arrearages
§ 552.606 Support order entered under interstate income withholding act
§ 552.607 Notice 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
§ 552.607a Documentary evidence of income withheld
§ 552.608 Limitation on amount of income withheld
§ 552.609 Order of income withholding; service; notice
§ 552.610 Payer to give friend of court name and address of employer
§ 552.611 Order of income withholding; duration; priority
§ 552.611a More than 1 order of income withholding against payer or parent; compliance with source of income; liability; identification of withholding; combining amounts in single payment; identifying porti
§ 552.612 Compliance with order as discharge of liability to payer
§ 552.613 Failure to comply with order; contempt; finding; initiation of proceedings; jurisdiction
§ 552.614 Termination or interruption of payer’s income; notice; service on new employer or other source of income
§ 552.615 Notice of change in circumstances
§ 552.615a Military service adjustment; procedures
§ 552.617 Notice of support modification; changing amount assigned or withheld
§ 552.619 Modifying 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; eff
§ 552.623 Using order of income withholding as basis for refusing to employ, discharging, disciplining, or penalizing payer prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; restitution; use of occupational,
§ 552.624 Offset proceedings against delinquent payer’s tax refunds
§ 552.624a Proceedings to set aside transfer of title or ownership of property without fair consideration
§ 552.624b Notification to child support lien network and additional clearinghouses of payer with support arrearage
§ 552.625 Enforcement of support orders; providing bond, security, or other guarantee
§ 552.625a Lien; 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; definition
§ 552.625b Remedy as cumulative; lien; perfection; notice; review procedures; enforcement; termination; disclosure of information
§ 552.625c Remedy 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
§ 552.625d Obligation or liability of financial institution, insurer, or carrier; limitations
§ 552.625e Freeze of payer’s financial assets; execution; notice
§ 552.625f Levy on financial assets; challenge; procedures
§ 552.625g Forwarding money by financial institution, insurer, or carrier
§ 552.625h Circuit court review
§ 552.625i Return of forwarded money to payer; reimbursement of fee, cost, or penalty; interest; allocations
§ 552.626 Notice of income withholding; failure of parent to obtain or maintain health care coverage for child; duties of friend of the court
§ 552.626a Eligibility of parent for health care coverage through employer; duties of employer
§ 552.626b Order or notice for dependent health care coverage; requirements
§ 552.626c Order for health care coverage; modification notice
§ 552.626d Notice to department of social services identifying health care coverage
§ 552.627 Other enforcement action
§ 552.628 Order to suspend payer’s occupational, recreational, sporting, or driver’s license; notice to payer
§ 552.629 Suspension hearing; consolidation with modification hearing; order to pay arrearage in installments; suspension order; failure of payer to comply with order
§ 552.630 Suspension of occupational, driver’s, or recreational or sporting license by licensing agency; sending copy of order; schedule for payment of arrearage
§ 552.631 Failure or refusal to obey and perform support order; civil contempt proceeding; failure to appear; bench warrant; cash performance bond; custody; payment and disposition of costs; order renderin
§ 552.632 Payer arrested under bench warrant; cash performance bond; hearing; form of bond receipt; failure to appear; transmission and deposit of bond; setting aside contempt finding; voluntary appearance
§ 552.633 Finding payer in contempt; presumption; proof of currently available resources
§ 552.635a Alternative contempt track docket
§ 552.636 Friend of the court enforcement action; assessment of reasonable expenses
§ 552.637 Order of commitment
§ 552.639 Committing payer to county jail or alternative to jail; violating conditions of court; failure to return to place of confinement as escape from custody; misdemeanor; penalty
§ 552.641 Complaint alleging custody or parenting time order violation; duties of friend of court; declining to respond to violation; circumstances; compliance with MCL 552.519
§ 552.642 Makeup parenting time policy; establishment; approval; provisions of policy; notice; response; procedures
§ 552.642a Joint meeting
§ 552.644 Civil contempt proceeding to resolve dispute concerning parenting time; commencement by office of friend of court; notice; allegations; finding of violation; powers of court; “good cause” defined
§ 552.645 Finding of contempt for noncompliance with makeup and ongoing parenting time schedule; suspension of license; agreement; hearing on modification of parenting time
§ 552.646 Custodial parent committed to jail or alternative to jail under MCL 552.644(2)(f); violation of conditions of court; commitment to county jail without privilege; failure to return to place of con
§ 552.648 Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees
§ 552.649 Conditional effective date
§ 552.650 Effective date
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 552 > Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act

  • Account: means any of the following:
    (i) A demand deposit account. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Alternative contempt track: means the alternative contempt track docket established under section 35a. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Cash: means money or the equivalent of money, such as a money order, cashier's check, or negotiable check or a payment by debit or credit card, which equivalent is accepted as cash by the agency accepting the payment. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Custody or parenting time order violation: means an individual's act or failure to act that interferes with a parent's right to interact with his or her child in the time, place, and manner established in the order that governs custody or parenting time between the parent and the child and to which the individual accused of interfering is subject. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Domestic relations matter: means a circuit court proceeding as to child custody, parenting time, child support, or spousal support, that arises out of litigation under a statute of this state, including, but not limited to, the following:
    •     (i) 1846 RS 84, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Employer: means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or private or public corporation, the United States or a federal agency, this state or a political subdivision of this state, another state or a political subdivision of another state, or another legal entity that hires and pays an individual for his or her services. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Financial asset: means a deposit, account, money market fund, stock, bond, or similar instrument. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Financial institution: means any of the following:
    •     (i) A state or national bank. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Friend of the court act: means the friend of the court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Friend of the court case: means that term as defined in section 2 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Health care coverage: means a fee for service, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, or other type of private health care coverage or public health care coverage. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Income: means any of the following:
    •     (i) Commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, and other income due or to be due in the future to an individual from his or her employer or a successor employer. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Insurer: means an insurer, health maintenance organization, health care corporation, or other group, plan, or entity that provides health care coverage in accordance with any of the following acts:
    •     (i) The public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Joint meeting: An occasion, often ceremonial, when the House and Senate each adopt a unanimous consent agreement
  • Medical assistance: means medical assistance as established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • month: means a calendar month; the word "year" a calendar year; and the word "year" alone shall be equivalent to the words "year of our Lord". See Michigan Laws 8.3j
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Most recent semiannual obligation: means the total amount of current child support owed by a parent during the preceding January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • National Bank: A bank that is subject to the supervision of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is a bureau of the U.S. Treasury Department. A national bank can be recognized because it must have "national" or "national association" in its name. Source: OCC
  • Occupational license: means a certificate, registration, or license issued by a state department, bureau, or agency that has regulatory authority over an individual that allows an individual to legally engage in a regulated occupation or that allows the individual to use a specific title in the practice of an occupation, profession, or vocation. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Office of child support: means the office of child support established in section 2 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Office of the friend of the court: means an agency created in section 3 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Order of income withholding: means an order entered by the circuit court providing for the withholding of a payer's income to enforce a support order under this act. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Payer: means an individual who is ordered by the circuit court to pay support. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plan administrator: means that term as used in relation to a group health plan under section 609 of title I of the employee retirement income security act of 1974, 29 USC 1169, if the health care coverage plan of the individual who is responsible for providing a child with health care coverage is subject to that act. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Political subdivision: means a county, city, village, township, educational institution, school district, or special district or authority of this state or of a local unit of government. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Private health care coverage: means health care coverage obtained through an employer or purchased by an individual from an insurer. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Public health care coverage: means health care coverage that is established or maintained by a local, state, or federal government such as Medicaid established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5 or the state children's health insurance program established under title XXI of the social security act, 42 USC 1397aa to 1397mm. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Recipient of support: means the following:
    •     (i) The spouse, if the support order orders spousal support. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Recreational or sporting license: means a hunting, fishing, or fur harvester's license issued under the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Referee: means a person who is designated as a referee under the friend of the court act. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
  • SDU: means the entity established in section 6 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Source of income: means an employer or successor employer, a labor organization, or another individual or entity that owes or will owe income to the payer. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • State friend of the court bureau: means that bureau as created in the state court administrative office under section 19 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Support: means all of the following:
    •     (i) The payment of money for a child or a spouse ordered by the circuit court, whether the order is embodied in an interim, temporary, permanent, or modified order or judgment. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Support order: means an order entered by the circuit court for the payment of support, whether or not a sum certain. See Michigan Laws 552.602
  • Work activity: means any of the following:
    •     (i) Unsubsidized employment. See Michigan Laws 552.602