§ 722.871 Short title
§ 722.872 Definitions
§ 722.873 Guardianship assistance; eligibility
§ 722.874 Guardianship assistance; payment to eligible guardian; criteria; eligibility for federal funding under title IV-E; sibling ineligible for federal funding; successor guardian
§ 722.875 Guardianship assistance; negotiating and entering guardianship assistance agreement; specifications; limitation on payment; review by department; eligibility determination
§ 722.875a Permanency plan including placement with guardian and receipt of guardianship assistance payments; information to be included in case service plan
§ 722.875b Legal guardianship as judicially created relationship; transfer of parental rights to guardian
§ 722.875c Guardianship assistance; successor guardian
§ 722.875d Rules
§ 722.876 Guardianship assistance; prohibition; conditions; notice of termination
§ 722.877 Public or private medical insurance or assistance; application and maintenance
§ 722.878 Collecting, assembling, and reporting data and information
§ 722.879 Appeal of decision
§ 722.881 Postpermanency services; eligibility
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws > Chapter 722 > Act 260 of 2008 - Guardianship Assistance Act

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Certification: means a determination of eligibility by the department that a foster child is eligible for guardianship assistance or a medical subsidy, or both. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Child: means an individual less than 18 years of age. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Child placing agency: means that term as defined in section 1 of 1973 PA 116, MCL 722. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Eligible child: means a child who meets the eligibility criteria under section 3 for receiving guardianship assistance. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • 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.
  • Guardian: means a person appointed by the court to act as a legal guardian for a child under section 19a or 19c of chapter XIIA of the probate code, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Guardianship assistance agreement: means a negotiated binding agreement regarding financial support as described in section 5 for children who meet the qualifications for guardianship assistance as specified in this act or in the department's administrative rules. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • 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.
  • Legal custodian: means an individual who is at least 18 years of age in whose care a child remains or is placed after a court makes a finding under section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Probate code: means the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 710. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Prospective guardian: means an individual seeking guardianship of a child if an order appointing that guardianship has not been finalized by the court. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • Relative: means that term as defined in section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • 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
  • Successor guardian: means a person appointed by the court to act as a legal guardian when the preceding guardian is no longer able to act, as a result of his or her death or incapacitation, under section 19a or 19c of chapter XIIA of the probate code, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 722.872
  • United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o