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MI Comp L § 722.4d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6)|Section 722.4d - Petition for Rescission; Service of Copy and Summons; Determinations; Order; Effect of Rescission on Obligations, Rights, or Interests; Appeal.

722.4d Petition for rescission; service of copy and summons; determinations; order; effect of rescission on obligations, rights, or interests; appeal. Sec. 4d.  (1) A parent of a minor emancipated by court order or a minor emancipated by court order may petition the family division of circuit court that issued the order to rescind the order. If the order of emancipation is entered by the probate court before January 1, 1998, the parent or minor may petition the family division of the circuit court in the county in which the order was entered to rescind the order.  (2) A copy of the petition for rescission and a summons shall be served on the minor or the minor's parents.  (3) The court shall grant the petition and rescind the order of emancipation if it determines 1 or more of the following:  (a) That the minor is indigent and has no means of support.  (b) That the minor and the minor's parents agree that the order should be rescinded.  (c) That there is a resumption of family relations inconsistent with the existing emancipation order.  (4) If a petition for rescission is granted, the court shall issue an order rescinding the emancipation order and retain a copy of the order until the minor becomes 25 years of age.  (5) Rescission of an emancipation order does not alter any contractual obligations or rights or any property rights or interests that arose during the period of time that the emancipation order was in effect.  (6) The minor or a parent of the minor may file an appeal from the court's grant or denial of a petition for rescission of an emancipation order. The appeal shall be filed in the court of appeals. History: Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 412, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998 Popular Name: Emancipation of Minors Act
MI Comp L § 722.4e (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6)|Section 722.4e - Rights and Responsibilities of Emancipated Minor; Obligation and Liability of Parents.

722.4e Rights and responsibilities of emancipated minor; obligation and liability of parents. Sec. 4e.  (1) A minor emancipated by operation of law or by court order shall be considered to have the rights and responsibilities of an adult, except for those specific constitutional and statutory age requirements regarding voting, use of alcoholic beverages, and other health and safety regulations relevant to him or her because of his or her age. A minor shall be considered emancipated for the purposes of, but not limited to, all of the following:   (a) The right to enter into enforceable contracts, including apartment leases.  (b) The right to sue or be sued in his or her own name.  (c) The right to retain his or her own earnings.  (d) The right to establish a separate domicile.  (e) The right to act autonomously, and with the rights and responsibilities of an adult, in all business relationships, including, but not limited to, property transactions and obtaining accounts for utilities, except for those estate or property matters that the court determines may require a conservator or guardian ad litem.  (f) The right to earn a living, subject only to the health and safety regulations designed to protect those under the age of majority regardless of their legal status.   (g) The right to authorize his or her own preventive health care, medical care, dental care, and mental health care, without parental knowledge or liability.  (h) The right to apply for a driver's license or other state licenses for which he or she might be eligible.  (i) The right to register for school.  (j) The right to marry.  (k) The right to apply to the medical assistance program administered under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 400.1 to 400.121 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, if needed.  (l) The right to apply for other welfare assistance, including general assistance and aid to families with dependent children administered under Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, if needed.  (m) The right, if a parent, to make decisions and give authority in caring for his or her own minor child.  (n) The right to make a will.  (2) The parents of a minor emancipated by court order are jointly and severally obligated to support the minor. However, the parents of a minor emancipated by court order are not liable for any debts incurred by the minor during the period of emancipation. History: Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 Popular Name: Emancipation of Minors Act
MI Comp L § 722.5 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6)|Section 722.5 - Earnings of Unemancipated Minor.

722.5 Earnings of unemancipated minor. Sec. 5.  The earnings of an employed unemancipated minor may be paid directly to him unless his parents or his guardian give notice to the employer that future payments should be made to the parents or guardian. History: 1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 Popular Name: Emancipation of Minors Act
MI Comp L § 722.6 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6)|Section 722.6 - Obligation to Support Not Affected.

722.6 Obligation to support not affected.  Sec. 6.  This act does not affect obligations of support imposed under other laws of this state. History: 1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 Popular Name: Emancipation of Minors Act
MI Comp L § 722.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14)|Section 722.11 - Definitions.

722.11 Definitions. Sec. 1.  As used in this act:  (a) "McGruff house" or "Michigan community child watch house" means a house, designated by a sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol, as applicable, occupied by a responsible adult, where a child may seek help when he or she faces an emergency such as being bullied, followed, threatened, or hurt while walking or playing in the neighborhood.  (b) "Program", except as used in subdivision (c), means the McGruff house program or Michigan community child watch program.  (c) "Standard McGruff house symbol" or "standard Michigan community child watch symbol" means the standard symbol to designate a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house, adopted pursuant to section 2(1)(b), except that until May 27, 1991, the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol may include a symbol that before and on May 26, 1989 was used by a neighborhood safe house program to designate a neighborhood safe house similar to a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house within that program. History: 1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
MI Comp L § 722.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14)|Section 722.12 - Duties of Department of State Police; Cooperation of Certain Associations.

722.12 Duties of department of state police; cooperation of certain associations. Sec. 2.  (1) The department of state police, in cooperation with the Michigan sheriffs' association, the Michigan association of chiefs of police, the crime prevention association of Michigan, and the child watch association shall do all of the following:  (a) Develop guidelines for the establishment and operation of McGruff house and Michigan community child watch programs.  (b) Adopt standard symbols and signs for the McGruff house programs and Michigan community child watch programs as statewide symbols for the programs. The local sponsor may choose either program. The signs for both programs shall be numbered and made available at cost to local law enforcement agencies sponsoring or cooperating with a sponsor of the selected program.  (c) Develop or adopt a model application form for designation of a home as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house.  (d) Make information available to nonprofit organizations, school districts, business entities, and local law enforcement agencies concerning the program.  (e) Publicize the program in as many ways as is reasonably practical.  (f) Cooperate with local law enforcement agencies in conducting background checks on persons who apply to have their homes designated as McGruff houses or Michigan community child watch houses.  (2) The department of state police may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to implement this act. History: 1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
MI Comp L § 722.13 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14)|Section 722.13 - Sponsorship of Program; Conditions to Receiving Numbered Sign Bearing Symbol; Register; Background Check.

722.13 Sponsorship of program; conditions to receiving numbered sign bearing symbol; register; background check. Sec. 3.  (1) A local law enforcement agency, or a school district, nonprofit organization, or business entity in cooperation with a local law enforcement agency, may sponsor a program.  (2) A program sponsor shall supply a numbered sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol to a person in the community who applies for designation of his or her home as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house, if the person agrees in writing to follow the terms of the program and if the person and any other adult residing in the person's home passes a background check conducted by a local law enforcement agency.  (3) A program sponsor shall keep a register of the McGruff houses and Michigan community child watch houses within the program.  (4) A local law enforcement agency that sponsors a program or agrees to cooperate with a nonprofit organization, school district, or business entity that sponsors a program shall conduct a background check, including a criminal history check, on each person who applies to have his or her home designated as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house and on each adult residing in the person's home.  History: 1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
MI Comp L § 722.14 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14)|Section 722.14 - Mcgruff House/michigan Community Child Watch House Signs; Condition to Display; Sign as Property of Local Law Enforcement Agency; Return of Sign; Violation as Misdemeanor.

722.14 McGruff house/Michigan community child watch house signs; condition to display; sign as property of local law enforcement agency; return of sign; violation as misdemeanor. Sec. 4.  (1) A person shall not display a sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol so that the sign is visible from the outside of the person's house unless the person's home has been approved as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house by a program sponsor.  (2) The McGruff house and Michigan community child watch house signs are the property of the local law enforcement agency that sponsors or cooperates with the sponsor of the program that issued the sign. If the sponsor determines that a person's home no longer qualifies as a McGruff house and Michigan community child watch house, the person shall return the sign to the local law enforcement agency.   (3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. History: 1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
MI Comp L § 722.21 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31)|Section 722.21 - Child Custody Act; Short Title.

722.21 Child custody act; short title. Sec. 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child custody act of 1970".  History: 1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971
MI Comp L § 722.22 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31)|Section 722.22 - Definitions.

722.22 Definitions.Sec. 2.  As used in this act:  (a) "Active duty" means that term as defined in section 101 of the servicemembers civil relief act, 50 USC 511, except that "active duty" includes full-time national guard duty.  (b) "Agency" means a legally authorized public or private organization, or governmental unit or official, whether of this state or of another state or country, concerned in the welfare of minor children, including a licensed child placement agency.  (c) "Attorney" means, if appointed to represent a child under this act, an attorney serving as the child's legal advocate in a traditional attorney-client relationship with the child, as governed by the Michigan rules of professional conduct. An attorney defined under this subdivision owes the same duties of undivided loyalty, confidentiality, and zealous representation of the child's expressed wishes as the attorney would to an adult client.  (d) "Child" means minor child and children. Subject to section 5b of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605b, for purposes of providing support, child includes a child and children who have reached 18 years of age.  (e) "Deployment" means the movement or mobilization of a servicemember to a location for a period of longer than 60 days and not longer than 540 days under temporary or permanent official orders as follows:   (i) That are designated as unaccompanied.  (ii) For which dependent travel is not authorized.  (iii) That otherwise do not permit the movement of family members to that location.  (iv) The servicemember is restricted from travel.  (f) "Grandparent" means a natural or adoptive parent of a child's natural or adoptive parent.   (g) "Guardian ad litem" means an individual whom the court appoints to assist the court in determining the child's best interests. A guardian ad litem does not need to be an attorney.  (h) "Lawyer-guardian ad litem" means an attorney appointed under section 4. A lawyer-guardian ad litem represents the child, and has the powers and duties, as set forth in section 4.  (i) "Parent" means the natural or adoptive parent of a child.   (j) "State disbursement unit" or "SDU" means the entity established in section 6 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.236.  (k) "Third person" means an individual other than a parent. History: 1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 245, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 482, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 156, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 2002 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 542, Imd. Eff. Jan. 3, 2005 ;-- Am. 2005, Act 327, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2005 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 51, Eff. Sept. 7, 2015
MI Comp L § 722.23 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31)|Section 722.23 - "Best Interests of the Child" Defined.

722.23 "Best interests of the child" defined.Sec. 3.  As used in this act, "best interests of the child" means the sum total of the following factors to be considered, evaluated, and determined by the court:  (a) The love, affection, and other emotional ties existing between the parties involved and the child.   (b) The capacity and disposition of the parties involved to give the child love, affection, and guidance and to continue the education and raising of the child in his or her religion or creed, if any.  (c) The capacity and disposition of the parties involved to provide the child with food, clothing, medical care or other remedial care recognized and permitted under the laws of this state in place of medical care, and other material needs.  (d) The length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment, and the desirability of maintaining continuity.  (e) The permanence, as a family unit, of the existing or proposed custodial home or homes.  (f) The moral fitness of the parties involved.  (g) The mental and physical health of the parties involved.  (h) The home, school, and community record of the child.  (i) The reasonable preference of the child, if the court considers the child to be of sufficient age to express preference.  (j) The willingness and ability of each of the parties to facilitate and encourage a close and continuing parent-child relationship between the child and the other parent or the child and the parents. A court may not consider negatively for the purposes of this factor any reasonable action taken by a parent to protect a child or that parent from sexual assault or domestic violence by the child's other parent.  (k) Domestic violence, regardless of whether the violence was directed against or witnessed by the child.  (l) Any other factor considered by the court to be relevant to a particular child custody dispute. History: 1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 434, Imd. Eff. Jan. 14, 1981 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1993 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 95, Eff. Aug. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 722.24 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31)|Section 722.24 - Child Custody Disputes; Powers of Court; Appointment of Lawyer-Guardian Ad Litem.

722.24 Child custody disputes; powers of court; appointment of lawyer-guardian ad litem. Sec. 4.  (1) In all actions involving dispute of a minor child's custody, the court shall declare the child's inherent rights and establish the rights and duties as to the child's custody, support, and parenting time in accordance with this act.  (2) If, at any time in the proceeding, the court determines that the child's best interests are inadequately represented, the court may appoint a lawyer-guardian ad litem to represent the child. A lawyer-guardian ad litem represents the child and has powers and duties in relation to that representation as set forth in section 17d of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.17d. All provisions of section 17d of chapter XIIA of 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A.17d, apply to a lawyer-guardian ad litem appointed under this act.  (3) In a proceeding in which a lawyer-guardian ad litem represents a child, he or she may file a written report and recommendation. The court may read the report and recommendation. The court shall not, however, admit the report and recommendation into evidence unless all parties stipulate the admission. The parties may make use of the report and recommendation for purposes of a settlement conference.  (4) After a determination of ability to pay, the court may assess all or part of the costs and reasonable fees of the lawyer-guardian ad litem against 1 or more of the parties involved in the proceedings or against the money allocated from marriage license fees for family counseling services under section 3 of 1887 PA 128, MCL 551.103. A lawyer-guardian ad litem appointed under this section shall not be paid a fee unless the court first receives and approves the fee. History: 1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 19, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 482, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999
MI Comp L § 722.24a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31)|Section 722.24a - Repealed. 2001, Act 108, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001.

722.24a Repealed. 2001, Act 108, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to support of child after child reaches 18 years of age.
MI Comp L § 722.26 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 722 - Children|Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31)|Section 722.26 - Liberal Construction and Application of Act; Purpose; Provisions Applicable to Child Custody Disputes and Actions; Precedence of Other Actions; Submission of Action; Habeas Corpus or Warrant.

722.26 Liberal construction and application of act; purpose; provisions applicable to child custody disputes and actions; precedence of other actions; submission of action; habeas corpus or warrant.  Sec. 6.  (1) This act is equitable in nature and shall be liberally construed and applied to establish promptly the rights of the child and the rights and duties of the parties involved. This act applies to all circuit court child custody disputes and actions, whether original or incidental to other actions. Those disputes and actions shall have precedence for hearing and assignment for trial over other civil actions.  (2) Except as otherwise provided in section 6b or 6e, if the circuit court of this state does not have prior continuing jurisdiction over a child, the action shall be submitted to the circuit court of the county where the child resides or may be found by complaint or complaint and motion for order to show cause. An application for a writ of habeas corpus or for a warrant in its place to obtain custody of a child shall not be granted unless it appears that this act is inadequate and ineffective to resolve the particular child custody dispute. History: 1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 315, Imd. Eff. Dec. 20, 1990 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 259, Imd. Eff. Nov. 29, 1993