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MI Comp L § 552.2311 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2311 - Petition; Contents; Form.

552.2311 Petition; contents; form.Sec. 311.  (1) In a proceeding under this act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 312, the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition must be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.  (2) The petition must specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2312 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2312 - Disclosure of Certain Information.

552.2312 Disclosure of certain information.Sec. 312.  If a party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety, or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child, the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines to be in the interest of justice. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2313 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2313 - Fees, Costs, or Expenses.

552.2313 Fees, costs, or expenses.Sec. 313.  (1) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee or other costs.  (2) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this state may assess against an obligor filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other costs, and necessary travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee and the obligee's witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement agency of either the initiating or the responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has priority over fees, costs, and expenses.  (3) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested primarily for delay. In a proceeding under article 6, a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2314 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2314 - Jurisdiction Over Petitioner in Another Jurisdiction.

552.2314 Jurisdiction over petitioner in another jurisdiction.Sec. 314.  (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this act before a responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.  (2) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while physically present in this state to participate in a proceeding under this act.  (3) The immunity granted by this section does not extend to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this act committed by a party while physically present in this state to participate in the proceeding. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2315 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2315 - Nonparentage as Defense.

552.2315 Nonparentage as defense.Sec. 315.  A party whose parentage of a child has been previously determined by or according to law may not plead nonparentage as a defense to a proceeding under this act. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2316 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2316 - Physical Presence of Nonresident Party; Documents Admissible as Evidence; Deposition or Testimony.

552.2316 Physical presence of nonresident party; documents admissible as evidence; deposition or testimony.Sec. 316.  (1) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in a tribunal of this state is not required for the establishment, enforcement, or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining parentage of a child.  (2) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them, that would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness residing outside this state.  (3) A copy of the record of child-support payments certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.  (4) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were reasonable, necessary, and customary.  (5) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this state to a tribunal of this state by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.  (6) In a proceeding under this act, a tribunal of this state shall permit a party or witness residing outside this state to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this state shall cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate location for the deposition or testimony.  (7) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating, the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.  (8) A privilege against disclosure of communications between spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this act.  (9) The defense of immunity based on the relationship between spouses or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding under this act.  (10) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy, is admissible to establish parentage of the child. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2317 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2317 - Communication.

552.2317 Communication.Sec. 317.  A tribunal of this state may communicate with a tribunal outside this state in a record, or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this state may furnish similar information by similar means to a tribunal of outside this state. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2318 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2318 - Authority of State Tribunal to Obtain or Respond to Discovery.

552.2318 Authority of state tribunal to obtain or respond to discovery.Sec. 318.  A tribunal of this state may do the following:  (a) Request a tribunal outside this state to assist in obtaining discovery.  (b) Upon request, compel a person over which it has jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this state. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2319 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)|255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)|Section 552.2319 - Disbursement of Amounts Received Under Support Order; Certified Statement.

552.2319 Disbursement of amounts received under support order; certified statement.Sec. 319.  (1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received under a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.  (2) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall do the following:  (a) Direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services.  (b) Issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.  (3) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state under a law similar to subsection (2) shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2401 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 4 - (552.2401...552.2402)|255-2015-4-ESTABLISHMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER - Establishment of Support Order (552.2401...552.2402)|Section 552.2401 - Issuance of Support Order.

552.2401 Issuance of support order.Sec. 401.  (1) If a support order entitled to recognition under this act has not been issued, a responding tribunal of this state with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if either of the following apply:  (a) The individual seeking the order resides outside this state.  (b) The support enforcement agency seeking the order is located outside this state.  (2) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support order if the tribunal determines that a temporary child-support order is appropriate and the individual ordered to pay is any of the following:  (a) A presumed father of the child.  (b) Petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated.  (c) Identified as the father of the child through genetic testing.  (d) An alleged father who has declined to submit to genetic testing.  (e) Shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the father of the child.  (f) An acknowledged father as provided by the acknowledgment of parentage act, 1996 PA 305, MCL 722.1001 to 722.1013.  (g) The mother of the child.  (h) An individual who has been ordered to pay child support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.  (3) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order directed to the obligor and may issue other orders under section 305. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2402 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 4 - (552.2401...552.2402)|255-2015-4-ESTABLISHMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER - Establishment of Support Order (552.2401...552.2402)|Section 552.2402 - Proceeding to Determine Parentage of Child; Responding Tribunal.

552.2402 Proceeding to determine parentage of child; responding tribunal.Sec. 402.  A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this act or a law or procedure substantially similar to this act. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2501 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2501 - Order of Income Withholding Issued by Another State.

552.2501 Order of income withholding issued by another state.Sec. 501.  An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as the obligor's employer under section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.602, without first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a tribunal of this state. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2502 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2502 - Order of Income Withholding; Receipt by Employer; Copy to Be Provided to Obligor; Compliance With Terms of Order and State Law.

552.2502 Order of income withholding; receipt by employer; copy to be provided to obligor; compliance with terms of order and state law.Sec. 502.  (1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.  (2) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another state that appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal of this state.  (3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) and section 503, the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the withholding order by complying with terms of the order that specify the following:  (a) The duration and amount of periodic payments of current child-support, stated as a sum certain.  (b) The person designated to receive payments and the address to which the payments are to be forwarded.  (c) Medical support, whether in the form of periodic cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment.  (d) The amount of periodic payments of fees and costs for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain.  (e) The amount of periodic payments of arrearages and interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.  (4) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to the following:  (a) The employer's fee for processing an income-withholding order.  (b) The maximum amount permitted to be withheld from the obligor's income.  (c) The times within which the employer must implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2503 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2503 - Receipt of 2 or More Income-Withholding Orders; Priorities.

552.2503 Receipt of 2 or more income-withholding orders; priorities.Sec. 503.  If an obligor's employer receives 2 or more income-withholding orders with respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for withholding and allocating income withheld for 2 or more child-support obligees. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2504 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2504 - Income Withholding Order Issued in Another State; Compliance.

552.2504 Income withholding order issued in another state; compliance.Sec. 504.  An employer that complies with an income-withholding order issued in another state in accordance with this article is not subject to civil liability to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child support from the obligor's income. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2505 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2505 - Income Withholding Order Issued in Another State; Noncompliance.

552.2505 Income withholding order issued in another state; noncompliance.Sec. 505.  An employer that willfully fails to comply with an income-withholding order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a tribunal of this state. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2506 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2506 - Income Withholding Order Issued in Another State; Contesting Validity or Enforcement; Notice.

552.2506 Income withholding order issued in another state; contesting validity or enforcement; notice.Sec. 506.  (1) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an employer in this state by registering the order in a tribunal of this state and filing a contest to that order as provided in article 6, or otherwise contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal of this state.  (2) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to all of the following:  (a) A support enforcement agency providing services to the obligee.  (b) Each employer that has directly received an income-withholding order relating to the obligor.  (c) The person designated to receive payments in the income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
MI Comp L § 552.2507 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905)|Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)|255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)|Section 552.2507 - Party or Support Enforcement Agency; Receipt of Documents Required for Registering Order; Enforcement; Registration.

552.2507 Party or support enforcement agency; receipt of documents required for registering order; enforcement; registration.Sec. 507.  (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support enforcement agency of this state.  (2) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate, use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this state to enforce a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order, the support enforcement agency shall register the order according to this act. History: 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016