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MI Comp L § 552.603a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.603a - Failure to Pay Support; Surcharge; Calculation; Assessment; Collection; Enforcement.

552.603a Failure to pay support; surcharge; calculation; assessment; collection; enforcement.Sec. 3a.  (1) Subject to subsection (6), for a friend of the court case, if the court determines that the payer has failed to pay support under a support order and the failure was willful, the court may order that on January 1 and July 1 of each year, a surcharge be added to support payments that are past due as of those dates. The surcharge shall be calculated at 6-month intervals at an annual rate of interest equal to 1% plus the average interest rate paid at auctions of 5-year United States treasury notes during the 6 months immediately preceding July 1 and January 1, as certified by the state treasurer. The amount of the surcharge shall not compound. The amount shown as due and owing on the records of the friend of the court as of January 1 and July 1 of each year shall be reduced by an amount equal to 1 month's support for purposes of assessing the surcharge. Except as provided in subsection (5), a surcharge ordered by the court applies until abated by the court.  (2) A surcharge ordered under subsection (1) shall be assessed on a semiannual cycle on January 1 and July 1 of each year except as otherwise provided under subsection (3).  (3) A surcharge shall not be assessed for the current semiannual cycle in any of the following circumstances:  (a) Beginning on July 1, 2005, in a case in which the friend of the court is collecting on a current child support obligation and the payer has paid 90% or more of the most recent semiannual obligation during the semiannual cycle.  (b) In a case in which a support order is entered after July 14, 2004, for any period of time a support order did not exist if support is later ordered for that period.  (c) If the surcharge is waived or abated under a court order under section 3d.  (4) A surcharge added under this section shall be collected and enforced by any means authorized under this act, the friend of the court act, or another appropriate federal or state law for the enforcement and collection of child support and paid through the state disbursement unit.  (5) A surcharge ordered under this section in an order entered before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection is terminated on the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection. Another surcharge shall not be ordered in the action unless the surcharge is ordered by the court under subsection (1).  (6) After the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection, a court shall not order that a surcharge under subsection (1) be added before January 1, 2011. History: Add. 1995, Act 141, Eff. Jan. 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 120, Imd. Eff. Mar. 6, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 572, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2003, Act 276, Eff. Jan. 15, 2004 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 208, Imd. Eff. July 14, 2004 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Eff. Dec. 31, 2009
MI Comp L § 552.603b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.603b - Retroactive Correction of Support Amount.

552.603b Retroactive correction of support amount. Sec. 3b.  If an individual who is required by the court to report his or her income to the court or the office of the friend of the court knowingly and intentionally fails to report, refuses to report, or knowingly misrepresents that income, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the court may retroactively correct the amount of support. History: Add. 1996, Act 367, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 552.603d (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.603d - Repayment Plan.

552.603d Repayment plan. Sec. 3d.  (1) A party or the friend of the court may file a motion with the court for a repayment plan order that provides, subject to federal law or regulation, for discharge of amounts assessed as surcharge and for the waiver of future surcharge. The court shall enter the repayment plan order after notice and a hearing if the court finds that all of the following are true:  (a) The arrearage did not arise from conduct by the payer engaged in exclusively for the purpose of avoiding a support obligation.  (b) The payer has no present ability, and will not have an ability in the foreseeable future, to pay the arrearage absent a repayment plan that waives or discharges amounts assessed as surcharge.  (c) The payer's plan is reasonable based on the payer's current ability to pay.  (d) The surcharge accrued or will accrue after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section.  (2) Following entry of a repayment plan order under subsection (1), upon notice and hearing if the court finds that the payer has failed substantially to comply with the repayment plan, the court shall enter an order reinstating the surcharge and all or a portion of the surcharge that was discharged.  History: Add. 2004, Act 208, Eff. June 30, 2005
MI Comp L § 552.605 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.605 - Child Support Order; Deviation From Formula; Agreement.

552.605 Child support order; deviation from formula; agreement. Sec. 5.  (1) If a court orders the payment of child support under this or another act of the state, this section applies to that order.  (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the court shall order child support in an amount determined by application of the child support formula developed by the state friend of the court bureau as required in section 19 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.519. The court may enter an order that deviates from the formula if the court determines from the facts of the case that application of the child support formula would be unjust or inappropriate and sets forth in writing or on the record all of the following:  (a) The child support amount determined by application of the child support formula.  (b) How the child support order deviates from the child support formula.  (c) The value of property or other support awarded instead of the payment of child support, if applicable.  (d) The reasons why application of the child support formula would be unjust or inappropriate in the case.  (3) Subsection (2) does not prohibit the court from entering a child support order that is agreed to by the parties and that deviates from the child support formula, if the requirements of subsection (2) are met. History: Add. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001 Compiler's Notes: Former MCL 552.605, which pertained to support orders entered before effective date of act and to withholding of income, was repealed by Act 210 of 1985, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986.
MI Comp L § 552.605a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.605a - Information to Be Provided to Office of the Friend of the Court; Health Care Coverage; Use of Guidelines; Bond.

552.605a Information to be provided to office of the friend of the court; health care coverage; use of guidelines; bond.Sec. 5a.  (1) For a friend of the court case, a child support order entered or modified by the court shall provide that each party shall keep the office of the friend of the court informed of both of the following:  (a) The name and address of his or her current source of income.  (b) Health care coverage that is available to him or her or that is maintained by him or her; the name of the insurance company, nonprofit health care corporation, or health maintenance organization; the policy, certificate, or contract number; and the names and birth dates of the persons for whose benefit he or she maintains health care coverage under the policy, certificate, or contract.  (2) If a child support order is entered, the court shall require that 1 or both parents obtain or maintain health care coverage that is accessible to the child and is available to the parent at a reasonable cost, for the benefit of the minor children of the parties and, subject to section 5b, for the benefit of the parties' children who are not minor children. The court shall utilize guidelines as provided for in the child support formula developed by the bureau under section 19 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.519, to determine health care coverage that is accessible to the child and available at a reasonable cost. The court shall not require both parents to provide health care coverage under this subsection unless the parents already provide coverage or both parents agree to provide coverage. This subsection does not prevent the court from exercising its discretion to order health care coverage based on the child's needs and the parents' resources.  (3) A court may require either parent to file a bond with 1 or more sufficient sureties, in a sum to be fixed by the court, guaranteeing payment of child support. History: Add. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 572, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 26, Imd. Eff. June 20, 2019
MI Comp L § 552.605b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.605b - Child Support After 18 Years of Age.

552.605b Child support after 18 years of age.Sec. 5b.  (1) A court that orders child support may order support for a child after the child reaches 18 years of age as provided in this section.  (2) The court may order child support for the time a child is regularly attending high school on a full-time basis with a reasonable expectation of completing sufficient credits to graduate from high school while residing on a full-time basis with the recipient of support or at an institution, but in no case after the child reaches 19 years and 6 months of age. A complaint or motion requesting support as provided in this section may be filed at any time before the child reaches 19 years and 6 months of age.  (3) A support order entered under this section shall include a provision that the support terminates on the last day of a specified month, regardless of the actual graduation date.  (4) A provision contained in a judgment or an order entered before October 10, 1990 that provides for the support of a child after the child reaches 18 years of age, without an agreement of the parties as described in subsection (5), is valid and enforceable to the extent the provision provides support for the child for the time the child is regularly attending high school on a full-time basis with a reasonable expectation of completing sufficient credits to graduate from high school while residing on a full-time basis with the recipient of support or at an institution, but in no case after the child reaches 19 years and 6 months of age. This subsection does not require payment of support for a child after the child reaches 18 years of age for any period between November 8, 1989 and October 10, 1990, or reimbursement of support paid between November 8, 1989 and October 10, 1990, in those judicial circuits that did not enforce support for a child after the child reached 18 years of age during the period between November 8, 1989 and October 10, 1990.  (5) A provision contained in a judgment or an order entered under this act before, on, or after September 30, 2001 that provides for the support of a child after the child reaches 18 years of age is valid and enforceable if 1 or more of the following apply:  (a) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by agreement of the parties as stated in the judgment or order.  (b) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by agreement of the parties as evidenced by the approval of the substance of the judgment or order by the parties or their attorneys.  (c) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by written agreement signed by the parties.  (d) The provision is contained in the judgment or order by oral agreement of the parties as stated on the record by the parties or their attorneys. History: Add. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009
MI Comp L § 552.606 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.606 - Support Order Entered Under Interstate Income Withholding Act.

552.606 Support order entered under interstate income withholding act. Sec. 6.  If a support order is entered under section 6 of the interstate income withholding act, sections 7 to 23 shall apply in the same manner as if the support order had been entered originally by the court in this state, except as otherwise provided in the interstate income withholding act. History: Add. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
MI Comp L § 552.607a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.607a - Documentary Evidence of Income Withheld.

552.607a Documentary evidence of income withheld. Sec. 7a.  The friend of the court shall not consider a payer to have an arrearage if the payer produces documentary evidence that money has been withheld from the payer's income in an amount equal to or greater than the amount required under the payer's support order. This documentary evidence includes, but is not limited to, pay stubs, wage statements, or other written income information produced by the payer's employer. History: Add. 1996, Act 239, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
MI Comp L § 552.608 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.608 - Limitation on Amount of Income Withheld.

552.608 Limitation on amount of income withheld.Sec. 8.  The total amount of income withheld under this act under all orders to withhold income for current support, past due support, fees, and health care coverage premiums effective against a payer shall not exceed 50% of the payer's disposable earnings as that term is defined in 15 USC 1672. History: Add. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 236, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Eff. Mar. 28, 2010
MI Comp L § 552.609 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.609 - Order of Income Withholding; Service; Notice.

552.609 Order of income withholding; service; notice.Sec. 9.  (1) A notice of income withholding entered under this act shall be served on sources of income as provided in section 11. A labor organization that assigns a member to work shall forward a copy of an income withholding notice served on the labor organization to the actual employer.   (2) A notice served under this section shall do all of the following:  (a) Direct sources of income to withhold from income due the payer an amount sufficient to meet the payments ordered for support, service fees, fines, costs, and sanctions and to defray arrearages in payments and service fees due at the time the order of income withholding takes effect.   (b) Direct that the amount withheld for support, fees, health care coverage premiums, fines, costs, and sanctions as ordered under the friend of the court act or this act shall not exceed, before 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (3), the amount allowed under section 303(b) of title III of the consumer credit protection act, 15 USC 1673, or, on or after 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (3), 50% of the payer's disposable earnings as that term is defined in 15 USC 1672.   (c) Contain a statement of the requirements of sections 11, 11a, 12, 13, 14, and 23.   (d) Direct that income withheld under the notice be paid to the office of the friend of the court or to the state disbursement unit, as appropriate, within 3 days after the date of the withholding.  (3) A person that serves a notice of income withholding under this section shall send separate notices for income withholding for support, fees, fines, costs, and sanctions ordered to be paid under title IV-D and support, fees, fines, costs, and sanctions not ordered to be paid under title IV-D. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009
MI Comp L § 552.610 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.610 - Payer to Give Friend of Court Name and Address of Employer.

552.610 Payer to give friend of court name and address of employer. Sec. 10.  For a friend of the court case, the payer shall give to the office of the friend of the court at the time the order of income withholding is issued the name and address of his or her employer. The payer shall immediately give to the office of the friend of the court notice of the name and address of any subsequent employer. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 572, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 552.611 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.611 - Order of Income Withholding; Duration; Priority.

552.611 Order of income withholding; duration; priority. Sec. 11.  An order of income withholding entered under this act is binding upon a source of income 7 days after service upon that source of income of a notice of the order of income withholding by ordinary mail or by electronic means as agreed by the source of income and the office of the friend of the court. The order of income withholding remains in effect until further order of the court. An order of income withholding has priority over all other legal process under state law against the same income. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 367, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998
MI Comp L § 552.612 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.612 - Compliance With Order as Discharge of Liability to Payer.

552.612 Compliance with order as discharge of liability to payer. Sec. 12.  Compliance by the source of income with a notice of income withholding operates as a discharge of the source's liability to the payer as to that portion of the payer's income affected. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998
MI Comp L § 552.613 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.613 - Failure to Comply With Order; Contempt; Finding; Initiation of Proceedings; Jurisdiction.

552.613 Failure to comply with order; contempt; finding; initiation of proceedings; jurisdiction. Sec. 13.  The court may find a source of income in contempt, require the source of income to pay an amount according to section 11a(2) if the terms of that section have been satisfied, and fine the source of income if the source of income is served with a notice of income withholding and fails to comply with the notice or to pay withheld amounts to the friend of the court after the order becomes binding under section 11. The IV-D agency is responsible for initiating contempt proceedings under this section. Contempt proceedings under this section may be initiated in any county with jurisdiction over the source of income. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 206, Eff. Feb. 28, 2005
MI Comp L § 552.614 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.614 - Termination or Interruption of Payer's Income; Notice; Service on New Employer or Other Source of Income.

552.614 Termination or interruption of payer's income; notice; service on new employer or other source of income. Sec. 14.  (1) A source of income that has been served with a notice of income withholding or with an order or notice of an order for dependent health care coverage shall notify the appropriate office of the friend of the court if the parent's income from that source or dependent health care coverage is terminated.  (2) If the source of income is an employer, the source of income shall promptly notify the appropriate office of the friend of the court when the payer's employment is terminated or interrupted for a period of 14 or more consecutive days, and shall provide the payer's last known address and the name and address of the payer's new employer or other source of income, if known. The office of the friend of the court shall immediately serve the payer's new employer or other source of income with a notice of income withholding and, if the payer's source of income is an employer, with a notice of the order for dependent health care coverage. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 106, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
MI Comp L § 552.615 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.615 - Notice of Change in Circumstances.

552.615 Notice of change in circumstances. Sec. 15.  The payer and any recipient of support shall immediately give to the office of the friend of the court notice of any change in circumstances which would affect an order of income withholding or the distribution of money received under that order. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983
MI Comp L § 552.617 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.617 - Notice of Support Modification; Changing Amount Assigned or Withheld.

552.617 Notice of support modification; changing amount assigned or withheld. Sec. 17.  For a friend of the court case, if the court orders a modification in support and an order of income withholding has been entered under this act, the office of the friend of the court shall give to a source of income to which notice of income withholding was sent under section 11 a notice of the modification by ordinary mail or by electronic means as agreed by the source of income and the office of the friend of the court. The amount assigned or withheld shall be changed to conform with the court ordered modification 7 days after receipt of the notice of modification. History: 1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 367, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 572, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002
MI Comp L § 552.621 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650)|Section 552.621 - Repealed. 1990, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990.

552.621 Repealed. 1990, Act 296, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to payments by employer to friend of court.