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MI Comp L § 552.455 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 138 of 1966 - The Family Support Act (552.451 - 552.459)|Section 552.455 - Modification of Order; Application and Notice; Order Void Upon Entry of Judgment of Divorce or Separate Maintenance.

552.455 Modification of order; application and notice; order void upon entry of judgment of divorce or separate maintenance. Sec. 5.  An order entered under section 2 may be modified by the court upon proper application to the court and due notice to the opposite party. If a judgment of divorce or of separate maintenance is entered by a court having personal jurisdiction over the parties, an order entered under this act is null and void upon the effective date of the judgment. History: 1966, Act 138, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 237, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 292, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 5, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 8, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 2002
MI Comp L § 552.456 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 138 of 1966 - The Family Support Act (552.451 - 552.459)|Section 552.456 - Warrant for Criminal Nonsupport; Testimony.

552.456 Warrant for criminal nonsupport; testimony. Sec. 6.  A warrant for criminal nonsupport shall not issue or be enforced against any parent who is a party to the proceedings provided for in this act if the parent complies with an order entered by a court as provided in this act. The parent's testimony, if any, in proceedings under this act is not admissible in such criminal proceedings. History: 1966, Act 138, Eff. Mar. 10, 1967 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 196, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 1983
MI Comp L § 552.457 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 138 of 1966 - The Family Support Act (552.451 - 552.459)|Section 552.457 - Repealed. 2009, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010.

552.457 Repealed. 2009, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to reimbursement of county for cost of enforcing support or parenting time orders.
MI Comp L § 552.458 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 138 of 1966 - The Family Support Act (552.451 - 552.459)|Section 552.458 - Fees and Costs.

552.458 Fees and costs. Sec. 8.  No filing, order or stenographer's fees shall be required for an action or proceedings under this act, but the court may assess any such costs, service costs and attorney fees against the defendant in the order of support or any modification thereof. History: Add. 1970, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970
MI Comp L § 552.458a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 138 of 1966 - The Family Support Act (552.451 - 552.459)|Section 552.458a - Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support.

552.458a Centralized receipt and disbursement of support.Sec. 8a.  The SDU is responsible for the centralized receipt and disbursement of support. An office of the friend of the court may continue to receive support and fees. History: Add. 1999, Act 158, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 574, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 236, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
MI Comp L § 552.459 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 138 of 1966 - The Family Support Act (552.451 - 552.459)|Section 552.459 - Short Title; “State Disbursement Unit” or “Sdu” Defined.

552.459 Short title; “state disbursement unit” or “SDU” defined. Sec. 9.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as "the family support act".  (2) As used in this act, "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. History: Add. 1970, Act 153, Imd. Eff. Aug. 1, 1970 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 158, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
MI Comp L § 552.501 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.501 - Short Title; Purposes and Construction of Act.

552.501 Short title; purposes and construction of act. Sec. 1.  (1) This act shall be known and may be cited as the "friend of the court act".  (2) The purposes of this act are to enumerate and describe the powers and duties of the friend of the court and the office of the friend of the court; to ensure that procedures adopted by the friend of the court will protect the best interests of children in domestic relations matters; to encourage and assist parties voluntarily to resolve contested domestic relations matters by agreement; to compel the enforcement of parenting time and custody orders; and to compel the enforcement of support orders, ensuring that persons legally responsible for the care and support of children assume their legal obligations and reducing the financial cost to this state of providing public assistance funds for the care of children. This act shall be construed to promote the enumerated purposes and to facilitate the resolution of domestic relations matters. History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 144, Imd. Eff. Mar. 25, 1996 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.503 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.503 - Office of the Friend of the Court; Creation in Judicial Circuit; Exception; Separate Office in County; Vacancy; Merger; Head of Office as Friend of the Court; Friend of the Court as Employee of Circuit Court; Performance of Duties; Office Procedures; Availability of Services to Public.

552.503 Office of the friend of the court; creation in judicial circuit; exception; separate office in county; vacancy; merger; head of office as friend of the court; friend of the court as employee of circuit court; performance of duties; office procedures; availability of services to public. Sec. 3.  (1) There is created in each judicial circuit of this state an office of the friend of the court, except as provided in subsection (2).  (2) If each county in a multicounty judicial circuit has a separate office of the friend of the court on the day before the effective date of this act, each county in that circuit shall have a separate office of the friend of the court on the effective date of this act. If a vacancy occurs in the position of the friend of the court in such a county, the chief judge may merge the office of the friend of the court in that county with the office of the friend of the court in another county of the judicial circuit.  (3) The head of each office is the friend of the court serving under section 21(1) or appointed according to section 23.  (4) The friend of the court is an employee of the circuit court in the judicial circuit served by the friend of the court.  (5) The duties of the office shall be performed under the direction and supervision of the chief judge.  (6) Except as otherwise required by federal law on cases that are eligible for funding under title IV-D, the friend of the court is only required to perform activities under this act or the support and parenting time enforcement act when a party in that case has requested title IV-D services.  (7) Each friend of the court shall take all necessary steps to adopt office procedures to implement this act, the Michigan court rules, and the recommendations of the bureau. Office of the friend of the court duties shall be performed in accordance with the Elliott-Larsen civil rights act, 1976 PA 453, MCL 37.2101 to 37.2804.  (8) An office of the friend of the court shall be open to the public making available all of the office's services not less than 20 hours each month during nontraditional office hours. This subsection does not require an office of the friend of the court to be open for a greater number of hours than it was required to be open before January 1, 1997. History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 365, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.504 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.504 - Citizen Friend of the Court Advisory Committee; Establishment; Composition; Appointment; Vacancy; Terms; Election of Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson; Court Administrative Office Guidelines; Term Limitation.

552.504 Citizen friend of the court advisory committee; establishment; composition; appointment; vacancy; terms; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; court administrative office guidelines; term limitation. Sec. 4.  (1) Each county may establish a citizen friend of the court advisory committee composed of the following members, each of whom is a resident of the county:  (a) A noncustodial parent.  (b) A custodial parent.  (c) An attorney who engages primarily in family law practice.  (d) The county sheriff or the sheriff's designee.  (e) The prosecuting attorney or the prosecuting attorney's designee.  (f) The director of the family independence agency or the director's designee.  (g) A mental health professional who provides family counseling.  (h) Two members of the general public who are not serving on the committee in a category listed in subdivisions (a) to (g).  (2) Except for a member serving under subsection (1)(d), (e), or (f), and except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the county board shall appoint the citizen advisory committee members. In a county organized under 1966 PA 293, MCL 45.501 to 45.521, the county executive shall appoint the citizen advisory committee members with the advice and consent of the county board, and shall exercise the other powers and duties prescribed for the county board by this section in regard to the citizen advisory committee.  (3) A vacancy on the citizen advisory committee shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the same manner as the position was originally filled. The county board shall attempt to compose the citizen advisory committee so that its membership reflects the ethnic, racial, and gender distribution of the community that it serves.  (4) Committee members shall serve renewable terms of 3 years for each time appointed. Members appointed under subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (g), and (h) shall serve initial terms of 3 years for 2 members, 2 years for 2 members, and 1 year for 2 members to allow 1/3 of those members to be appointed to the committee each year.  (5) A citizen advisory committee shall elect 1 of its members as chairperson and 1 as vice-chairperson.   (6) A citizen advisory committee shall honor any guidelines established by the state court administrative office for a friend of the court office pertaining to citizen advisory committees.  (7) Except for a member serving under subsection (1)(d), (e), or (f), a citizen advisory committee member shall not serve more than 2 consecutive terms. After completion of 2 consecutive terms, a former member shall not be reappointed to serve during the 2 years immediately following the end of his or her previous term. History: Add. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.504a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.504a - Citizen Advisory Committee; Scope; Duties; Subcommittees; Meetings Open to the Public; Exception.

552.504a Citizen advisory committee; scope; duties; subcommittees; meetings open to the public; exception. Sec. 4a.  (1) A citizen advisory committee is advisory only. Once established, the citizen advisory committee shall do all of the following:  (a) Meet not less than 6 times annually. The citizen advisory committee shall keep minutes of each meeting and submit a copy to the county board.  (b) Review and investigate grievances concerning the friend of the court as provided in section 26.  (c) Advise the court and the county board on the office of the friend of the court's and the friend of the court's duties and performance, and on the community's needs relating to the office's services.  (d) At the end of each calendar year, submit an annual report of its activities to the county board, court, state court administrative office, governor's office, and standing senate and house committees and appropriations subcommittees that are responsible for legislation concerning the judicial branch.  (2) A citizen advisory committee chairperson may appoint subcommittees comprised of 3 committee members to review, investigate, and hold hearings on grievances submitted to the citizen advisory committee as provided in section 26. The chairperson may serve on a grievance subcommittee and shall attempt to appoint members so that each member has an equal opportunity for subcommittee participation.  (3) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a citizen advisory committee meeting is open to the public. A member of the public attending a meeting shall be given a reasonable opportunity to address the committee on an issue under consideration by the committee. If a vote is to be taken by the citizen advisory committee, the opportunity to address the committee shall be given before the vote is taken. A citizen advisory committee meeting, including a meeting of a subcommittee appointed under subsection (2), is not open to the public while the committee or subcommittee is reviewing, investigating, or holding a hearing on a grievance as provided in section 26. History: Add. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.504b (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.504b - Information and Records to Be Provided to Citizen Advisory Committee.

552.504b Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee. Sec. 4b.  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3), and (4), and under the chief judge's supervision, the office shall provide the citizen advisory committee with a grievance filed as provided in section 26 and access to records and information necessary for the committee to perform its functions as prescribed by this act, including the following:  (a) Case records and other information pertaining to the case of a party who has filed a grievance with the citizen advisory committee.  (b) Information regarding the procedures used by the office to carry out its responsibilities as defined by statute, court rule, or the bureau.  (c) Information regarding the administration of the office of the friend of the court office, including budget and personnel information.  (2) The following information shall not be provided to a citizen advisory committee:  (a) Information defined as confidential by supreme court rule.  (b) Case information subject to confidentiality or suppression by specific court order, unless the court that issued the order of confidentiality determines, after notice to the parties and an opportunity for response, that the requested information may be made available to the citizen advisory committee without impairing the rights of a party or the well-being of a child involved in the case.   (3) A citizen advisory committee shall be provided a judge's or referee's notes pertaining to a case only at the chief judge's express direction.  (4) A citizen advisory committee has access to records of a mediation session only if the court determines, after notice to the parties and an opportunity for a response, that access would not impair the rights of a party to the case or the well-being of a child involved in the case.   (5) Upon request of a citizen advisory committee and under the chief judge's supervision, the office shall annually provide the committee with information pertaining to a random sampling of grievances. If requested by the committee and at the supreme court's direction, the state court administrative office shall assist the office in devising a statistically significant random sampling. History: Add. 1998, Act 551, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.504c (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.504c - Information and Records as Confidential; Disclosure; Penalty; Grounds for Dismissal.

552.504c Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal. Sec. 4c.  (1) A citizen advisory committee, its members, and its staff shall consider as confidential a record or other information to which they have access in order to perform their functions under this act and shall properly safeguard its use and disclosure.  (2) A person listed in subsection (1) who discloses a record or other information described in subsection (1) is guilty of a misdemeanor.  (3) A citizen advisory committee member's unauthorized disclosure of a record or information described in subsection (1) is grounds for removal from the committee.  (4) A committee staff member's unauthorized disclosure of a record or information described in subsection (1) is grounds for dismissal. History: Add. 1998, Act 551, Eff. Mar. 1, 1999 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.507a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.507a - Making Report, Recommendation, and Supporting Documents Available to Attorneys and Parties; Informing Parties in Child Custody Dispute or Guardian Concerning Preference Expressed by Child; Availability of Information.

552.507a Making report, recommendation, and supporting documents available to attorneys and parties; informing parties in child custody dispute or guardian concerning preference expressed by child; availability of information. Sec. 7a.  (1) A copy of each report, recommendation, and any supporting documents or a summary of supporting documents prepared or used by the friend of the court or an employee of the office shall be made available to the attorney for each party and to each of the parties before the court takes any action on a recommendation by the office.  (2) In a child custody dispute, the parties shall be informed of whether a custody preference expressed by the child was considered, evaluated, and determined by the judge, referee, or employee of the friend of the court. The parties shall not be informed of the preference expressed by the child under section 3 of the child custody act of 1970, 1970 PA 91, MCL 722.23.  (3) If a guardian is appointed for a child, the guardian shall be informed whether a custody preference expressed by the child was considered, evaluated, and determined by the judge, referee, or employee of the friend of the court, and, if so, the preference expressed.  (4) The manner and time within which the information required under this section is made available shall be determined by the Michigan court rules. History: Add. 2004, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.508 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.508 - Expediting Relief; Methods.

552.508 Expediting relief; methods. Sec. 8.  The circuit court shall utilize referees and take other appropriate action to expedite obtaining relief in the form of child or spousal support in domestic relations matters, including the entry and enforcement of child support orders and the enforcement of spousal support orders, as necessary to obtain dispositions of petitions for relief within the following time frames:  (a) Ninety percent of dispositions within 3 months after filing a petition.  (b) Ninety-eight percent of dispositions within 6 months after filing a petition.  (c) One hundred percent of dispositions within 12 months after filing a petition. History: Add. 1985, Act 208, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.509 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.509 - Duties of Office Regarding Support Payments Providing Statement of Account to Parties; Initiating and Carrying Out Proceedings to Enforce Order Regarding Custody, Parenting Time, Health Care Coverage or Support; Enforcement Orders Entered in Other State.

552.509 Duties of office regarding support payments providing statement of account to parties; initiating and carrying out proceedings to enforce order regarding custody, parenting time, health care coverage or support; enforcement orders entered in other state.Sec. 9.  (1) The office may accept a support payment made in cash or by cashier's check or money order. If the office accepts such a payment, the office shall transmit the payment to the SDU and shall inform the payer of the SDU's location and the requirement to make payments through the SDU.  (2) Promptly after November 3, 1999, each office shall establish and maintain the support order and account records necessary to enforce support orders and necessary to record obligations, support and fee receipt and disbursement, and related payments. Each office shall provide the SDU with access to those records and shall assist the SDU to resolve support and fee receipt and disbursement problems related to inadequate identifying information.  (3) The office shall provide annually to each party, without charge, 1 statement of account upon request. Additional statements of account shall be provided at a reasonable fee sufficient to pay for the cost of reproduction. Statements provided under this subsection are in addition to statements provided for administrative and judicial hearings.  (4) The office shall initiate and carry out proceedings to enforce an order in a friend of the court case regarding custody, parenting time, health care coverage, or support in accordance with this act, the support and parenting time enforcement act, and supreme court rules.  (5) Upon request of a child support agency of another state, the office shall initiate and carry out certain proceedings to enforce support orders entered in the other state without the need to register the order as a friend of the court case in this state. The order shall be enforced using automated administrative enforcement actions authorized under the support and parenting time enforcement act. History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1995, Act 241, Eff. Mar. 28, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 144, Eff. Mar. 25, 1996 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 365, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 63, Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 571, Eff. June 1, 2003 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 210, Eff. Oct. 1, 2004 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 382, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015 Popular Name: Friend of the Court
MI Comp L § 552.509a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 552 - Divorce|Act 294 of 1982 - Friend of the Court Act (552.501 - 552.535)|Section 552.509a - Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support and Fees.

552.509a Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.Sec. 9a.  The SDU is responsible for the centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. An office of the friend of the court may continue to receive support and fees. History: Add. 1999, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010 Popular Name: Friend of the Court