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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.642 - Makeup Parenting Time Policy; Establishment; Approval; Provisions of Policy; Notice; Response; Procedures.

552.642 Makeup parenting time policy; establishment; approval; provisions of policy; notice; response; procedures.
Sec. 42.
(1) Each circuit shall establish a makeup parenting time policy under which a parent who has been wrongfully denied parenting time is able to make up the parenting time at a later date. The policy does not apply until it is approved by the chief circuit judge. A makeup parenting time policy established under this section shall provide all of the following:
(a) That makeup parenting time shall be at least the same type and duration of parenting time as the parenting time that was denied, including, but not limited to, weekend parenting time for weekend parenting time, holiday parenting time for holiday parenting time, weekday parenting time for weekday parenting time, and summer parenting time for summer parenting time.
(b) That makeup parenting time shall be taken within 1 year after the wrongfully denied parenting time was to have occurred.
(c) That the wrongfully denied parent shall choose the time of the makeup parenting time.
(d) That the wrongfully denied parent shall notify both the office of the friend of the court and the other parent in writing not less than 1 week before making use of makeup weekend or weekday parenting time or not less than 28 days before making use of makeup holiday or summer parenting time.
(2) If wrongfully denied parenting time is alleged and the friend of the court determines that action should be taken, the office of the friend of the court shall send each party a notice containing the following statement in boldfaced type of not less than 12 points:
"FAILURE TO RESPOND IN WRITING TO THE OFFICE OF THE FRIEND OF THE COURT WITHIN 21 DAYS AFTER THIS NOTICE WAS SENT SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS AN AGREEMENT THAT PARENTING TIME WAS WRONGFULLY DENIED AND THAT THE MAKEUP PARENTING TIME POLICY ESTABLISHED BY THE COURT WILL BE APPLIED.".
(3) If a party to the parenting time order does not respond in writing to the office of the friend of the court, within 21 days after the office sends the notice required under subsection (2), to contest the application of the makeup parenting time policy, the office of the friend of the court shall notify each party that the makeup parenting time policy applies. If a party makes a timely response to contest the application of the makeup parenting time policy, the office of the friend of the court shall utilize a procedure authorized under section 41 other than the application of the makeup parenting time policy.
History:
1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 210, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 25, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 568, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.642a - Joint Meeting.

552.642a Joint meeting.
Sec. 42a.
(1) A joint meeting scheduled by the office of the friend of the court under section 41 of this act or section 17 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.517, and procedures following a joint meeting are governed by this section.
(2) A joint meeting may take place in person or by means of telecommunications equipment.
(3) Only an individual who completes the training program described in section 19(3)(b) of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.519, shall conduct a joint meeting. At the beginning of a joint meeting, the individual conducting the joint meeting shall do the following:
(a) Advise the parties that the purpose of the meeting is for the parties to reach an accommodation.
(b) Advise the parties that the individual may recommend an order that the court may issue to resolve the dispute.
(4) At the conclusion of a joint meeting, the individual conducting the joint meeting shall do 1 of the following:
(a) If the parties reach an accommodation, record the accommodation in writing and provide a copy to each party.
(b) Submit an order to the court stating the individual's recommendation for resolving the dispute.
(5) If the individual conducting a joint meeting submits a recommended order to the court under subsection (4), the individual shall send a notice to each party who participated in the joint meeting that includes all of the following:
(a) A copy of the recommended order.
(b) Notice that the court may issue the recommended order resolving the dispute unless a party objects to the order within 21 days after the notice is sent.
(c) The place where and time when a written objection can be submitted.
(d) Notice that a party may waive the 21-day objection period by returning a signed copy of the recommendation.
(6) If a party files a written objection within the 21-day limit, the office shall set a court hearing, before a judge or referee, to resolve the dispute. If a party fails to file a written objection within the 21-day limit, the office shall submit the proposed order to the court for entry if the court approves it.
(7) If a hearing under subsection (6) is held before a referee, either party is entitled to a de novo hearing before a judge as provided in section 7 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.507.
History:
Add. 2002, Act 568, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 206, Eff. Feb. 28, 2005
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.645 - Finding of Contempt for Noncompliance With Makeup and Ongoing Parenting Time Schedule; Suspension of License; Agreement; Hearing on Modification of Parenting Time.

552.645 Finding of contempt for noncompliance with makeup and ongoing parenting time schedule; suspension of license; agreement; hearing on modification of parenting time.
Sec. 45.
(1) If the court enters an order under section 44(2)(g) and the parent fails to comply with the makeup and ongoing parenting time schedule, the court shall find the parent in contempt and, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, may suspend the parent's license or licenses with respect to which the order under section 44(2)(g) was entered and proceed under section 30.
(2) After entry of a suspension order under subsection (1), a parent may agree to a makeup parenting time schedule. The court may order a makeup parenting time schedule if the parent demonstrates a good faith effort to comply with the parenting time order. If the court orders a makeup parenting time schedule, the court or the friend of the court, as applicable, shall do the following:
(a) The court shall enter an order rescinding the suspension order that is effective as provided in section 4 of the regulated occupation support enforcement act, 1996 PA 236, MCL 338.3434, or section 43559 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.43559. Within 7 business days after entry of the order rescinding the suspension order, the office of the friend of the court shall send a copy of the order rescinding the suspension order to the licensing agency.
(b) The friend of the court, on verification by the clerk of the court that the driver's license clearance fee required by section 321c of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.321c, has been paid, shall provide a certificate to the payer stating that the payer is in compliance with the support order.
(3) Within 21 days after the date of the notice under section 44, a parent who is notified of a contempt hearing under section 44 may request a hearing on a proposed modification of parenting time. The court shall hold the requested hearing unless the parenting time dispute is resolved by other means. The court shall combine the hearing prescribed by this subsection with the hearing on the order to show cause unless the court finds for good cause shown on the record that the hearings should be held separately. If the court finds that the hearings should be held separately, the hearing on a proposed modification of parenting time shall be held before the contempt hearing.
History:
Add. 1996, Act 239, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 334, Imd. Eff. Aug. 10, 1998 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 568, Eff. Dec. 1, 2002 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 378, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.646 - Custodial Parent Committed to Jail or Alternative to Jail Under MCL 552.644(2)(f); Violation of Conditions of Court; Commitment to County Jail Without Privilege; Failure to Return to Place of Confinement as Escape From Custody; Misdemeanor; Penalty.

552.646 Custodial parent committed to jail or alternative to jail under MCL 552.644(2)(f); violation of conditions of court; commitment to county jail without privilege; failure to return to place of confinement as escape from custody; misdemeanor; penalty.
Sec. 46.
(1) If a custodial parent is committed to jail or an alternative to jail under section 44(2)(f) and violates the conditions ordered by the court, the court shall commit the person to the county jail without the privilege provided under section 44(2)(f) for the balance of the period of commitment imposed by the court.
(2) If a custodial parent is committed to jail or an alternative to jail under section 44(2)(f) and fails to return to the place of confinement within the time prescribed, the custodial parent shall be considered to have escaped from custody and is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year.
History:
1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.648 - Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support and Fees.

552.648 Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Sec. 48.
The state disbursement unit 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:
1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 160, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Dec. 28, 2009
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.649 - Conditional Effective Date.

552.649 Conditional effective date.
Sec. 49.
This act shall not take effect unless the following bills of the 81st Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) House Bill No. 4870.
(b) House Bill No. 4873.
(c) House Bill No. 5257.
History:
1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983
Compiler's Notes:
The following House Bills referred to in this section, were enacted into law as follows:House Bill No. 4870 was approved by the Governor on October 9, 1982, and became P.A. 1982, No. 294, Eff. July 1, 1983.House Bill No. 4873 was approved by the Governor on October 9, 1982, and became P.A. 1982, No. 296, Eff. July 1, 1983.House Bill No. 5257 was approved by the Governor on October 9, 1982, and became P.A. 1982, No. 297, Eff. July 1, 1983.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 295 of 1982 - Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act (552.601 - 552.650) › Section 552.650 - Effective Date.

552.650 Effective date.
Sec. 50.
Except as provided in section 49, this act shall take effect July 1, 1983.
History:
1982, Act 295, Eff. July 1, 1983
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.671 - Short Title.

552.671 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "interstate income withholding act".
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.672 - Purpose of Act.

552.672 Purpose of act.
Sec. 2.
The purpose of this act is to enhance the enforcement of support obligations by providing a quick and effective procedure for the withholding of income derived in this jurisdiction to enforce support orders of other jurisdictions, and by requiring that income withholding to enforce the support orders of this jurisdiction be sought in other jurisdictions. This act shall be construed liberally to effect that purpose.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.673 - Definitions.

552.673 Definitions.
Sec. 3.
As used in this act:
(a) "Agency" means the court or entity in another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act to the office of the friend of the court and the office of child support relative to the issuance and enforcement of support orders.
(b) "Child" means a child, whether above or below the age of majority, with respect to whom a support order exists.
(c) "Court" means the circuit court of this state and, when the context requires, the court or entity of another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act to the circuit court of this state relative to the issuance and enforcement of support orders.
(d) "Income" means income as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552.602.
(e) "Income derived in this jurisdiction" means income, the source of income of which is subject to the jurisdiction of this state for the purpose of imposing and enforcing income withholding under the support and parenting time enforcement act.
(f) "Jurisdiction" means a state or political subdivision, territory, or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
(g) "Obligee" means a person or entity that is entitled to receive support under a support order, and includes an entity of another jurisdiction to which a person has assigned his or her right to support.
(h) "Obligor" means a person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child, spouse, or former spouse.
(i) "Office of child support" means the entity established in section 2 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.232.
(j) "Office of the friend of the court" means an office created in section 3 of the friend of the court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552.503.
(k) "Order of income withholding" means order of income withholding as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552.602, or the equivalent document issued in another jurisdiction.
(l) "Source of income" means source of income as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552.602.
(m) "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.
(n) "Support and parenting time enforcement act" means 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650.
(o) "Support order" means an order or judgment for the support, or for the payment of arrearages on the support, of a child, spouse, or former spouse issued by a court or agency of another jurisdiction, whether interlocutory or final, whether or not prospectively or retroactively modifiable, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, separate maintenance, paternity, guardianship, or equivalent proceeding, or otherwise.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 11, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.674 - Remedy Cumulative; Delay or Denial of Relief Prohibited.

552.674 Remedy cumulative; delay or denial of relief prohibited.
Sec. 4.
The remedy provided in this act is in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other remedy otherwise available to enforce a support order of another jurisdiction. Relief under this act shall not be denied, delayed, or otherwise affected because of the availability of other remedies, nor shall relief under any other statute be delayed or denied because of the availability of this remedy.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.675 - Requesting Agency of Another Jurisdiction to Enter Order for Purpose of Obtaining Income Withholding; Documentation; Copy of Subsequent Modifications of Support Order; Contesting Income Withholding; Notice; Monitoring Payments.

552.675 Requesting agency of another jurisdiction to enter order for purpose of obtaining income withholding; documentation; copy of subsequent modifications of support order; contesting income withholding; notice; monitoring payments.
Sec. 5.
On behalf of a client for whom the office of the friend of the court is already providing services, or on application of a resident of this state, an obligee or obligor of a support order issued by this state or an entity to whom the obligee has assigned support rights, or the office of the friend of the court in the county where the support order was entered or, if there is no such order, in the county where the obligee or obligor resides, shall promptly request the agency of another jurisdiction in which the obligor of a support order derives income to enter the order for the purpose of obtaining income withholding against that income. The office of the friend of the court shall compile and transmit promptly to the agency of the other jurisdiction all documentation required to enter a support order for this purpose and shall file the documentation with the clerk of the court. The office of the friend of the court also shall transmit immediately to the agency of the other jurisdiction a certified copy of any subsequent modifications of the support order. If the office of the friend of the court receives notice that the obligor is contesting income withholding in another jurisdiction, it shall immediately notify the individual obligee of the date, time, and place of the hearings and of the obligee's right to attend. The office of the friend of the court shall monitor payments made pursuant to an order of income withholding.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1990 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.676a - Filing Fee or Other Costs Not Required.

552.676a Filing fee or other costs not required.
Sec. 6a.
A court shall not require payment of either a filing fee or other costs from the obligee.
History:
Add. 1990, Act 354, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1990
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.677 - Notice of Proposed Income Withholding; Contents; Request for Hearing; Notice of Hearing.

552.677 Notice of proposed income withholding; contents; request for hearing; notice of hearing.
Sec. 7.
(1) On the date a support order is entered under section 6, the office of the friend of the court shall send to the obligor, in the manner provided in section 7 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, being section 552.507 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, a notice of the proposed income withholding. The notice shall contain the same information required in that section and shall also advise the obligor that the income withholding was requested on the basis of a support order of another jurisdiction.
(2) If the obligor requests a hearing to contest the proposed income withholding, the office of the friend of the court shall immediately notify the agency or person that sent the documentation under subsection (1) of the date, time, and place of the hearing and of the obligee's right to attend the hearing.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 11, Eff. June 1, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.678 - Prima Facie Proof; Defenses of Obligor; Burden; Duties of Court.

552.678 Prima facie proof; defenses of obligor; burden; duties of court.
Sec. 8.
(1) At any hearing contesting proposed income withholding based on a support order entered under section 6, the support order, accompanying sworn or certified statement, and a certified copy of an order of income withholding still in effect, if any, shall constitute prima facie proof, without further proof or foundation, that the support order is valid, that the amount of current support payments and arrearages is as stated, and that the obligee would be entitled to income withholding under the law of the jurisdiction which issued the support order.
(2) Once a prima facie case has been established as provided in subsection (1), the obligor may raise only the following defenses:
(a) That withholding is not proper because of a mistake of fact concerning the amount of current or overdue support or the identity of the obligor.
(b) That the court or agency which issued the support order entered under this act lacked personal jurisdiction over the obligor.
(c) That the support order entered under this act was obtained by fraud.
(d) That the statute of limitations under section 13 (3) precludes enforcement of all or part of the arrearages.
(3) The burden shall be on the obligor to establish a defense under subsection (2).
(4) If the obligor presents evidence which constitutes a full or partial defense, the court shall, on the request of the obligee, continue the hearing to permit further evidence relative to the defense to be adduced by either party. However, if the obligor acknowledges liability sufficient to entitle the obligee to income withholding, the court shall require income withholding for the payment of current support payments under the support order and of so much of any arrearage as is not in dispute, while continuing the hearing with respect to those matters still in dispute. The court shall determine promptly those matters still in dispute and, if appropriate, shall modify the withholding order to conform to that determination.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.679 - Order of Income Withholding; Manner of Taking Effect; Notice.

552.679 Order of income withholding; manner of taking effect; notice.
Sec. 9.
If the obligor does not request a hearing in the time provided, or if a hearing is held and it is determined that the obligee has or is entitled to income withholding under the law of the jurisdiction that issued the support order, income withholding shall be ordered and shall take effect in the manner provided in section 7 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, being section 552.607 of the Michigan Compiled Laws. The office of the friend of the court shall notify the agency or party that sent the documentation under section 6 of the date upon which withholding will begin.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 11, Eff. June 1, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.680 - Payments Made and Received Pursuant to Order of Income Withholding; Validity of Support Order; More Than 1 Support Order in Effect for Support of 1 Person by Same Obligor.

552.680 Payments made and received pursuant to order of income withholding; validity of support order; more than 1 support order in effect for support of 1 person by same obligor.
Sec. 10.
(1) An order of income withholding under this act shall direct payment to be made to the office of the friend of the court or the state disbursement unit, as appropriate. The office of the friend of the court or SDU shall promptly transmit payments received pursuant to an order of income withholding based on a support order of another jurisdiction entered under this act to the agency or person designated in section 6(2)(e)(iii).
(2) A support order entered pursuant to section 6 does not nullify and is not nullified by a support order entered by the court in this state pursuant to another law or a support order entered by a court of another state. If more than 1 support order is in effect for the support of 1 person by the same obligor, then amounts collected by income withholding and credited against an amount owing for a particular time period under any 1 order shall be credited against amounts owing for the same time period under all such orders.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.680a - Transition to Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support and Fees.

552.680a Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Sec. 10a.
The department, the SDU, and each office of the friend of the court shall cooperate in the transition to the centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. An office of the friend of the court shall continue to receive and disburse support and fees through the transition, based on the schedule developed as required by section 6 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.236, and modifications to that schedule as the department considers necessary.
History:
Add. 1999, Act 154, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.681 - Obligor Obtaining Employment or Having New or Additional Source of Income in Another State; Duty of Office of Friend of Court.

552.681 Obligor obtaining employment or having new or additional source of income in another state; duty of office of friend of court.
Sec. 11.
If the office of the friend of the court determines that the obligor has obtained employment in another state or has a new or additional source of income in another state, it shall notify the person or agency which requested the income withholding of the changes within 7 days after receiving that information and shall forward to that person or agency all information it has or can obtain with respect to the obligor's new address and the name and address of the obligor's new employer or other source of income.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.682 - Voluntary Income Withholding.

552.682 Voluntary income withholding.
Sec. 12.
A person who is the obligor on a support order of another jurisdiction may obtain voluntary income withholding by filing with the office of the friend of the court in the county in which withholding is sought a request for income withholding and a certified copy of the support order of the other jurisdiction. The court shall enter an order of income withholding and the order shall take effect immediately. An order of income withholding entered under this section shall be treated in all respects in the same manner as other orders of income withholding entered pursuant to this act.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.683 - Applicable Law.

552.683 Applicable law.
Sec. 13.
(1) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (2), the law of this state shall apply in all actions and proceedings concerning the entry, enforcement, and duration of orders of income withholding entered by a court in this state, based upon a support order of another jurisdiction entered pursuant to section 6.
(2) The law of the jurisdiction that issued the support order shall govern all of the following:
(a) The interpretation of the support order entered under section 6, including the amount, form of payment, and duration of support.
(b) The amount of support arrearages necessary to require the issuance of an order of income withholding.
(c) The definition of which costs, if any, in addition to the periodic support obligation, are included as arrearages that are enforceable by income withholding, including but not limited to interest, attorney's fees, court costs, and costs of paternity testing.
(3) The statute of limitations of this state for maintaining an action on support arrearages shall apply.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.684 - Effective Date.

552.684 Effective date.
Sec. 14.
This act shall take effect on March 1, 1986.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 216 of 1985 - Interstate Income Withholding Act (552.671 - 552.685) › Section 552.685 - Conditional Effective Date.

552.685 Conditional effective date.
Sec. 15.
This act shall not take effect unless all of the following bills of the 83rd Legislature are enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 227.
(b) Senate Bill No. 228.
History:
1985, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
Compiler's Notes:
Senate Bill No. 227, referred to in MCL 552.685, was filed with the Secretary of State January 8, 1986, and became P.A. 1985, No. 209, effective Mar. 1, 1986. Senate Bill No. 228, also referred to in MCL 552.685, was filed with the Secretary of State January 8, 1986, and became P.A. 1985, No. 210, effective Mar. 1, 1986.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Repealed - Act 310 of 1996 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.1101 - 552.1901)

UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT
Act 310 of 1996
552.1101-552.1901 Repealed. 2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 1 - (552.2101...552.2105) › 255-2015-1-GENERAL-PROVISIONS - General Provisions (552.2101...552.2102) › Section 552.2101 - Short Title.

552.2101 Short title.
Sec. 101.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "uniform interstate family support act".
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 1 - (552.2101...552.2105) › 255-2015-1-STATE-TRIBUNAL-AND-SUPPORT-ENFORCEMENT-AGENCY - State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency (552.2103...552.2105) › Section 552.2103 - Court as Tribunal; Support Enforcement Agency.

552.2103 Court as tribunal; support enforcement agency.
Sec. 103.
(1) The court is the tribunal of this state.
(2) The title IV-D agency as defined by section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.602, is the support enforcement agency of this state.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 1 - (552.2101...552.2105) › 255-2015-1-STATE-TRIBUNAL-AND-SUPPORT-ENFORCEMENT-AGENCY - State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency (552.2103...552.2105) › Section 552.2104 - Remedies.

552.2104 Remedies.
Sec. 104.
(1) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a support order on the basis of comity.
(2) This act does not do either of the following:
(a) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state.
(b) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or parenting time in a proceeding under this act.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 1 - (552.2101...552.2105) › 255-2015-1-STATE-TRIBUNAL-AND-SUPPORT-ENFORCEMENT-AGENCY - State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency (552.2103...552.2105) › Section 552.2105 - Applicability.

552.2105 Applicability.
Sec. 105.
(1) A tribunal of this state shall apply articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, article 7, to a support proceeding involving 1 or more of the following:
(a) A foreign support order.
(b) A foreign tribunal.
(c) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country.
(2) A tribunal of this state that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of articles 1 through 6.
(3) Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of article 7 is inconsistent with articles 1 through 6, article 7 controls.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-JURISDICTION - Jurisdiction (552.2201...552.2204) › Section 552.2201 - Tribunal; Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident.

552.2201 Tribunal; personal jurisdiction over nonresident.
Sec. 201.
(1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if 1 or more of the following apply:
(a) The individual is personally served with notice within this state.
(b) The individual submits to the jurisdiction of this state by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction.
(c) The individual resided with the child in this state.
(d) The individual resided in this state and provided prenatal expenses or support for the child.
(e) The child resides in this state as a result of the acts or directives of the individual.
(f) The individual engaged in sexual intercourse in this state and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse.
(g) The individual asserted parentage of a child in the central paternity registry maintained in this state by the department of health and human services.
(h) There is any other basis consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.
(2) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (1) or in any other law of this state may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction for a tribunal of this state to modify a child support order of another state unless the requirements of section 611 are met, or in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of section 615 are met.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-JURISDICTION - Jurisdiction (552.2201...552.2204) › Section 552.2202 - Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction.

552.2202 Continuing exclusive jurisdiction.
Sec. 202.
Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under this act or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by sections 205, 206, and 211.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-JURISDICTION - Jurisdiction (552.2201...552.2204) › Section 552.2203 - State Tribunal Serving as Initiating and Responding Tribunal.

552.2203 State tribunal serving as initiating and responding tribunal.
Sec. 203.
Under this act, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-JURISDICTION - Jurisdiction (552.2201...552.2204) › Section 552.2204 - Establishment of Support Order; Filing Petition or Pleading; Jurisdiction.

552.2204 Establishment of support order; filing petition or pleading; jurisdiction.
Sec. 204.
(1) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if all of the following apply:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country.
(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or foreign country.
(c) If relevant, this state is the home state of the child.
(2) A tribunal of this state may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country if all of the following apply:
(a) The petition or comparable pleading in the other state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this state for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this state.
(b) The contesting party timely challenges the exercise of jurisdiction in this state.
(c) If relevant, the other state or foreign country is the home state of the child.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 36, Imd. Eff. May 23, 2017
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211) › Section 552.2205 - Issuance of Child-Support Order; Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction; Modification; Recognition of Jurisdiction of Another State; Ex Parte Order.

552.2205 Issuance of child-support order; continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; modification; recognition of jurisdiction of another state; ex parte order.
Sec. 205.
(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child-support order if the order is the controlling order and either of the following applies:
(a) At the time of the filing of a request for modification, this state is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued.
(b) Even if this state is not the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this state may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.
(2) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may not exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if either of the following applies:
(a) All of the parties who are individuals file consent in a record with the tribunal of this state that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least 1 of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.
(b) Its order is not the controlling order.
(3) If a tribunal of another state has issued a child-support order according to the uniform interstate family support act or a law substantially similar to that act that modifies a child-support order of a tribunal of this state, tribunals of this state shall recognize the continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.
(4) A tribunal of this state that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.
(5) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction in the issuing tribunal.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211) › Section 552.2206 - State Tribunal Serving as Initiating or Responding Tribunal.

552.2206 State tribunal serving as initiating or responding tribunal.
Sec. 206.
(1) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child-support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce either of the following:
(a) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction according to the uniform interstate family support act.
(b) A money judgment for arrears of support and interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.
(2) A tribunal of this state having continuing jurisdiction over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to enforce the order.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211) › Section 552.2208 - Response to Registrations or Petitions for Enforcement of 2 or More Orders.

552.2208 Response to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more orders.
Sec. 208.
In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of 2 or more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least 1 of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this state shall enforce those orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a tribunal of this state.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211) › Section 552.2209 - Crediting Amounts Collected Under Other Order.

552.2209 Crediting amounts collected under other order.
Sec. 209.
A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts collected for a particular period according to any child-support order against the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this state, another state, or a foreign country.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211) › Section 552.2210 - Receipt of Evidence, Communication, and Discovery From Another State; Application of Procedural and Substantive Law.

552.2210 Receipt of evidence, communication, and discovery from another state; application of procedural and substantive law.
Sec. 210.
A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction over a nonresident in a proceeding under this act, under other law of this state relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence from outside this state under section 316, communicate with a tribunal outside this state under section 317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this state under section 318. In all other respects, articles 3 through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and substantive law of this state.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › Act 255 of 2015 - Uniform Interstate Family Support Act (552.2101 - 552.2905) › Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211) › 255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211) › Section 552.2211 - Spousal-Support Order; Modification.

552.2211 Spousal-support order; modification.
Sec. 211.
(1) A tribunal of this state issuing a spousal-support order consistent with the law of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.
(2) A tribunal of this state may not modify a spousal-support order issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over that order under the law of that state or foreign country.
(3) A tribunal of this state that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over a spousal-support order may serve as either of the following:
(a) An initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this state.
(b) A responding tribunal to enforce or modify its own spousal-support order.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 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 552.2301 - Applicability of Article to Proceedings; Initiation; Petition.

552.2301 Applicability of article to proceedings; initiation; petition.
Sec. 301.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, this article applies to all proceedings under this act.
(2) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a proceeding authorized under this act by filing a petition in an initiating tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country that has or can obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
2023 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 552.2302 - Proceeding on Behalf of Minor's Child.

552.2302 Proceeding on behalf of minor's child.
Sec. 302.
A minor parent, or a guardian or other legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of or for the benefit of the minor's child.
History:
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016