552.515 Certain actions by employee providing domestic relations mediation; prohibition. Sec. 15. An employee of the office who provides domestic relations mediation in a friend of the court case involving a particular party shall not perform referee functions, investigation and recommendation functions, or enforcement functions as to any domestic relations matter involving that party. History: […]
552.517 Review of child support order after final judgment; modification order; calculations; petition for modification; scheduling of hearing; petition to require dependent health care coverage; use of guidelines; costs. Sec. 17. (1) After a final judgment containing a child support order has been entered in a friend of the court case, the office shall use […]
552.517a Repealed. 2002, Act 571, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2002. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to making form motions, responses, and orders available to individuals.Popular Name: Friend of the Court
552.517b Review of order; notice of right to request; notice of review; calculation of support amount; objection; joint meeting expediting resolution of support issues; provisions; modification; frequency of review. Sec. 17b. (1) Child support orders entered after June 30, 2005 shall be modified according to this section. For each support order entered before June 30, […]
552.517c Review of support order in another state; procedures. Sec. 17c. (1) If Michigan is the initiating state in an interstate friend of the court case involving child support, the office shall determine whether a review of a support order in another state is appropriate in accordance with section 17 and is appropriate based upon […]
552.517d Motion for modification of parenting time order. Sec. 17d. (1) After a final judgment containing a parenting time order is entered in a domestic relations matter for which there is an open friend of the court case, if there is an unresolved dispute as to parenting time, the office may file a motion with […]
552.517e Arrearage payment schedules; administrative adjustment. Sec. 17e. The office shall utilize guidelines provided in the child support formula developed by the state friend of the court bureau under section 19 to administratively adjust arrearage payment schedules. In making an administrative adjustment as authorized by this subsection, the office shall follow procedures to afford the […]
552.517f Abatement of child support order upon incarceration of 180 days or more; notice; objection and administrative review; modification of order. Sec. 17f. (1) The monthly amount of support payable under an order must be abated, by operation of law, effective the later of the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section […]
552.518 Information from employer or former employer relative to parent. Sec. 18. (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), upon the request of the office of the friend of the court, any employer or former employer of a parent as defined in section 1 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL […]
552.519 State friend of the court bureau; creation; supervision and direction; main office; duties; state advisory committee; report or recommendation; reimbursement for expenses; meetings; assistance. Sec. 19. (1) The state friend of the court bureau is created within the state court administrative office, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court. (2) The bureau […]
552.520 Information requested by department of human services. Sec. 20. (1) If the department of human services requests information from an office of the friend of the court, that office may provide the information requested on a quarterly basis. Not less often than quarterly, the department of human services shall publish the information received under […]
552.521 Person appointed as friend of the court under former act; continuation; transfer of files, records, funds, and pending cases of office under former act; employees of friend of the court appointed under former act to become employees of corresponding office; employees of state judicial council serving in third judicial circuit to continue in present […]
552.522 Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation. Sec. 22. If the friend of the court serving a judicial circuit is not an attorney who is a member of the state bar of Michigan and that office does not employ such an attorney, the chief judge may appoint an attorney who is […]
552.523 Vacancy; appointment of person to position of friend of the court or interim friend of the court; experience or education. Sec. 23. (1) If the position of friend of the court becomes vacant for any reason, the chief judge shall appoint a person to the position of friend of the court not later than […]
552.524 Annual review of performance record of friend of the court; public notice and comments; written evaluation; written response; copies. Sec. 24. (1) The chief judge annually shall review the performance record of each friend of the court serving that circuit to determine whether the friend of the court is guilty of misconduct, neglect of […]
552.525 Removal of friend of the court; approval. Sec. 25. The chief judge may remove the friend of the court. A removal under this section is not effective until approved by a majority of the circuit, probate, and district court judges serving in all districts that have an area in common with the geographic area […]
552.526 Grievance procedure; record; powers and duties of citizen advisory committee. Sec. 26. (1) A party to a friend of the court case who has a grievance concerning office operations or employees shall utilize the following grievance procedure: (a) File the grievance, in writing, with the appropriate friend of the court office. The office shall […]
552.527 Compensation and expenses of friend of the court and employees. Sec. 27. The compensation and expenses of the friend of the court for each judicial circuit and of the employees of the office and all operating expenses incurred by the office shall be fixed by the chief judge as provided in section 591 of […]
552.528 Compilation of data. Sec. 28. Each office of the friend of the court shall compile data as required by the state court administrative office, under the supervision and direction of the supreme court. History: Add. 1996, Act 365, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997 ;– Am. 2009, Act 233, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010 Popular Name: […]
552.531 Repealed. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997. Compiler’s Notes: The repealed section pertained to definitions.Popular Name: Friend of the Court
