552.151 Alimony or support and maintenance order in suit for divorce or separate maintenance; petition; punishment for neglect or violation. Sec. 1. In a suit for divorce or separate maintenance, if an order or decree for payment of temporary or permanent alimony, or of support and maintenance for minor children or for children who are […]
552.152 Payments in default; motion; attachment; “state disbursement unit” or “SDU” defined. Sec. 2. (1) When a decree or order described in section 1 orders payments to be made to the clerk of the court, the friend of the court, or the state disbursement unit and a payment is in default, the party prejudiced may […]
552.153 Order for payment; demand or notice not necessity. Sec. 3. No demand or notice of making the order for such payment shall be necessary in the cases enumerated in section 1. History: 1913, Act 379, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;– CL 1915, 11445 ;– CL 1929, 12775 ;– CL 1948, 552.153 ;– Am. 1962, […]
552.154 Attachment; arrest, custody of party. Sec. 4. The attachment shall be executed by the sheriff of the county, or by any officer authorized to make such arrest, who shall arrest the party named therein and keep him in actual custody and bring him forthwith before the court issuing the attachment, and shall keep and […]
552.155 Attachment; discharge by execution of bond, court order. Sec. 5. The party arrested on the attachment shall be discharged therefrom upon executing and delivering to the clerk of the court issuing such attachment a bond, with 2 sufficient sureties in a penal sum to be fixed by the court, conditioned for immediate and faithful […]
552.156 Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. Sec. 6. 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 […]