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Chapter 552
- DIVORCE
Section 552.2 ‑ Invalidity of marriages; marriage of person under age of consent, marriage by fraud, lack of cohabitation.
Section 552.3 ‑ Marriage of doubtful validity; procedure to annul.
Section 552.4 ‑ Marriage of doubtful validity; procedure to affirm.
Section 552.6 ‑ Complaint for divorce; filing; grounds; answer; judgment.
Section 552.7 ‑ Action for separate maintenance; filing; grounds; answer; effect of admission; counterclaim for divorce; judgment.
Section 552.9 ‑ Judgment of divorce; residency requirement; exception.
Section 552.9f ‑ Divorce; taking of testimony; minor children; perpetuating testimony; nonresident defendant, residence of plaintiff.
Section 552.14 ‑ Action for annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance; entering personal protection order.
Section 552.15 ‑ Care, custody, and support of minor children during pendency of action; support order; enforcement.
Section 552.16 ‑ Care, custody, and support of minor child after annulment or judgment of divorce or separate maintenance; enforcement.
Section 552.17 ‑ Revision and alteration of judgment concerning care, custody, maintenance, and support of children; enforceability of order.
Section 552.17a ‑ Jurisdiction of court; application for modification of judgment or order; waiver of contempt.
Section 552.18 ‑ Rights or contingent rights in and to vested or unvested benefits or accumulated contributions as part of marital estate subject to award by court; amendment of court order to satisfy requirements of eligible domestic relations order.
Section 552.20 ‑ Real and personal property or money in lieu thereof; delivery or payment to trustee; investment; application of income.
Section 552.23 ‑ Judgment of divorce or separate maintenance; further award of real and personal estate; transmittal of payments to department of human services; service fee; failure or refusal to pay service fee; contempt; “state disbursement unit” or “SDU” defined.
Section 552.24 ‑ Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Section 552.27 ‑ Alimony or allowance for support and education of children as lien; default; powers of court.
Section 552.28 ‑ Judgment for alimony or allowance or for appointment of trustees; revision or alteration.
Section 552.31 ‑ Legitimacy of issue; dissolution of bigamous marriage entered into in good faith.
Section 552.37 ‑ Marriage annulment; ground of force or fraud; effect of voluntary cohabitation.
Section 552.38 ‑ Marriage annulment; ground of force or fraud; custody and maintenance of issue.
Section 552.39 ‑ Marriage annulment; ground of physical incapacity; party to maintain; time limitation of suit.
Section 552.43 ‑ Divorce from bed and board; decree; limited time, revocation.
Section 552.45 ‑ Children; enumeration in complaint; notice to prosecutor of friend of court; decree opposition, interest of prosecutor or partners in case.
Act 259 of 1909 ‑ JUDGMENTS OF DIVORCE OR SEPARATE MAINTENANCE (552.101 - 552.104)
Section 552.101 ‑ Judgment of divorce or separate maintenance; provision in lieu of dower; determining rights of wife or husband in and to policy of life insurance, endowment, or annuity; discharge of liability on policy; determination of rights; assignment of rights.
Section 552.102 ‑ Realty owned jointly or by entireties; effect of divorce without determination of ownership in decree.
Section 552.103 ‑ Realty owned jointly or by entireties; bill of complaint, disposal, sale order, partition.
Act 52 of 1911 ‑ ALIMONY AWARDED BY COURT OF ANOTHER STATE (552.121 - 552.123)
Act 379 of 1913 ‑ COLLECTION OF ALIMONY OR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (552.151 - 552.156)
Section 552.151 ‑ Alimony or support and maintenance order in suit for divorce or separate maintenance; petition; punishment for neglect or violation.
Section 552.152 ‑ Payments in default; motion; attachment; “state disbursement unit” or “SDU” defined.
Section 552.156 ‑ Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Act 239 of 1913 ‑ Repealed- FAILURE TO PAY SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE (552.201 - 552.203)
Act 412 of 1919 ‑ Repealed- FRIEND OF COURT IN DIVORCE CASES (552.251 - 552.255)
Act 243 of 1889 ‑ Repealed- PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE FOR WIVES (552.301 - 552.302)
Act 152 of 1873 ‑ Repealed- PROPERTY AND MAINTENANCE FOR WIVES (552.333 - 552.333)
Act 42 of 1949 ‑ AWARD OF PROPERTY OWNED BY SPOUSE TO PARTY (552.401 - 552.402)
Section 552.401 ‑ Property owned by spouse; award to party contributing to acquisition, improvement, or accumulation thereof; effect of decree.
Section 552.451 ‑ Proceedings for support of custodial parent and children; complaint; service; prohibition.
Section 552.451a ‑ Proceedings for support of children; support order; burden of proof; applicability of section.
Section 552.451b ‑ Proceedings for support of custodial parent and children being supported by public assistance; burden of proof.
Section 552.452 ‑ Hearing; order; contents; burden of proving lack of ability to provide support; amount; medical and other expenses; enforcement of order; custody and parenting time.
Section 552.454 ‑ Prosecuting attorney as attorney for petitioner; utilization of child support formula as guideline; transmittal of payments to family independence agency.
Section 552.455 ‑ Modification of order; application and notice; order void upon entry of judgment of divorce or separate maintenance.
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.
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.
Section 552.504a ‑ Citizen advisory committee; scope; duties; subcommittees; meetings open to the public; exception.
Section 552.504b ‑ Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee.
Section 552.504c ‑ Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal.
Section 552.505 ‑ Duties of friend of the court; failure of party to attend scheduled meeting; charging parties for investigation, report and recommendations; waiver or suspension of fees; disposition of money collected.
Section 552.507 ‑ Referee; designation by chief judge; powers; transcript of hearing; cost; de novo court hearing; request; interim order; review.
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.
Section 552.509 ‑ Duties of office regarding support payments; transition to state disbursement unit; providing statement of account to parties; initiating and carrying out proceedings to enforce order entered in domestic relations matter; enforcement orders entered in other state.
Section 552.511 ‑ Initiating enforcement of support order and custody or parenting time order; procedure; arrearage; amnesty.
Section 552.511a ‑ Payment of health care expense; complaint; sending copy of complaint and notice to parent; objection; hearing.
Section 552.511b ‑ Custody or parenting time order violations; complaint; sending copy of complaint to individual accused of interfering; action.
Section 552.513 ‑ Alternative dispute resolution; approval of plan; agreement; consent order; confidentiality of communications; minimum qualifications of mediator.
Section 552.515 ‑ Certain actions by employee of office providing alternative dispute resolution prohibited.
Section 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; costs.
Section 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.
Section 552.518 ‑ Information from employer or former employer relative to parent.
Section 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.
Section 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 positions.
Section 552.522 ‑ Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation; payment.
Section 552.523 ‑ Vacancy; appointment of person to position of friend of the court or interim friend of the court; experience or education.
Section 552.524 ‑ Annual review of performance record of friend of the court; public notice and comments; written evaluation; written response; copies.
Section 552.526 ‑ Grievance procedure; records; public access to report of grievances; powers and duties of citizen advisory committee.
Section 552.527 ‑ Compensation and expenses of friend of the court and employees.
Act 295 of 1982 ‑ SUPPORT AND PARENTING TIME ENFORCEMENT ACT (552.601 - 552.650)
Section 552.603 ‑ Support order; enforcement; information to be included; notice of new information; service of notices or other papers; accrued interest prohibited; failure to comply with requirements; fee; admission into evidence.
Section 552.603a ‑ Failure to pay support; surcharge; calculation; assessment; collection; enforcement.
Section 552.604 ‑ Support order to provide for order of income withholding; order of income withholding by operation of law; notice; effective date of order.
Section 552.605a ‑ Information to be provided to office of the friend of the court; health care coverage; bond.
Section 552.605c ‑ Support order; monthly amounts; conversion; proration; applicability of excess payment against arrearage; refund.
Section 552.605d ‑ Support order; provisions; assignment, redirection, or abatement of support payment; notice.
Section 552.606 ‑ Support order entered under interstate income withholding act.
Section 552.607 ‑ Notice of arrearage to payer; contents; sending copy of notice to recipient; request for hearing; time of hearing; de novo hearing; consolidation of hearings; completion of proceedings; review by friend of the court office.
Section 552.610 ‑ Payer to give friend of court name and address of employer.
Section 552.611a ‑ More than 1 order of income withholding against payer or parent; compliance with source of income; liability; identification of withholding; combining amounts in single payment; identifying portion of single payment attributable to each payer.
Section 552.612 ‑ Compliance with order as discharge of liability to payer.
Section 552.613 ‑ Failure to comply with order; contempt; finding; initiation of proceedings; jurisdiction.
Section 552.614 ‑ Termination or interruption of payer's income; notice; service on new employer or other source of income.
Section 552.617 ‑ Notice of support modification; changing amount assigned or withheld.
Section 552.619 ‑ Modifying support order to exclude support for child of whom payer awarded sole custody; suspension or termination of order of income withholding; circumstances prohibiting written agreement; effectiveness of order of income withholding; refund of money improperly withheld.
Section 552.623 ‑ Using order of income withholding as basis for refusing to employ, discharging, disciplining, or penalizing payer prohibited; violation as misdemeanor; penalty; restitution; use of occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license as basis; exception; fee.
Section 552.624 ‑ Offset proceedings against delinquent payer's tax refunds.
Section 552.624a ‑ Proceedings to set aside transfer of title or ownership of property without fair consideration.
Section 552.624b ‑ Notification to child support lien network and additional clearinghouses of payer with support arrearage.
Section 552.625 ‑ Enforcement of support orders; providing bond, security, or other guarantee.
Section 552.625a ‑ Lien; creation; effect; full faith and credit to liens created in other states; priority; notice; exceptions to creation of lien; effect of lien on itemized amount in redemption order; definitions.
Section 552.625b ‑ Remedy as cumulative; lien; perfection; notice; review procedures; enforcement; termination; disclosure of information.
Section 552.625c ‑ Remedy as cumulative; arrearage under payer's support order; payer's financial assets held by financial institution; notice of lien and levy; form; notice of withdrawal; release of assets.
Section 552.625d ‑ Obligation or liability of financial institution, insurer, or carrier; limitations.
Section 552.625g ‑ Forwarding money by financial institution, insurer, or carrier.
Section 552.625i ‑ Return of forwarded money to payer; reimbursement of fee, cost, or penalty; interest; allocations.
Section 552.626 ‑ Notice of income withholding; failure of parent to obtain or maintain health care coverage for child; duties of friend of the court.
Section 552.626a ‑ Eligibility of parent for health care coverage through employer; duties of employer.
Section 552.626b ‑ Order or notice for dependent health care coverage; requirements.
Section 552.626d ‑ Notice to department of social services identifying health care coverage.
Section 552.628 ‑ Order to suspend payer's occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license; notice to payer.
Section 552.629 ‑ Suspension hearing; consolidation with modification hearing; order to pay arrearage in installments; suspension order; failure of payer to comply with order.
Section 552.630 ‑ Suspension of occupational, driver's, or recreational or sporting license by licensing agency; sending copy of order; schedule for payment of arrearage.
Section 552.631 ‑ Failure or refusal to obey and perform support order; civil contempt proceeding; failure to appear; bench warrant; bond or cash deposit; custody; payment and disposition of costs.
Section 552.632 ‑ Payer arrested under bench warrant; cash performance bond; hearing on order to show cause; form of bond receipt; failure to appear; transmission and deposit of bond; setting aside contempt finding.
Section 552.633 ‑ Finding payer in contempt; presumption; proof of currently available resources; order; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.
Section 552.635 ‑ Finding payer in contempt; order; release of payer from county jail; noncompliance with arrearage payment schedule; suspension of license.
Section 552.639 ‑ Committing payer to county jail or alternative to jail; violating conditions of court; failure to return to place of confinement as escape from custody; misdemeanor; penalty.
Section 552.641 ‑ Complaint alleging custody or parenting time order violation; duties of friend of court; declining to respond to violation; circumstances; compliance with MCL 552.519.
Section 552.642 ‑ Makeup parenting time policy; establishment; approval; provisions of policy; notice; response; procedures.
Section 552.644 ‑ Civil contempt proceeding to resolve dispute concerning parenting time; commencement by office of friend of court; notice; finding of violation; powers of court; "good cause" defined; duration of commitment; release; bench warrant; sanction for bad faith; judgment; payment of costs.
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.
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.
Section 552.648 ‑ Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
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.
Section 552.676 ‑ Office of child support to forward documentation to office of friend of court; filing documents with clerk of court; acceptance of documents as entry of support order; documentation required for entry of support order of another jurisdiction; remedying defect in documentation; notice of necessary additions or corrections; effect of meeting substantive requirement; enforcement of support order; jurisdiction limited to income withholding.
Section 552.677 ‑ Notice of proposed income withholding; contents; request for hearing; notice of hearing.
Section 552.678 ‑ Prima facie proof; defenses of obligor; burden; duties of court.
Section 552.679 ‑ Order of income withholding; manner of taking effect; notice.
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.
Section 552.680a ‑ Transition to centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Section 552.681 ‑ Obligor obtaining employment or having new or additional source of income in another state; duty of office of friend of court.
Act 310 of 1996 ‑ UNIFORM INTERSTATE FAMILY SUPPORT ACT (552.1101 - 552.1901)
Section 552.1203 ‑ Receipt of evidence and discovery from another state; applicability of procedural and substantive law.
Section 552.1223 ‑ Establishment of support order; filing petition or pleading; jurisdiction.
Section 552.1224 ‑ Issuance of support order; continuing exclusive jurisdiction; modification; recognition of jurisdiction of another state; temporary ex parte order; duration of jurisdiction; modification.
Section 552.1231 ‑ Issuance of 1 or more child support orders; determining recognition of orders for purposes of jurisdiction.
Section 552.1233 ‑ Enforcement of multiple registrations or petitions for enforcement.
Section 552.1235 ‑ Crediting money collected under another state's support order.
Section 552.1301 ‑ Applicability of act to proceedings; commencement of proceeding.
Section 552.1308 ‑ Receipt of petitions or pleadings by responding tribunal; duties; authority; orders.
Section 552.1312 ‑ Services provided by support enforcement agency, prosecuting attorney, or office of friend of the court; fiduciary relationship.
Section 552.1314 ‑ Support enforcement agency; neglect or refusal to provide services.
Section 552.1328 ‑ Physical presence of petitioner not required; documents admissible as evidence; testimony.
Section 552.1334 ‑ Disbursement of money received under support order; certified statement.
Section 552.1501d ‑ Income withholding order issued in another state; contesting validity or enforcement.
Section 552.1502 ‑ Support enforcement agency; receipt of documents from another state; enforcement of support order or income withholding order; registration.
Section 552.1601 ‑ Registration of order; documents and information to be sent to state tribunal; filing as foreign judgment; affirmative remedy.
Section 552.1603 ‑ Order issued in another state; registration; recognition; enforcement.
Section 552.1605 ‑ Support payments and arrearages; governing law; statute of limitations.
Section 552.1625 ‑ Burden of proof; defenses; actions by tribunal; further contest of order precluded.
Section 552.1635 ‑ Modification of another state's child support order; finding by responding tribunal; requirements, procedures, and defenses; jurisdiction.
Section 552.1639 ‑ Issuance of modified child support order; failure to file with issuing tribunal.
Section 552.1803 ‑ Individual charged criminally with failing to provide support; surrender.
