MCL - Act 294 of 1982
AN ACT to revise and consolidate the laws relating to the friend of the court; to provide for the appointment or removal of the friend of the court; to create the office of the friend of the court; to establish the rights, powers, and duties of the friend of the court and the office of the friend of the court; to establish a state friend of the court bureau and to provide the powers and duties of the bureau; to prescribe powers and duties of the circuit court and of certain state and local agencies and officers; to establish friend of the court citizen advisory committees; to prescribe certain duties of certain employers and former employers; and to repeal acts and parts of acts.
History: 1982, Act 294, Eff. July 1, 1983
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Am. 1985, Act 208, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986
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Am. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997
Popular Name: Friend of the Court
| Document | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Section 552.501 | Section | Short title; purposes and construction of act. |
| Section 552.502 | Section | Definitions; A to I. |
| Section 552.502a | Section | Definitions; M to T. |
| Section 552.503 | Section | 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 | Section | 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 | Section | Citizen advisory committee; scope; duties; subcommittees; meetings open to the public; exception. |
| Section 552.504b | Section | Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee. |
| Section 552.504c | Section | Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal. |
| Section 552.505 | Section | 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 552.505a | Section | Open friend of the court case; closure. |
| Section 552.507 | Section | Referee; designation by chief judge; powers; transcript of hearing; cost; de novo court hearing; request; interim order; review. |
| Section 552.507a | Section | 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 552.508 | Section | Expediting relief; methods. |
| Section 552.509 | Section | 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. |
| Section 552.509a | Section | Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees. |
| Section 552.511 | Section | Initiating enforcement of support order and custody or parenting time order; procedure; arrearage; amnesty. |
| Section 552.511a | Section | Payment of health care expense; complaint; sending copy of complaint and notice to parent; objection; hearing. |
| Section 552.511b | Section | Custody or parenting time order violations; complaint; sending copy of complaint to individual accused of interfering; action. |
| Section 552.512 | Section | Reporting information to consumer reporting agency. |
| Section 552.513 | Section | Alternative dispute resolution; approval of plan; "protection order" defined; agreement; consent order; confidentiality of communication; qualifications of person providing domestic relations mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution. |
| Section 552.515 | Section | Certain actions by employee providing domestic relations mediation; prohibition. |
| Section 552.517 | Section | 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. |
| Section 552.517a | Section | Repealed. 2002, Act 571, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2002. |
| Section 552.517b | Section | 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 552.517c | Section | Review of support order in another state; procedures. |
| Section 552.517d | Section | Motion for modification of parenting time order. |
| Section 552.517e | Section | Arrearage payment schedules; administrative adjustment. |
| Section 552.517f | Section | Abatement of child support order upon incarceration of 180 days or more; notice; objection and administrative review; modification of order. |
| Section 552.518 | Section | Information from employer or former employer relative to parent. |
| Section 552.519 | Section | 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 552.520 | Section | Information requested by department of human services. |
| Section 552.521 | Section | 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 | Section | Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation. |
| Section 552.523 | Section | Vacancy; appointment of person to position of friend of the court or interim friend of the court; experience or education. |
| Section 552.524 | Section | Annual review of performance record of friend of the court; public notice and comments; written evaluation; written response; copies. |
| Section 552.525 | Section | Removal of friend of the court; approval. |
| Section 552.526 | Section | Grievance procedure; record; powers and duties of citizen advisory committee. |
| Section 552.527 | Section | Compensation and expenses of friend of the court and employees. |
| Section 552.528 | Section | Compilation of data. |
| Section 552.531 | Section | Repealed. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997. |
| Section 552.533 | Section | Repeal of MCL 552.251 to 552.255. |
| Section 552.534 | Section | Conditional effective date. |
| Section 552.535 | Section | Effective date. |