Senate Introduced Bill 802























SENATE BILL NO. 802


  November 6, 1997, Introduced by Senator GOUGEON and 
       referred to the Committee on Families, Mental Health 
       and Human Services.
     


        A bill to amend 1846 RS 84, entitled

   "Of divorce,"

   by amending section 27 (MCL 552.27), as amended by 1990 PA 243.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 27.  If alimony or an allowance for the support and

 2    education of the children is awarded to either party, the amount

 3    of the alimony or allowance  shall constitute 
             CONSTITUTES a lien

 4    upon the real and personal estate of the adverse party as 
             the

 5     court by its judgment shall direct.  In default of payment
                       of the

 6     amount that was awarded, the  PROVIDED IN SECTION
                       25A OF THE SUP-

 7    PORT AND PARENTING TIME ENFORCEMENT ACT, 1982 PA 295, MCL

 8    552.65A.  THE court may do 1 or more of the following IF THE

 9    PARTY DEFAULTS ON THE PAYMENT OF THE AMOUNT AWARDED:






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 1         (a) Order the sale of the property against which the lien is

 2    adjudged in the same manner and upon  like  THE
             SAME notice as in

 3    suits for the foreclosure of mortgage liens.

 4         (b) Award execution for the collection of the judgment.

 5         (c) Order the sequestration of the real and personal estate

 6    of either party and may appoint a receiver of the real estate or

 7    personal estate, or both, and cause the personal estate and the

 8    rents and profits of the real estate to be applied to the payment

 9    of the judgment.

10         (d) Award a division between the husband and wife of the

11    real and personal estate of either party or of the husband and

12    wife by joint ownership or right as the court considers equitable

13    and just.































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