Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Act

Friend of the court act

  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.501— Short title; purposes and construction of act
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.502— Definitions; A to I
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.502a— Definitions; M to T
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.504a— Citizen advisory committee; scope; duties; subcommittees; meetings open to the public; exception
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.504b— Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.504c— Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.505a— Open friend of the court case; closure
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.507— Referee; designation by chief judge; powers; transcript of hearing; cost; de novo court hearing; request; interim order; review
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.508— Expediting relief; methods
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.509— 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.509a— Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.511— Initiating enforcement of support order and custody or parenting time order; procedure; arrearage; amnesty
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.511a— Payment of health care expense; complaint; sending copy of complaint and notice to parent; objection; hearing
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.511b— Custody or parenting time order violations; complaint; sending copy of complaint to individual accused of interfering; action
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.512— Reporting information to consumer reporting agency
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.513— 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.515— Certain actions by employee providing domestic relations mediation; prohibition
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.517c— Review of support order in another state; procedures
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.517d— Motion for modification of parenting time order
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.517e— Arrearage payment schedules; administrative adjustment
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.517f— Abatement of child support order upon incarceration of 180 days or more; notice; objection and administrative review; modification of order
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.518— Information from employer or former employer relative to parent
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.520— Information requested by department of human services
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 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
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.522— Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.523— Vacancy; appointment of person to position of friend of the court or interim friend of the court; experience or education
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.524— Annual review of performance record of friend of the court; public notice and comments; written evaluation; written response; copies
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.525— Removal of friend of the court; approval
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.526— Grievance procedure; record; powers and duties of citizen advisory committee
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.527— Compensation and expenses of friend of the court and employees
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.528— Compilation of data
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.533— Repeal of MCL 552.251 to 552.255
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.534— Conditional effective date
  • Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.535— Effective date