Act
The paternity act
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.711— Definitions
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.712— Child born out of wedlock; liability of parents; duties of court; medical expenses; death of father of child born out of wedlock; "Medicaid" defined
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.714— Paternity proceeding; parties; venue; action not required; commencement of action; statute of limitations; initiating and conducting proceedings; child support formula as guideline; verification of complaint; agreement to transfer prosecutor's responsibilities; charge; summons; default judgment; genetic paternity testing; next friend or guardian ad litem; rights of indigent defendant; order of filiation
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.714a— Summons or notice; notification of obligation and rights; court order for genetic paternity testing
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.714b— Effect of parentage in another state
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.714c— Determination of parentage; prohibitions
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.715— Mother and alleged father competent to testify; cross-examination; exclusion of public; continuance until birth of child
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.716— Pretrial proceedings; blood or tissue typing determinations as to mother, child, and alleged father; court order; refusal to submit to typing or identification profiling; qualifications of person conducting typing or identification profiling; compensation of expert; result of typing or identification profiling; filing summary report; objection; admissibility; establishment of paternity
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.716a— Information obtained from genetic paternity testing; disclosure prohibited; retention and destruction of material; confidentiality; sale, transfer, or offer; audit; violation as misdemeanor; penalty
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.717— Order of filiation; circumstances; contents; support order; retroactivity; enforcement of judgment or order; fee; report to department director; service of copies to parties
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.717b— Provisions for custody and parenting time; temporary order in case of dispute; referral to friend of the court; attorneys not required to represent parties in dispute
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.718— Payments to friend of court, clerk of court, or state disbursement unit; disbursement
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.719— Bond to perform court order and indemnify county; filing; dismissal of complaint; default; issuance of citation to principal and sureties; service; execution; contempt of court; commitment; decree or judgment; appointment of receiver
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.720— Continuing jurisdiction; purposes
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.721— Mother's support and education of child born out of wedlock; bond; default; liability of father
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.722— False complaint; penalty
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.724— Appeal; stay of execution, bond, security for costs
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.725— Reference to mother as parent of child in records, certificates, or other papers
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.726— Application of act
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.727— Fees; assessment in order of filiation
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.728— Enforcement remedies
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.729a— Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.730— Paternity act; short title