Sec. 2. (1) The purposes of this act are to improve, extend, and make uniform by reciprocal legislation the enforcement of duties of support. (2) This act shall be construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact comparable legislation.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.152
Purposes of act; construction
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case In re Marriage of Gifford (1988)
Most recently applied in STATE, DHRS v. Franklin (January 1994)
1952, Act 8, Eff
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