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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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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.

Official source: Michigan Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Michigan statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.