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Article 1 - (552.2101...552.2105)
255-2015-1-GENERAL-PROVISIONS - General Provisions (552.2101...552.2102)
Section 552.2101 - Short Title. - Sec. 101. This act shall be known and may be...
Section 552.2102 - Definitions. - Sec. 102. As used in this act: (a) "Child" means...
255-2015-1-STATE-TRIBUNAL-AND-SUPPORT-ENFORCEMENT-AGENCY - State Tribunal and Support Enforcement Agency (552.2103...552.2105)
Section 552.2103 - Court as Tribunal; Support Enforcement Agency. - Sec. 103. (1) The court is the tribunal of this...
Section 552.2104 - Remedies. - Sec. 104. (1) Remedies provided by this act are cumulative...
Section 552.2105 - Applicability. - Sec. 105. (1) A tribunal of this state shall apply...
Article 2 - (552.2201...552.2211)
255-2015-2-JURISDICTION - Jurisdiction (552.2201...552.2204)
Section 552.2201 - Tribunal; Personal Jurisdiction Over Nonresident. - Sec. 201. (1) In a proceeding to establish or enforce...
Section 552.2202 - Continuing Exclusive Jurisdiction. - Sec. 202. Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this...
Section 552.2203 - State Tribunal Serving as Initiating and Responding Tribunal. - Sec. 203. Under this act, a tribunal of this state...
Section 552.2204 - Establishment of Support Order; Filing Petition or Pleading; Jurisdiction. - Sec. 204. (1) A tribunal of this state may exercise...
255-2015-2-CONTINUING-EXCLUSIVE-JURISDICTION-TO-MODIFY-CHILD-SUP - Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction to Modify Child-Support Order (552.2205...552.2211)
Section 552.2205 - Issuance of Child-Support Order; Continuing, Exclusive Jurisdiction; Modification; Recognition of Jurisdiction of Another State; Ex Parte Order. - Sec. 205. (1) A tribunal of this state that has...
Section 552.2206 - State Tribunal Serving as Initiating or Responding Tribunal. - Sec. 206. (1) A tribunal of this state that has...
Section 552.2207 - Issuance of 1 or More Child-Support Orders; Recognition; Request to Determine Controlling Order; Filing of Certified Copy. - Sec. 207. (1) If a proceeding is brought under this...
Section 552.2208 - Response to Registrations or Petitions for Enforcement of 2 or More Orders. - Sec. 208. In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement...
Section 552.2209 - Crediting Amounts Collected Under Other Order. - Sec. 209. A tribunal of this state shall credit amounts...
Section 552.2210 - Receipt of Evidence, Communication, and Discovery From Another State; Application of Procedural and Substantive Law. - Sec. 210. A tribunal of this state exercising personal jurisdiction...
Section 552.2211 - Spousal-Support Order; Modification. - Sec. 211. (1) A tribunal of this state issuing a...
Article 3 - (552.2301...552.2319)
255-2015-3-CIVIL-PROVISIONS-OF-GENERAL-APPLICATION - Civil Provisions of General Application (552.2301...552.2319)
Section 552.2301 - Applicability of Article to Proceedings; Initiation; Petition. - Sec. 301. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act,...
Section 552.2302 - Proceeding on Behalf of Minor's Child. - Sec. 302. A minor parent, or a guardian or other...
Section 552.2303 - Responding Tribunal; Duties. - Sec. 303. Except as otherwise provided in this act, a...
Section 552.2304 - Forwarding Copies of Petition and Documents; Certificate; Findings. - Sec. 304. (1) Upon the filing of a petition authorized...
Section 552.2305 - Receipt of Petition or Pleading by Responding Tribunal; Duties; Authority; Calculations on Which Order Is Based; Prohibition; Sending Copy of Order to Petitioner, Respondent, and Initiating Tribunal; Conversion of Foreign Currency. - Sec. 305. (1) When a responding tribunal of this state...
Section 552.2306 - Petition or Pleading Received by Inappropriate Tribunal. - Sec. 306. If a petition or comparable pleading is received...
Section 552.2307 - Support Enforcement Agency; Duties. - Sec. 307. (1) In a proceeding under this act, a...
Section 552.2308 - Support Enforcement Agency; Neglect or Refusal to Provide Services. - Sec. 308. (1) If the attorney general determines that the...
Section 552.2309 - Employment of Private Counsel. - Sec. 309. An individual may employ private counsel to represent...
Section 552.2310 - Office of Child Support as State Information Agency; Duties. - Sec. 310. (1) The office of child support is the...
Section 552.2311 - Petition; Contents; Form. - Sec. 311. (1) In a proceeding under this act, a...
Section 552.2312 - Disclosure of Certain Information. - Sec. 312. If a party alleges in an affidavit or...
Section 552.2313 - Fees, Costs, or Expenses. - Sec. 313. (1) The petitioner may not be required to...
Section 552.2314 - Jurisdiction Over Petitioner in Another Jurisdiction. - Sec. 314. (1) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding...
Section 552.2315 - Nonparentage as Defense. - Sec. 315. A party whose parentage of a child has...
Section 552.2316 - Physical Presence of Nonresident Party; Documents Admissible as Evidence; Deposition or Testimony. - Sec. 316. (1) The physical presence of a nonresident party...
Section 552.2317 - Communication. - Sec. 317. A tribunal of this state may communicate with...
Section 552.2318 - Authority of State Tribunal to Obtain or Respond to Discovery. - Sec. 318. A tribunal of this state may do the...
Section 552.2319 - Disbursement of Amounts Received Under Support Order; Certified Statement. - Sec. 319. (1) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of...
Article 4 - (552.2401...552.2402)
255-2015-4-ESTABLISHMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER - Establishment of Support Order (552.2401...552.2402)
Section 552.2401 - Issuance of Support Order. - Sec. 401. (1) If a support order entitled to recognition...
Section 552.2402 - Proceeding to Determine Parentage of Child; Responding Tribunal. - Sec. 402. A tribunal of this state authorized to determine...
Article 5 - (552.2501...552.2507)
255-2015-5-ENFORCEMENT-OF-SUPPORT-ORDER-WITHOUT-REGISTRATION - Enforcement of Support Order Without Registration (552.2501...552.2507)
Section 552.2501 - Order of Income Withholding Issued by Another State. - Sec. 501. An income-withholding order issued in another state may...
Section 552.2502 - Order of Income Withholding; Receipt by Employer; Copy to Be Provided to Obligor; Compliance With Terms of Order and State Law. - Sec. 502. (1) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the...
Section 552.2503 - Receipt of 2 or More Income-Withholding Orders; Priorities. - Sec. 503. If an obligor's employer receives 2 or more...
Section 552.2504 - Income Withholding Order Issued in Another State; Compliance. - Sec. 504. An employer that complies with an income-withholding order...
Section 552.2505 - Income Withholding Order Issued in Another State; Noncompliance. - Sec. 505. An employer that willfully fails to comply with...
Section 552.2506 - Income Withholding Order Issued in Another State; Contesting Validity or Enforcement; Notice. - Sec. 506. (1) An obligor may contest the validity or...
Section 552.2507 - Party or Support Enforcement Agency; Receipt of Documents Required for Registering Order; Enforcement; Registration. - Sec. 507. (1) A party or support enforcement agency seeking...
Article 6 - (552.2601...552.2616)
255-2015-6-REGISTRATION-ENFORCEMENT-AND-MODIFICATION-OF-SUPPORT- - Registration, Enforcement, and Modification of Support Order (552.2601...552.2604)
255-2015-6-REGISTRATION-ENFORCEMENT-AND-MODIFICATION-OF-SUPPORT- - Part 1 (552.2601...552.2604)
255-2015-6-REGISTRATION-ENFORCEMENT-AND-MODIFICATION-OF-SUPPORT- - Registration for Enforcement of Support Order (552.2601...552.2604)
Section 552.2601 - Registration of Order. - Sec. 601. A support order or income-withholding order issued in...
Section 552.2602 - Registration of Order; Records to Be Sent to State Tribunal; Filing; Affirmative Remedy; 2 or More Orders in Effect; Controlling Order; Request for Determination. - Sec. 602. (1) Except as provided in section 706, a...
Section 552.2603 - Order Issued in Another State; Registration; Recognition; Enforcement. - Sec. 603. (1) A support order or income-withholding order issued...
Section 552.2604 - Support Payments and Arrearages; Governing Law; Statute of Limitation. - Sec. 604. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4),...
255-2015-6-2 - Part 2 (552.2605...552.2608)
255-2015-6-2-CONTEST-OF-VALIDITY-OR-ENFORCEMENT - Contest of Validity or Enforcement (552.2605...552.2608)
Section 552.2605 - Notice. - Sec. 605. (1) When a support order or income-withholding order...
Section 552.2606 - Nonregistering Party; Hearing. - Sec. 606. (1) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the...
Section 552.2607 - Burden of Proof; Defense; Remedies. - Sec. 607. (1) A party contesting the validity or enforcement...
Section 552.2608 - Registered Support Order; Effect of Confirmation. - Sec. 608. Confirmation of a registered support order, whether by...
255-2015-6-3 - Part 3 (552.2609...552.2614)
255-2015-6-3-REGISTRATION-AND-MODIFICATION-OF-CHILD-SUPPORT-ORDE - Registration and Modification of Child-Support Order of Another State (552.2609...552.2614)
Section 552.2609 - Modification of Support Order Issued in Another State; Petition. - Sec. 609. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to...
Section 552.2610 - Enforcement of Another State's Child-Support Order. - Sec. 610. A tribunal of this state may enforce a...
Section 552.2611 - Modification of Another State's Child-Support Order; Findings; Requirements, Procedures, and Defenses; Jurisdictions. - Sec. 611. (1) If section 613 does not apply, upon...
Section 552.2612 - Modification of Child-Support Order by Tribunal of Another State. - Sec. 612. If a child-support order issued by a tribunal...
Section 552.2613 - Child Not Resident of Issuing State; Jurisdiction. - Sec. 613. (1) If all of the parties who are...
Section 552.2614 - Issuance of Modified Child-Support Order; Failure to File With Issuing Tribunal. - Sec. 614. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified...
255-2015-6-4 - Part 4 (552.2615...552.2616)
255-2015-6-4-REGISTRATION-AND-MODIFICATION-OF-FOREIGN-CHILD-SUPP - Registration and Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order (552.2615...552.2616)
Section 552.2615 - Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order. - Sec. 615. (1) Except as otherwise provided in section 711,...
Section 552.2616 - Modification of Foreign Child-Support Order; Registration; Petition. - Sec. 616. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to...
Article 7 - (552.2701...552.2713)
255-2015-7-SUPPORT-PROCEEDING-UNDER-CONVENTION - Support Proceeding Under Convention (552.2701...552.2713)
Section 552.2701 - Definitions. - Sec. 701. As used in this article: (a) "Application" means...
Section 552.2702 - Applicability of Article; Inconsistent Provisions. - Sec. 702. This article applies only to a support proceeding...
Section 552.2703 - Office of Child Support as Designated Agency. - Sec. 703. The office of child support is recognized as...
Section 552.2704 - Office of Child Support; Duties; Available Proceedings; Security, Bond, or Deposit as Payment Guarantee Prohibited. - Sec. 704. (1) In a support proceeding under this article,...
Section 552.2705 - Support Order; Direct Request. - Sec. 705. (1) A petitioner may file a direct request...
Section 552.2706 - Convention Support Order; Registration. - Sec. 706. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this article,...
Section 552.2707 - Contesting Registered Convention Support Order. - Sec. 707. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this article,...
Section 552.2708 - Recognition and Enforcement of Registered Convention Support Order; Grounds for Refusal; Effect. - Sec. 708. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2),...
Section 552.2709 - Enforcement of Severable Part of Order. - Sec. 709. If a tribunal of this state does not...
Section 552.2710 - Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Support Agreement Registered in This State. - Sec. 710. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (3)...
Section 552.2711 - Modification of Foreign Convention Child-Support Order. - Sec. 711. (1) A tribunal of this state may not...
Section 552.2712 - Use of Personal Information. - Sec. 712. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this article...
Section 552.2713 - Filing of Record in Original Language; English Translation. - Sec. 713. A record filed with a tribunal of this...
Article 8 - (552.2801...552.2802)
255-2015-8-INTERSTATE-RENDITION - Interstate Rendition (552.2801...552.2802)
Section 552.2801 - "Governor" Defined; Authority; Extradition. - Sec. 801. (1) For purposes of this article, "governor" includes...
Section 552.2802 - Individual Charged Criminally With Failing to Provide Support; Surrender. - Sec. 802. (1) Before making a demand that the governor...
Article 9 - (552.2901...552.2905)
255-2015-9-MISCELLANEOUS-PROVISIONS - Miscellaneous Provisions (552.2901...552.2905)
Section 552.2901 - Application and Construction of Act. - Sec. 901. In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration...
Section 552.2902 - Applicability of Act to Proceedings Begun on or After Effective Date of Act. - Sec. 902. This act applies to proceedings begun on or...
Section 552.2903 - Severability. - Sec. 903. If any provision of this act or its...
Section 552.2904 - Repeal of MCL 552.1101 to 552.1901. - Sec. 904. The uniform interstate family support act, 1996 PA...
Section 552.2905 - Effective Date. - Sec. 905. This act takes effect January 1, 2016. History:...