Sec. 12b.
(1) The office of child support of the state department of human services is designated as the state information agency and the interstate central registry under this act, and it shall do all of the following:
(a) Distribute copies of any amendments to the act and a statement of their effective date to all other state information agencies.
(b) Maintain a list of each interstate central registry in the United States and its address, and provide the list to every prosecutor's office, every attorney employed or contracted under section 10a(2), and every office of the friend of the court in this state.
(c) Maintain a supply of duplicated copies of this act, as amended, for the use of court officers in preparing cases to be forwarded to responding states.
(d) Act generally as a clearing center for information and maintain general liaison with the council of state governments, law enforcement agencies, the legislature, other governmental or private agencies concerned with this act, and the public.
(e) Forward to the court in this state that has proper venue, as determined under section 10, the petitions, certificates, and copies of the act it receives from courts or information agencies of other states.
(2) If the state information agency does not know the location of the obligor or the obligor's property, the agency shall use its state locator service to obtain this information.
History: Add. 1953, Act 202, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 147, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 191, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 241, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 371, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 780 - Criminal Procedure
Act 8 of 1952 - Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act (780.151 - 780.183)
Section 780.151 - Short Title.
Section 780.152 - Purposes of Act; Construction.
Section 780.153 - Meanings of Words and Phrases.
Section 780.153a - Definitions; C to O.
Section 780.153b - Definitions; P to S.
Section 780.154 - Remedies Additional.
Section 780.155 - Duties of Support Generally.
Section 780.156 - Powers of Governor.
Section 780.157 - Obligor Relieved of Extradition; Requirements.
Section 780.158 - Applicable Duties of Support; Presumption.
Section 780.159 - Reimbursement of State or Political Subdivision.
Section 780.159a - Enforcement of Duties of Support; Defense of Immunity Not Available.
Section 780.160 - Jurisdiction; Venue.
Section 780.161 - Petition; Verification; Contents; Filing; Accepting or Forwarding Petition.
Section 780.161a - Petition on Behalf of Minor Obligee; Execution and Filing.
Section 780.162a - Belief That Obligor May Flee Jurisdiction; Procedure.
Section 780.162b - Duties of Office of Child Support; Use of State Locator Service.
Section 780.163b - Manner of Conducting Proceedings.
Section 780.163c - Evidence as to Duty of Support.
Section 780.164 - Support Order; Payments; Amount; Deviation From Formula.
Section 780.164a - Repealed. 2014, Act 522, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015.
Section 780.165 - Sending Copy of Support Order to Initiating Court.
Section 780.166 - Terms and Conditions Assuring Compliance; Enforcement of Support Order.
Section 780.166a - Adjudicating Issue of Paternity.
Section 780.167 - Duties of Court Carried Out Through Office of Friend of Court.
Section 780.170 - Fees and Costs.
Section 780.171 - Nullification of Support Orders; Crediting Amounts Paid.
Section 780.172 - Jurisdiction Not Conferred by Participation in Proceeding.
Section 780.173 - Repealed. 2014, Act 522, Eff. Mar. 17, 2015.
Section 780.174 - Foreign State as Reciprocating State; Declaration; Revocation.
Section 780.176 - Additional Remedies.
Section 780.177 - Registration of Foreign Support Order.
Section 780.178 - Registry of Foreign Support Orders.
Section 780.181 - Effect and Enforcement of Confirmed Registered Foreign Support Order.
Section 780.182 - Adjudicating Issue of Support Only; Jurisdiction.
Section 780.183 - Representation of Obligee by Attorney General or Private Legal Counsel.