Section 418.118 - Domestic servants(1) No household domestic servant shall be considered an employee if the person is a wife, child or other member of the employer's family residing in the home, and no householder shall be deemed a statutory principal within the meaning of section 171 for the purposes of this section.(2) No private employer shall be liable under this act to any person who is employed by him as a household domestic servant for less than 35 hours per week for 13 weeks or longer during the preceding 52 weeks, notwithstanding the provisions of section 611 or any other provision of this act, unless such person assume liability under section 121.(3) A household domestic servant or domestic as used in this act means a person who engages in work or activity relating to the operation of a household and its surroundings whether or not he resides therein.1969, Act 317, Eff. 12/31/1969 .