FRIEND OF THE COURT ACT
- Section 552.501 - Short title; purposes and construction of act
- Section 552.502 - Definitions; A to I
- Section 552.502a - Definitions; M to T
- Section 552.503 - Office of the friend of the court; creation in judicial circuit; exception; separate office in county; vacancy; merger; head of office as friend of the court; friend of the court as employee of circuit court; performance of duties; office procedures; availability of services to public
- Section 552.504 - Citizen friend of the court advisory committee; establishment; composition; appointment; vacancy; terms; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; court administrative office guidelines; term limitation
- Section 552.504a - Citizen advisory committee; scope; duties; subcommittees; meetings open to the public; exception
- Section 552.504b - Information and records to be provided to citizen advisory committee
- Section 552.504c - Information and records as confidential; disclosure; penalty; grounds for dismissal
- Section 552.505 - Duties of friend of the court; failure of party to attend scheduled meeting; charging parties for investigation, report and recommendations; waiver or suspension of fees; disposition of money collected
- Section 552.505a - Open friend of the court case; closure
- Section 552.507 - Referee; designation by chief judge; powers; transcript of hearing; cost; de novo court hearing; request; interim order; review
- Section 552.507a - Making report, recommendation, and supporting documents available to attorneys and parties; informing parties in child custody dispute or guardian concerning preference expressed by child; availability of information
- Section 552.508 - Expediting relief; methods
- Section 552.509 - Duties of office regarding support payments providing statement of account to parties; initiating and carrying out proceedings to enforce order regarding custody, parenting time, health care coverage or support; enforcement orders entered in other state
- Section 552.509a - Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees
- Section 552.511 - Initiating enforcement of support order and custody or parenting time order; procedure; arrearage; amnesty
- Section 552.511a - Payment of health care expense; complaint; sending copy of complaint and notice to parent; objection; hearing
- Section 552.511b - Custody or parenting time order violations; complaint; sending copy of complaint to individual accused of interfering; action
- Section 552.512 - Reporting information to consumer reporting agency
- Section 552.513 - Alternative dispute resolution; approval of plan; "protection order" defined; agreement; consent order; confidentiality of communication; qualifications of person providing domestic relations mediation or other forms of alternative dispute resolution
- Section 552.515 - Certain actions by employee providing domestic relations mediation; prohibition
- Section 552.517 - Review of child support order after final judgment; modification order; calculations; petition for modification; scheduling of hearing; petition to require dependent health care coverage; use of guidelines; costs
- Section 552.517a - [Repealed]
- Section 552.517b - Review of order; notice of right to request; notice of review; calculation of support amount; objection; joint meeting expediting resolution of support issues; provisions; modification; frequency of review
- Section 552.517c - Review of support order in another state; procedures
- Section 552.517d - Motion for modification of parenting time order
- Section 552.517e - Arrearage payment schedules; administrative adjustment
- Section 552.517f - Abatement of child support order upon incarceration of 180 days or more; notice; objection and administrative review; modification of order
- Section 552.518 - Information from employer or former employer relative to parent
- Section 552.519 - State friend of the court bureau; creation; supervision and direction; main office; duties; state advisory committee; report or recommendation; reimbursement for expenses; meetings; assistance
- Section 552.520 - Information requested by department of human services
- Section 552.521 - Person appointed as friend of the court under former act; continuation; transfer of files, records, funds, and pending cases of office under former act; employees of friend of the court appointed under former act to become employees of corresponding office; employees of state judicial council serving in third judicial circuit to continue in present positions
- Section 552.522 - Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation
- Section 552.523 - Vacancy; appointment of person to position of friend of the court or interim friend of the court; experience or education
- Section 552.524 - Annual review of performance record of friend of the court; public notice and comments; written evaluation; written response; copies
- Section 552.525 - Removal of friend of the court; approval
- Section 552.526 - Grievance procedure; record; powers and duties of citizen advisory committee
- Section 552.527 - Compensation and expenses of friend of the court and employees
- Section 552.528 - Compilation of data
- Section 552.531 - [Repealed]
- Section 552.533 - Repeal of MCL 552.251 to 552.255
- Section 552.534 - Conditional effective date
- Section 552.535 - Effective date