HOUSE BILL No. 5921


     June 9, 1998, Introduced by Rep. Scranton and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.


        A bill to amend 1982 PA 294, entitled

   "Friend of the court act,"

   by amending section 9 (MCL 552.509), as amended by 1998 PA 63.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 9.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in the order or

 2    judgment, after a support order is entered in a domestic rela-

 3    tions matter, the office shall  receive  DO ALL OF THE

 4    FOLLOWING:

 5         (A) RECEIVE all payments of support orders and service fees.

 6     ; shall, not 

 7         (B) NOT less than once each month, record the support pay-

 8    ments due, paid, and past due.  ; and shall disburse 

 9         (C) DISBURSE all support payments to the recipient of

10    support within 14 days after the office receives each payment.




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 1         (2) THE OFFICE SHALL DISTRIBUTE A COPY OF EACH SUPPORT ORDER

 2    ENTERED IN A DOMESTIC RELATIONS MATTER TO THE MAJOR CREDIT

 3    REPORTING COMPANIES.  THE OFFICE SHALL CHARGE A FEE TO PAY, BUT

 4    NOT EXCEED, THE ACTUAL COST OF THE DISTRIBUTION AND ADD THE FEE

 5    TO THE FIRST PAYMENT TO BE MADE UNDER THE SUPPORT ORDER.  AS USED

 6    IN THIS SECTION, "MAJOR CREDIT REPORTING COMPANIES" MEANS CREDIT

 7    REPORTING COMPANIES THAT PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CREDIT

 8    REPORTING IN THE LOCATION WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL SUBJECT TO THE

 9    SUPPORT ORDER RESIDES.

10         (3)  (2)  The office shall provide annually to each party,

11    without charge, 1 statement of account upon request.  Additional

12    statements of account shall be provided at a reasonable fee suf-

13    ficient to pay for the cost of reproduction.  Statements provided

14    under this subsection are in addition to statements provided for

15    administrative and judicial hearings.

16         (4)  (3)  The office shall initiate and carry out proceed-

17    ings to enforce an order entered in a domestic relations matter

18    regarding custody, parenting time, health care coverage, or sup-

19    port in accordance with this act, the support and parenting time

20    enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 TO 552.650, and supreme

21    court rules.

22         (5)  (4)  Upon request of a child support agency of another

23    state, the office shall initiate and carry out certain proceed-

24    ings to enforce support orders entered in the other state without

25    the need to register the order as a domestic relations matter in

26    this state.  The order shall be enforced using automated

27    administrative enforcement actions authorized under the support



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 1    and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to

 2    552.650.




















































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