HOUSE BILL No. 4821


     June 17, 1999, Introduced by Reps. Law and Hart and referred to the Committee on
Family and Children Services.


        A bill to amend 1956 PA 205, entitled

   "The paternity act,"

   by amending sections 1, 8, and 19 (MCL 722.711, 722.718, and

   722.729), section 1 as amended by 1998 PA 113 and section 19 as

   amended by 1983 PA 194.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 1.  As used in this act:

 2         (a) "Child born out of wedlock" means a child begotten and

 3    born to a woman who was not married from the conception to the

 4    date of birth of the child, or a child that the court has deter-

 5    mined to be a child born or conceived during a marriage but not

 6    the issue of that marriage.

 7         (b) "Child" means a child born out of wedlock.

 8         (c) "Mother" means the mother of a child born out of

 9    wedlock.


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 1         (d) "Court" means the circuit court.

 2         (E) "STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT" OR "SDU" MEANS THE ENTITY

 3    ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 6 OF THE OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT ACT, 1971

 4    PA 174, MCL 400.236.

 5         (F)  (e)  "Testing material" means any
             substance or informa-

 6    tion used for or produced by genetic paternity testing conducted

 7    under this act other than a report submitted to a court for a

 8    paternity determination.

 9         Sec. 8.  The court shall require the payment of  any
             sums 

10    MONEY to be made to the friend of the court,  or to the
              clerk of

11    the court, OR STATE DISBURSEMENT UNIT, which  sums 
             MONEY shall

12    be disbursed in accordance with the order of the court, except

13    that upon certification by a county  department of social

14     services  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY that a
                       complainant is

15    receiving public assistance,  payments  A PAYMENT
             received by the

16    friend of the court for support and education of a child born out

17    of wedlock shall be transmitted to the  state department of

18     social services  FAMILY INDEPENDENCE AGENCY.

19         Sec. 19.  (1) To reimburse the county for the cost of

20     handling support payments  ENFORCING SUPPORT OR
             PARENTING TIME

21    ORDERS under this act, the court shall order the payment of $2.00

22    per month, payable semiannually on EACH January 2 and July 2,

23     thereafter,  to the friend of the court OR STATE
             DISBURSEMENT

24    UNIT.  The service fee shall be paid by the person ordered to pay

25    the support money.  The service fee shall be computed from the

26    beginning date of the support order and shall continue while the

27    support order is operative.  The service fee shall be paid 6



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 1    months in advance on each  of the  due 
             dates  DATE, except for

 2    the first payment, which shall be paid at the same time the sup-

 3    port order is filed  ,  and  shall cover
              COVERS the period of

 4    time from that month until the next calendar due date. 
             Every 

 5    AN order or judgment for the payment of support money shall pro-

 6    vide for the payment of the service fee.  Any  UPON
             ITS OWN

 7    MOTION, THE COURT MAY AMEND AN order or judgment for the payment

 8    of support money  , entered before the effective date of
             this

 9     1983 amendatory act, may be amended by the court, upon its
                       own

10     motion,  to provide for the payment of the service
                       fee in the

11    amount provided by this subsection, upon proper notice to the

12    person ordered to pay the support money.  The service fees shall

13    be turned over to the county treasurer and credited to the gen-

14    eral fund of the county.

15         (2)  A  THE COURT MAY HOLD IN CONTEMPT A
             person who fails or

16    refuses to pay a service fee ordered  pursuant to 
             UNDER subsec-

17    tion (1).  may be held in contempt of court. 

18         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

19    effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. _____

20    (request no. 03398'99) of the 90th Legislature is enacted into

21    law.















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