Act 294 of 1982 - FRIEND OF THE COURT ACT (552.501 - 552.535)
- 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
- Section 552.504 - Citizen friend of the court advisory committee; establishment; composition; appointment; vacancy; terms; election of chairperson and vice-chairperson; court administrative office gui
- 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
- 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
- Section 552.508 - Expediting relief; methods.
- Section 552.509 - Duties of office regarding support payments; transition to state disbursement unit; providing statement of account to parties; initiating and carrying out proceedings to enforce orde
- 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 - Providing information to consumer reporting agency.
- Section 552.513 - Alternative dispute resolution; approval of plan; agreement; consent order; confidentiality of communications; minimum qualifications of mediator.
- Section 552.515 - Certain actions by employee of office providing alternative dispute resolution prohibited.
- 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 cove
- Section 552.517a - Repealed. 2002, Act 571, Imd. Eff. Oct. 3, 2002.
- 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; modificat
- 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 552.518 - 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;
- 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 co
- Section 552.522 - Appointment of attorney to assist friend of the court; compensation; payment.
- 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; records; public access to report of grievances; 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. 1996, Act 366, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997.
- Section 552.533 - Repeal of MCL 552.251 to 552.255.
- Section 552.534 - Conditional effective date.
- Section 552.535 - Effective date.