MCL - Act 155 of 1964


CIRCUIT COURT FAMILY COUNSELING SERVICES ACT

Act 155 of 1964

AN ACT to establish circuit court family counseling services and to provide for their powers and duties; to provide for the employment of directors of family counseling and for the selection and size of their staffs; to provide for the confidentiality of communications between the family counselors and clients; and to provide for payment of fees by persons counseled.


History: 1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980




The People of the State of Michigan enact:
Document Type Description
Section 551.331 Section Short title.
Section 551.332 Section Family counseling services; creation; purpose; establishment in judicial circuits; appropriations; participation in funding; agreement; limitation.
Section 551.333 Section Family counseling service as arm of circuit court; merger with other court services; contracts; purchase of services; direct service delivery.
Section 551.334 Section Director; qualifications; employment, term, and compensation; compensation of staff.
Section 551.335 Section Hiring of professional and clerical staff.
Section 551.336 Section Rules and standards of eligibility for counseling; priority; residential requirements.
Section 551.337 Section Referrals to agencies outside court; conferences.
Section 551.338 Section Family counseling service as impartial, unbiased resource in evaluating problems.
Section 551.339 Section Confidentiality; privileged communications; exemption.
Section 551.340 Section Fee schedule; disposition of revenues.
Section 551.341 Section Powers of family counseling service.
Section 551.342 Section Statutory provisions not changed or affected; conferences or interviews not considered as condonation.
Section 551.343 Section Multiple-judge circuit; majority of judges.
Section 551.344 Section Submission to family counseling not required.