HOUSE BILL No. 4655


     April 22, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Varga, McNutt, Gernaat, Nye, Walberg, Goschka, Horton, Jansen, Olshove, Bodem, Cassis, McManus, Crissman, Bankes, Dobb, Birkholz, Johnson, Dalman and Perricone 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 1996 PA 365.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 9.  (1) After a support order is entered in a domestic

 2    relations matter AND except as otherwise provided in the order or

 3    judgment, the office shall receive all payments of support orders

 4    and service fees; shall, not less than once each month, record

 5    the support payments due, paid, and past due; and shall disburse

 6    all support payments to the recipient of support within 14 days

 7    after the office receives each payment.  BEGINNING JANUARY 1,

 8    1998, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE OFFICE SHALL USE ELEC-

 9    TRONIC MEANS TO RECEIVE, RECORD, AND DISBURSE SUPPORT PAYMENTS SO

10    THAT SUPPORT MONEY IS DISBURSED IMMEDIATELY UPON RECEIPT.




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 1         (2) The office shall provide annually to each party, without

 2    charge, 1 statement of account upon request.  Additional

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

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

 5    under this subsection are in addition to statements provided for

 6    administrative and judicial hearings.

 7         (3) The office shall initiate and carry out proceedings to

 8    enforce an order entered in a domestic relations matter regarding

 9    custody, parenting time, health care coverage, or support in

10    accordance with this act, the support and parenting time enforce-

11    ment act, and supreme court rules.

12         Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect

13    January 1, 1998.































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