S.B. 606-624: SUMMARY                                                                                 PARENTING TIME

Senate Bills 606 through 624

Sponsor: Senator Robert Geake (S.B. 606 & 607) Senator Loren Bennett (S.B. 608) Senator Dale L. Shugars (S.B. 609)

Senator Dave Honigman (S.B. 610 & 611) Senator Mat J. Dunaskiss (S.B. 612) Senator Philip E. Hoffman (S.B. 613 & 614)

Senator William Van Regenmorter (S.B. 615) Senator Joe Young, Jr. (S.B. 616 & 617) Senator Don Koivisto (S.B. 618 & 619) Senator George Z. Hart (S.B. 620-622) Senator Jim Berryman (S.B. 623 & 624)

Committee: Families, Mental Health and Human Services Date Completed: 12-21-95

SUMMARY OF SENATE BILLS 606 through 624 as passed by the Senate:

The bills would amend various acts to replace references to “visitation” with references to “parenting time”.

Senate Bill 606 would amend the Office of Child Support Act. Senate Bill 607 would amend the Public Health Code. Senate Bill 608 would amend the Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act. Senate Bill 609 would amend the Friend of the Court Act. Senate Bill 610 would amend the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act. Senate Bill 611 would amend the Revised Probate Code.

Senate Bills 612 and 613 would amend the Family Support Act and the divorce Act, respectively; the bills also would change references to “health care organization” to “nonprofit health care corporation”. Senate Bill 614 would amend the Revised Judicature Act. Senate Bill 615 would amend the Interstate Income Withholding Act. Senate Bill 616 would amend the Social Welfare Act. Senate Bill 617 would amend the Lottery Act. Senate Bill 618 would amend the Michigan Penal Code. The bill also would change references to “person” to “parent”. Senate Bill 619 would amend the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Senate Bill 620 would amend the Michigan Adoption Code and the juvenile code. The bill also would change references to “grandparent visitation” to “grandparenting time”. Senate Bills 621 and 622 would amend the emancipation of minors Act and the Paternity Act, respectively; the bills also would change references to “health care organization” to “nonprofit health care corporation”. Senate Bill 623 would amend the Child Custody Act. The bill also would change references to “grandchild visitation” to “grandparenting time”. Senate Bill 624 would amend the Support and Visitation Enforcement Act. The bill also would change the title of the Act to the “Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act”.

Senate Bills 606 through 623 are tie-barred to Senate Bill 624.  All of the bills would take effect June 1, 1996.

MCL 400.233a (S.B. 606) 333.21532 (S.B. 607)

551.338 & 551.339 (S.B. 608)

552.501 et al. (S. B. 609) 780.166 & 780.182 (S.B. 610)

700.111 et al. (S.B. 611) 552.452 & 552.455 (S.B. 612)

552.15 et al. (S.B. 613) 600.652 et al. (S.B. 614) 552.673 et al. (S.B. 615) 400.18a (S.B. 616) 432.32 (S.B. 617) 750.350a (S.B. 618)

764.15b & 764.15c (S.B. 619)

710.60 et al. (S.B. 620) 722.3 (S.B. 621) 722.714a et al. (S.B. 622)

722.24 et al. (S.B. 623)

552.601 et al. (S.B. 624)                                                          Legislative Analyst: L. Burghardt

S. Margules

FISCAL IMPACT

The bills would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Fiscal Analyst: M. Bain

C. Cole

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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.