HOUSE BILL No. 6300


     September 17, 2002, Introduced by Rep. Wojno and referred to the Committee on Family and Children Services.


        A bill to amend 1913 PA 379, entitled

   "An act to facilitate the collection of alimony and support and
   maintenance for minor children or for children who are 18 years
   of age or older ordered to be paid in suits for divorce or sepa-
   rate maintenance,"

   by amending sections 2 and 6 (MCL 552.152 and 552.156), section 2

   as amended and section 6 as added by 1999 PA 153.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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             Sec. 2.  (1) When a decree or order described in section 1

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        orders payments to be made to the clerk of the court, the friend

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        of the  court  CHILD, or the state disbursement unit and a pay-

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        ment is in default, the party prejudiced may make a motion before

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        the court showing by records in the clerk's or friend of the

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         court's  CHILD'S office, or otherwise, that the default has

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        occurred, and the court may issue an attachment to arrest the





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        party in default and bring the party immediately before the court

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        to answer for the default.

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             (2) As used in this act, "state disbursement unit" or "SDU"

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        means the entity established in section 6 of the office of child

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        support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.236.

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             Sec. 6.  The department, the SDU, and each office of the

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        friend of the  court  CHILD shall cooperate in the transition to

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        the centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.  An

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        office of the friend of the  court  CHILD shall continue to

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        receive and disburse support and fees through the transition,

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        based on the schedule developed as required by section  6  7 of

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        the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL  400.236

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        400.237, and modifications to that schedule as the department

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        considers necessary.

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             Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act does not take

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        effect unless Senate Bill No. _____ or House Bill No. 6317

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        (request no. 07684'02) of the 91st Legislature is enacted into

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        law.





















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