SB-1419, As Passed Senate, September 16, 2008

SENATE BILL No. 1419

June 26, 2008, Introduced by Senators HARDIMAN, KUIPERS, CROPSEY, JANSEN, GILBERT, RICHARDVILLE, PAPPAGEORGE, BROWN, KAHN, VAN WOERKOM and BIRKHOLZ and referred to the Committee on Families and Human Services.

     A bill to amend 1982 PA 294, entitled

"Friend of the court act,"

by amending section 20 (MCL 552.520), as added by 1996 PA 366.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 20. (1) If the family independence agency department of

human services requests information from an office of the friend of

the court, that office may provide the information requested on a

quarterly basis. Not less often than quarterly, the family

independence agency department of human services shall publish the

information received under this section.

     (2) If an office of the friend of the court receives notice

from the department of human services under section 8 of the child

protection law, 1975 PA 238, MCL 722.628, regarding a child as to

whom the establishment or modification of custody or parenting time

is pending in an open friend of the court case, the office shall

notify the department of human services of procedural developments

in the case until a final order regarding the pending custody or

parenting time dispute is entered.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

unless Senate Bill No. 1418                                  

          of the 94th Legislature is enacted into law.