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.