Sec. 28.

Each office of the friend of the court shall compile data on the number and type of complaints regarding support and parenting time. The data shall include, but need not be limited to, the number of cases in which a party fails to appear at a show cause hearing and the number of cases in which a bench warrant is issued for failure to appear. The data compiled under this section shall be transmitted at least annually in a report to the office of the state court administrator. The following specific information shall also be compiled:

(a) The number of state or federal income tax intercepts subsequently found to be based on inaccurate information or employee error.

(b) The number of support orders modified due to inaccurate information or employee error.

(c) The number of grievances filed in a calendar year, the nature of each grievance, the judicial response to each grievance, and any sanction imposed as a result of each grievance.

(d) The number of custody recommendations recommending physical custody to the mother, the father, or a third party.

(e) The number of makeup parenting time petitions filed, the number of hearings held on makeup parenting time petitions, the number of instances makeup parenting time is ordered, and the amount of makeup parenting time that is ordered.

(f) The number of reviews completed in a calendar year.

History: Add. 1996, Act 365, Eff. Jan. 1, 1997

Popular Name: Friend of the Court