Sec. 2.

As used in this act:

(a) “Account” means any of the following:

(i) A demand deposit account.

(ii) A draft account.

(iii) A checking account.

(iv) A negotiable order of withdrawal account.

(v) A share account.

(vi) A savings account.

(vii) A time savings account.

(viii) A mutual fund account.

(ix) A securities brokerage account.

(x) A money market account.

(xi) A retail investment account.

(b) “Account” does not mean any of the following:

(i) A trust.

(ii) An annuity.

(iii) A qualified individual retirement account.

(iv) An account covered by the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 88 Stat. 829.

(v) A pension or retirement plan.

(vi) An insurance policy.

(c) “Address” means the primary address shown on the records of a financial institution used by the financial institution to contact the account holder.

(d) “Cash” means money or the equivalent of money, such as a money order, cashier’s check, or negotiable check or a payment by debit or credit card, which equivalent is accepted as cash by the agency accepting the payment.

(e) “Custody or parenting time order violation” means an individual’s act or failure to act that interferes with a parent’s right to interact with his or her child in the time, place, and manner established in the order that governs custody or parenting time between the parent and the child and to which the individual accused of interfering is subject.

(f) “Department” means the family independence agency.

(g) “Domestic relations matter” means a circuit court proceeding as to child custody or parenting time, or child or spousal support, that arises out of litigation under a statute of this state, including, but not limited to, the following:

(i) 1846 RS 84, MCL 552.1 to 552.45.

(ii) The family support act, 1966 PA 138, MCL 552.451 to 552.459.

(iii) Child custody act of 1970, 1970 PA 91, MCL 722.21 to 722.31.

(iv) 1968 PA 293, MCL 722.1 to 722.6.

(v) The paternity act, 1956 PA 205, MCL 722.711 to 722.730.

(vi) Revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, 1952 PA 8, MCL 780.151 to 780.183.

(vii) Uniform interstate family support act, 1996 PA 310, MCL 552.1101 to 552.1901.

(h) “Driver’s license” means license as that term is defined in section 25 of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.25.

(i) “Employer” means an individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or private or public corporation, the United States or a federal agency, this state or a political subdivision of this state, another state or a political subdivision of another state, or another legal entity that hires and pays an individual for his or her services.

(j) “Financial asset” means a deposit, account, money market fund, stock, bond, or similar instrument.

(k) “Financial institution” means any of the following:

(i) A state or national bank.

(ii) A state or federally chartered savings and loan association.

(iii) A state or federally chartered savings bank.

(iv) A state or federally chartered credit union.

(v) An insurance company.

(vi) An entity that offers any of the following to a resident of this state:

(A) A mutual fund account.

(B) A securities brokerage account.

(C) A money market account.

(D) A retail investment account.

(vii) An entity regulated by the securities and exchange commission that collects funds from the public.

(viii) An entity that is a member of the national association of securities dealers and that collects funds from the public.

(ix) Another entity that collects funds from the public.

(l) “Friend of the court act” means the friend of the court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552.501 to 552.535.

(m) “Friend of the court case” means that term as defined in section 2 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.502. The term “friend of the court case”, when used in a provision of this act, is not effective until on and after December 1, 2002.

(n) “Income” means any of the following:

(i) Commissions, earnings, salaries, wages, and other income due or to be due in the future to an individual from his or her employer and successor employers.

(ii) A payment due or to be due in the future to an individual from a profit-sharing plan, a pension plan, an insurance contract, an annuity, social security, unemployment compensation, supplemental unemployment benefits, or worker’s compensation.

(iii) An amount of money that is due to an individual as a debt of another individual, partnership, association, or private or public corporation, the United States or a federal agency, this state or a political subdivision of this state, another state or a political subdivision of another state, or another legal entity that is indebted to the individual.

(o) “Insurer” means an insurer, health maintenance organization, health care corporation, or other group, plan, or entity that provides health care coverage in accordance with any of the following acts:

(i) Public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 to 333.25211.

(ii) The insurance code of 1956, 1956 PA 218, MCL 500.100 to 500.8302.

(iii) The nonprofit health care corporation reform act, 1980 PA 350, MCL 550.1101 to 550.1704.

(p) “Medical assistance” means medical assistance as established under title XIX of the social security act, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, 42 USC 1396 to 1396r-6 and 1396r-8 to 1396v.

(q) “Most recent semiannual obligation” means the total amount of current child support owed by a parent during the preceding January 1 to June 30 or July 1 to December 31.

(r) “Occupational license” means a certificate, registration, or license issued by a state department, bureau, or agency that has regulatory authority over an individual that allows an individual to legally engage in a regulated occupation or that allows the individual to use a specific title in the practice of an occupation, profession, or vocation.

(s) “Office of child support” means the office of child support established in section 2 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.232.

(t) “Office of the friend of the court” means an agency created in section 3 of the friend of the court act, MCL 552.503.

(u) “Order of income withholding” means an order entered by the circuit court providing for the withholding of a payer’s income to enforce a support order under this act.

(v) “Payer” means an individual who is ordered by the circuit court to pay support.

(w) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity.

(x) “Plan administrator” means that term as used in relation to a group health plan under section 609 of title I of the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 29 USC 1169, if the health care coverage plan of the individual who is responsible for providing a child with health care coverage is subject to that act.

(y) “Political subdivision” means a county, city, village, township, educational institution, school district, or special district or authority of this state or of a local unit of government.

(z) “Recipient of support” means the following:

(i) The spouse, if the support order orders spousal support.

(ii) The custodial parent or guardian, if the support order orders support for a minor child or a child who is 18 years of age or older.

(iii) The department, if support has been assigned to that department.

(aa) “Recreational or sporting license” means a hunting, fishing, or fur harvester’s license issued under the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.101 to 324.90106, but does not include a commercial fishing license or permit issued under part 473 of the natural resources and environmental protection act, 1994 PA 451, MCL 324.47301 to 324.47362.

(bb) “Referee” means a person who is designated as a referee under the friend of the court act.

(cc) “Source of income” means an employer or successor employer or another individual or entity that owes or will owe income to the payer.

(dd) “State disbursement un