Terms Used In Michigan Laws 400.235

  • Account: means any of the following:
  (i) A demand deposit account. See Michigan Laws 400.231
  • Address: means the primary address shown on the records of a financial institution used by the financial institution to contact an account holder. See Michigan Laws 400.231
  • Adult responsible for the child: means a parent, relative who has physically cared for the child, putative father, or current or former guardian of a child, including an emancipated or adult child. See Michigan Laws 400.231
  • Department: means the family independence agency. See Michigan Laws 400.231
  • Financial institution: means any of the following:
  •   (i) A state or national bank. See Michigan Laws 400.231
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Office: means the office of child support. See Michigan Laws 400.231
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  •   (1) The information obtained by the office shall be available to a governmental department, board, commission, bureau, agency, political subdivision of any state, a court of competent jurisdiction, or the federal government for purposes of administering, enforcing, and complying with state and federal laws governing child support and domestic relations matters. Unless otherwise precluded by state or federal law, the information obtained by the office is also available for purposes specified in 45 CFR 303.21. The office shall not release information regarding the use or payment history of an electronic access or debit card. Information pertaining to this type of account, if needed, shall be obtained from the recipient of support or the recipient’s financial institution.
      (2) The office shall not release information on an address or other information concerning an adult responsible for a child to another adult responsible for the child if the release is prohibited by a court order or if the office has reason to believe that release of information may result in physical or emotional harm to that adult or to the child. The office shall notify the federal government, and courts and agents of courts, about domestic violence or child abuse under part D of title IV of the social security act, 42 USC 651 to 660 and 663 to 669b.