Terms Used In Michigan Laws 552.2103

  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Support enforcement agency: means a public official or governmental entity or private agency authorized to do 1 or more of the following:
  (i) Seek enforcement of support orders or laws relating to the duty of support. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  • Tribunal: means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. See Michigan Laws 552.2102
  •   (1) The court is the tribunal of this state.
      (2) The title IV-D agency as defined by section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.602, is the support enforcement agency of this state.