Terms Used In Michigan Laws 552.502

  • Bureau: means the state friend of the court bureau created in section 19. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • County board: means the county board of commissioners in the county served by the office. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Court: means the circuit court. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Department: means the department of health and human services. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Domestic relations matter: means a circuit court proceeding as to child custody, parenting time, child support, 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. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Fair Credit Reporting Act: A federal law, established in 1971 and revised in 1997, that gives consumers the right to see their credit records and correct any mistakes. Source: OCC
  • Friend of the court: means the person serving under section 21(1) or appointed under section 23 as the head of the office of the friend of the court. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Friend of the court case: means a domestic relations matter that an office establishes as a friend of the court case as required under section 5a. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Health care coverage: means a fee for service, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, or other type of private health care coverage or public health care coverage. See Michigan Laws 552.502
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Office of child support: means the office of child support created in section 2 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 552.502a
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Public health care coverage: means health care coverage that is established or maintained by a local, state, or federal government such as Medicaid established under title XIX of the social security act, 42 USC 1396 to 1396w-5 or the state children's health insurance program established under title XXI of the social security act, 42 USC 1397aa to 1397mm. See Michigan Laws 552.502a
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Support: means all of the following:
    •   (i) The payment of money for a child or a spouse ordered by the circuit court, whether the order is embodied in an interim, temporary, permanent, or modified order or judgment. See Michigan Laws 552.502a
  • Support and parenting time enforcement act: means 1982 PA 295, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.502a
    •   As used in this act:
      (a) “Alternative dispute resolution” means a process established under section 13 by which the parties are assisted in voluntarily formulating an agreement to resolve a dispute concerning child custody or parenting time that arises from a domestic relations matter.
      (b) “Bureau” means the state friend of the court bureau created in section 19.
      (c) “Centralizing enforcement” means the process authorized under section 10 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.240.
      (d) “Chief judge” means the following:
      (i) The circuit judge in a judicial circuit having only 1 circuit judge.
      (ii) The chief judge of the circuit court in a judicial circuit having 2 or more circuit judges.
      (e) “Citizen advisory committee” means a citizen friend of the court advisory committee established as provided in section 4.
      (f) “Consumer reporting agency” means a person that, for monetary fees or dues, or on a cooperative nonprofit basis, regularly engages in whole or in part in the practice of assembling or evaluating consumer credit information or other information on consumers for the purpose of furnishing consumer reports to third parties, and that uses any means or facility of interstate commerce for the purpose of preparing or furnishing consumer reports. As used in this subdivision, “consumer report” means that term as defined in section 603 of the fair credit reporting act, 15 USC 1681a.
      (g) “County board” means the county board of commissioners in the county served by the office. If a judicial circuit includes more than 1 county, action required to be taken by the county board means action by the county boards of commissioners for all counties composing that circuit.
      (h) “Court” means the circuit court.
      (i) “Current employment” means employment within 1 year before a friend of the court request for information.
      (j) “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.
      (k) “De novo hearing” means a new judicial consideration of a matter previously heard by a referee.
      (l) “Department” means the department of health and human services.
      (m) “Domestic relations matter” means a circuit court proceeding as to child custody, parenting time, child support, 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) The 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) The revised uniform reciprocal enforcement of support act, 1952 PA 8, MCL 780.151 to 780.183.
      (vii) The uniform interstate family support act, 2015 PA 255, MCL 552.2101 to 552.2905.
      (n) “Friend of the court” means the person serving under section 21(1) or appointed under section 23 as the head of the office of the friend of the court.
      (o) “Friend of the court case” means a domestic relations matter that an office establishes as a friend of the court case as required under section 5a.
      (p) “Health care coverage” means a fee for service, health maintenance organization, preferred provider organization, or other type of private health care coverage or public health care coverage.
      (q) “Income” means that term as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552.602.

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