Michigan Laws 552.625e – Freeze of payer’s financial assets; execution; notice
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 552.625e
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Financial institution: means any of the following:
(i) A state or national bank. See Michigan Laws 552.602Insurer: 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) The public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 552.602Payer: means an individual who is ordered by the circuit court to pay support. See Michigan Laws 552.602 Person: means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental entity, or other legal entity. See Michigan Laws 552.602 Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(1) When a financial institution, insurer, or carrier receives a notice of levy under section 25c on a payer‘s financial assets held by the financial institution; money to be paid by an insurer as the result of a claim for negligence, personal injury, or death, under an arbitration award, or under a settlement of or judgment issued in a civil action; or compensation under a worker’s compensation order, settlement, redemption order, or voluntary payment, the financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall freeze those financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation. If the payer’s financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation exceeds the levy amount, the financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall freeze those financial assets, or that money to be paid or compensation, up to the levy amount. A financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall execute the freeze of a payer’s financial assets, money to be paid, or compensation under this section by the close of business on 1 of the following days:
(a) If the notice is received before noon, the first business day after the business day on which the notice is received.
(b) If the notice is received at noon or later, the second business day after the business day on which the notice is received.
(2) After complying with subsection (1), a financial institution, insurer, or carrier shall give notice of that compliance to the title IV-D agency and the payer. In addition, a financial institution shall notify each other person with an interest in the financial assets as shown in the financial institution’s records. A financial institution’s, insurer’s, or carrier’s notice to a payer under this subsection shall include a copy of the title IV-D agency notice to the financial institution, insurer, or carrier.