(1) Upon receiving a support order of another jurisdiction with the documentation specified in subsection (2) from an agency, an obligee, an obligor, or an attorney for either, the office of child support shall forward the documentation to the office of the friend of the court in the county in which withholding is being sought and the office of the friend of the court shall file the documents with the clerk of the court in that county. The clerk of the court shall accept the documents filed and the acceptance constitutes entry of the support order only for the purposes of this act.
  (2) The following documentation is required for the entry of a support order of another jurisdiction:

Terms Used In Michigan Laws 552.676

  • Agency: means the court or entity in another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act to the office of the friend of the court and the office of child support relative to the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Child: means a child, whether above or below the age of majority, with respect to whom a support order exists. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Court: means the circuit court of this state and, when the context requires, the court or entity of another jurisdiction with functions similar to those assigned in this act to the circuit court of this state relative to the issuance and enforcement of support orders. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Income: means income as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Jurisdiction: means a state or political subdivision, territory, or possession of the United States; the District of Columbia; or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • 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.
  • Obligee: means a person or entity that is entitled to receive support under a support order, and includes an entity of another jurisdiction to which a person has assigned his or her right to support. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Obligor: means a person required to make payments under the terms of a support order for a child, spouse, or former spouse. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Office of child support: means the entity established in section 2 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Office of the friend of the court: means an office created in section 3 of the friend of the court act, 1982 PA 294, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
  • Source of income: means source of income as defined in section 2 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • 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 and parenting time enforcement act: means 1982 PA 295, MCL 552. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  • Support order: means an order or judgment for the support, or for the payment of arrearages on the support, of a child, spouse, or former spouse issued by a court or agency of another jurisdiction, whether interlocutory or final, whether or not prospectively or retroactively modifiable, whether incidental to a proceeding for divorce, separate maintenance, paternity, guardianship, or equivalent proceeding, or otherwise. See Michigan Laws 552.673
  (a) A certified copy of the support order with all modifications.
  (b) A certified copy of an order of income withholding still in effect, if any.
  (c) A copy of the portion of the income withholding statute of the jurisdiction that issued the support order that states the amount of arrearages necessary to mandate income withholding under the law of that jurisdiction.
  (d) A sworn statement of the obligee or certified statement of the agency of the amount of arrearages, including the approximate dates the arrearages accrued, and the assignment of support rights, if any.
  (e) A statement of all of the following:
  (i) The name, address, and social security number of the obligor, if known.
  (ii) The name and address of the obligor’s employer or of any other source of income of the obligor derived in this state against which income withholding is sought.
  (iii) The name and address of the agency or person to whom support payments collected by income withholding shall be transmitted.
  (iv) The amount of income withholding requested.
  (f) A statement of eligibility for services under part D of title IV of the social security act, chapter 531, 49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 651 to 669, signed by the obligee.
  (g) A copy of proof of service or other evidence that the court or agency that issued the support order had personal jurisdiction over the obligor.
  (h) Notification of any known support orders involving the same parties and the same children.
  (3) If the documentation received by the office of child support under subsection (1) does not conform to the requirements of subsection (2), the office of child support shall remedy any defect that it can without the assistance of the requesting agency or party. If the office of child support is unable to make such corrections, the office of child support shall immediately notify the requesting agency or party of the necessary additions or corrections. In neither case shall the documentation be returned. If the substantive requirements of subsection (2) are met, the office of child support and the clerk of the court shall accept the documentation required by subsection (2), even if the documentation is not in the usual form required by this state.
  (4) Except as otherwise provided in section 7 to 13, a support order entered under subsection (1) is enforceable by income withholding against income derived in this state in the same manner and with the same effect as provided in section 7 to 23 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, being section 552.607 to 552.623 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, for support orders entered in this state. Entry of the order does not confer jurisdiction on the courts of this state for any purpose other than income withholding.
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