Office of child support; duties; available proceedings; security, bond, or deposit as payment guarantee prohibited.
MCL 552.2704
in effect552.2704. Office of child support; duties; available proceedings; security, bond, or deposit as payment guarantee prohibited.
Sec. 704.
(1) In a support proceeding under this article, the office of child support of this state shall do the following:
(a) Transmit and receive applications.
(b) Initiate or facilitate the institution of a proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this state.
(2) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:
(a) Recognition or recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order.
(b) Enforcement of a support order issued or recognized in this state.
(c) Establishment of a support order if there is no existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child.
(d) Establishment of a support order if recognition of a foreign support order is refused under section 708(2)(b), (d), or (i).
(e) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
(f) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(3) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:
(a) Recognition of an order suspending or limiting enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this state.
(b) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of this state.
(c) Modification of a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.
(4) A tribunal of this state may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.
2015, Act 255, Eff. Jan. 1, 2016
Source: Michigan Legislature (legislature.mi.gov)URL: https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-552-2704Fetched: 10/20/2026