Section 780.163 - Court acting as responding court; docketing case; notification of prosecuting attorney; duties of prosecuting attorney; utilization of child support formula. - Michigan Statutes

REVISED UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 8 of 1952

780.163 Court acting as responding court; docketing case; notification of prosecuting attorney; duties of prosecuting attorney; utilization of child support formula.

Sec. 13.

(1) When the court of this state, acting as a responding court, receives from the interstate central registry of this state copies of the petition, certificate, and act, the clerk of the court shall docket the case and notify the prosecuting attorney of the county, who shall be charged with the duty of carrying on the proceedings.

(2) The prosecuting attorney shall take all action necessary in accordance with the laws of this state to enable the court to obtain jurisdiction over the obligor or the obligor's property. He or she shall prosecute the case diligently.

(3) A prosecuting attorney petitioning for child support under this act shall utilize as a guideline the child support formula developed under section 19 of the friend of the court act, Act No. 294 of the Public Acts of 1982, being section 552.519 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.

History: 1952, Act 8, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 202, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 172, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 241, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990