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Child Support Mission. The mission of the Child Support Division is to enforce child support orders by prosecuting those individuals who have a history of non-payment and have significant arrearages of at least $5,000.
- What Is Child Support?
- Who Pays Child Support?
- Calculation of Child Support
- Uniform Child Support Order
- Collection of Child Support Payments
- Reimbursement For Additional Medical Expenses
- Enforcement of Child Support Orders
- Imputing Income
- State Assistance
- Social Security Benefits
Child support is a parent’s court-ordered payment to help with the costs of raising a child. Child support normally stops when a child turns 18. But a judge can order support for a child who is between 18 and 19 ½ if the child: 1. Attends high school full-time, 2. Has a reasonable expectation of graduating, and 3. Lives full-time with the parent th...
The Michigan Child Support Formula determines which parent will pay child support and the support amount, based on factors including each parent's income and the number of nights per year that the child spends with each parent (called "overnights"). The person who pays child support is the “payer.” The person who gets child support is the “payee.” ...
The amount of child support is calculated using the Michigan Child Support Formula. It takes into account the following factors: 1. The parents’ incomes 2. The number of nights per year ("overnights") the child spends with each parent 3. The number of children supported 4. Health care costs 5. Child care costs 6. Other factors The judge must order ...
To start child support, a judge signs an order called a Uniform Child Support Order (UCSO). The UCSO will include the following obligations: 1. Base support 2. Medical support 3. Childcare expenses The calculation of the base support amount uses both parents' net income and number of parenting time overnights. Medical support includes ordinary and ...
The Michigan State Disbursement Unit (MiSDU) and the FOC work together to collect and distribute child support payments. In most cases, child support payments are automatically withheld from the payer’s wages and MiSDU forwards them to the payee. Both the payer and the payee get a copy of the income withholding order when support is paid this way. ...
For the payee to seek reimbursement of additional medical expenses, they need to show that the ordered total annual ordinary medical expense amount for all children was exceeded.
Child support orders are enforceable whether the order is ex parte, temporary, final, or a modification of a previous order. Some enforcement methods may only be used for the collection of past-due support payments, called “arrearages.” Enforcement methods include: 1. Withholding income from a payer’s wages 2. Placing a lienon a payer’s real or per...
When a parent chooses to reduce or eliminate their income, the judge may decide they have the ability to earn more. In this case, the judge may calculate and order support based on imputed (potential) income. Imputed income is the amount the judge decides the parent has the ability to earn. It is not the amount actually earned. If you believe incom...
When a custodial parent lives apart from the other parent, and the custodial parent and/or the child receives public assistance, MDHHS may seek a child support order in the custodial parent’s name. The custodial parent can’t waive child support in these cases. If the custodial parent gets cash assistance (FIP) for one child, they can get up to $100...
Only Social Security Disability Insurance
SSDI is a social security benefit paid to a person who has a work history and becomes disabled. The amount of SSDI a person gets is based on how much the person has earned in the past. The more work history a person has, the more SSDI they can receive. A parent who receives SSDI (and not Supplemental Security Income, or SSI) can be required to pay child support. SSDI will be counted as income in determining the amount of support. If you get SSDI, your dependent children may be able to get SSD...
Only Social Security Retirement
SSR is a social security benefit based only on work history. A parent who receives only SSR (and not SSI) can be required to pay child support. SSR will be counted as income in determining the amount of support.
Only Supplemental Security Income
SSI is a program that makes monthly payments to elderly, blind, or disabled people with low income and few resources. The basic SSI amount is the same nationwide, although many states, including Michigan, add money to the basic benefit. A parent can’t be forced to pay child support if their only income is SSI. The Michigan Child Support Formula says SSI should not be counted as income when calculating child support. If you are a parent getting SSI, tell the judge. Get a statement from the Soc...
If you owe child support debt (“arrears”) that you can't afford to pay, you can ask for a payment plan to pay a set amount for a certain number of months, and then have the remaining debt canceled.
Learn how child support is calculated in Michigan, as well as how to enforce or change your current child support order. Michigan (like all states) has child support guidelines for calculating the amount of support that divorced or unmarried parents should pay for the benefit of their kids.
- In Michigan, both parents have a duty to support their child (or children) until the child reaches 18, or perhaps longer if the child is still in h...
- Michigan’s Friend of the Court Bureau develops the state’s child support formula. Although it may have seemed like a clever idea at the time to nam...
- Even though a judge must presume that the support calculated by the formula is appropriate for your child, sometimes a standardized result can be u...
- Once a child support order is in place, you can still ask a judge (by filing a motion to modify) to change it. If it has been less than 36 months s...
You can file a motion to change support if you are asking for a support order that follows the Michigan Child Support Formula or an amount that is different from the Formula amount. It may be hard to convince the court to order an amount of support that is different from the Formula amount.
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If you are starting a new child support case and have questions about your application, you can call to reach a child support specialist using the phone number below. OCS IVR Phone: MIChildSupport Michigan Child Support Website for State of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
