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The Attorney General’s Child Support Division was created in 2003 to combat the problem of unpaid child support. Over the past seventeen years the division has seen impressive results as it fights to obtain compliance with child support orders.
- 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...
In developing its guideline, Michigan looked at seven models for determining a child's support needs before choosing what have now become the three most commonly used state models: income shares, percentage of income, and the Melson model. Ultimately, the income shares model was chosen.
This brochure provides general information to service members who have been ordered to pay child support, and to parents who receive or want to receive child support from a service member. This brochure does NOT replace the advice of an attorney regarding specific situation or a case.
One of a parent’s most important responsibilities is to provide their children’s financial support. Parents who pay or receive child support have the right to ask for a review of the support amount. Michigan law allows a support review if either parent’s financial circumstances change.
CHILD SUPPORT COMPLAINT FORM. When your complaint has been submitted, you will be informed of your Web Complaint Number in your confirmation. Please make an accurate record of this number or print the confirmation page. A copy of the complaint may be sent to other governmental agencies.
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In general, Michigan law requires child support orders to follow the Michigan Child Support Formula. Lawyers and Friend of the Court workers calculate child support with software that uses the Formula. You can also use the MiChildSupport Calculator for free to calculate support according to the Formula.
