Title 36, Domestic Relations

The individual or entity to whom or to which the administrative order, administrative subpoena or request is issued pursuant to this part and that is enforced by the reviewing court shall be liable for all costs of the court proceedings and shall be liable to the department for t…

The department shall have authority to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to implement this part.

(a) (1) Upon dissolution of a marriage, whether dissolved absolutely or by a perpetual or temporary decree of separation, the court may make an order and decree for the suitable support and maintenance of the children by either spouse or out of such spouse's property, according t…

(a) In cases where the court orders alimony or child support in accordance with §§ 36-5-101 and 36-5-121, the court may decree to the spouse who is entitled to such alimony or child support such part of the other spouse's real and personal estate as it may think proper. In doing …

(a) (1) In addition to the remedies in part 5 of this chapter, the court shall enforce its orders and decrees by requiring the obligor to post a bond or give sufficient personal surety under § 36-5-101(f)(2) to secure past, present, and future support, unless the court finds that…

(a) Any person, ordered to provide support and maintenance for a minor child or children, who fails to comply with the order or decree, may, in the discretion of the court, be punished by imprisonment in the county workhouse or county jail for a period not to exceed six (6) month…

(a) (1) If the bonds of matrimony have been dissolved at the suit of the plaintiff spouse, the defendant spouse shall not be entitled to any part of the real or personal estate of the plaintiff spouse in case of such plaintiff's intestacy.(2) Any entitlement a spouse may have to …

(a) The department of human services or any of its Title IV-D child support contractors shall report periodically to consumer reporting agencies, as defined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. § 1681a(f)), the name of any noncustodial parent, of which the department or it…

(a) In the event that, pursuant to federal requirements, the department of human services adopts a plan requiring political subdivisions to pass incentive payments through to agencies actually participating in the IV-D program of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 651-665), an…

Chapter 477 of the Public Acts of 1985 is declared to be remedial in nature and all provisions of that act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purpose.

(a) If any provision of the federal law that mandates any provision of chapter 477 of the Public Acts of 1985 is declared to be unconstitutional by the supreme court of the United States, any such provision of such act shall cease to be effective one (1) year from the date of suc…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context requires otherwise:(1) “Business day” means a day on which state offices are open for regular business;(2) “Commissioner” means the commissioner of human services or the commissioner's duly authorized representative;(3) “Department” me…

Effective October 1, 1997, each employer shall furnish to the department a report that contains the name, address, hire date and social security number of each newly hired employee, and the name, address, and identifying number of the employer assigned under § 6109 of the Interna…

An employer that has employees who are employed in two (2) or more states and that transmits reports magnetically or electronically may comply with § 36-5-1102 by designating one (1) state in which such employer has employees to which the employer will transmit the report describ…

The report provided by § 36-5-1102 shall be made not later than twenty (20) days after the date the employer hires the employee, or, in the case of an employer transmitting reports magnetically or electronically, by two (2) monthly transmissions, if necessary, not less than twelv…

Each report required by § 36-5-1102 shall be made on a W-4 form, or at the option of the employer, an equivalent form, containing the same data as required on the W-4 form. The report may be transmitted to the department by first class mail, magnetically or electronically in a fo…

(a) The department shall use the information received pursuant to § 36-5-1102 to locate individuals for purposes of establishing paternity and establishing, modifying and enforcing child support obligations and may disclose such information to any agent of the department that is …

(a) If, after prior notification by the department of human services of failure to make the necessary reports required by this part, any employer fails or refuses to comply with the requirements of this part, the employer shall be subject to a civil penalty of twenty dollars ($20…

The department has authority to promulgate rules pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, that it determines are necessary for the implementation of this part, and it is specifically authorized to utilize emergency rules to implement …

In all cases where payments for child support are made through or administered by the court clerk, the decree or order setting the child support must state that the party responsible for paying such support shall be responsible for the clerk's fee, as stated in § 8-21-403, and th…

(a) Notwithstanding title 71, chapter 3, part 1, or any other law to the contrary, the department shall establish and implement the responsible teen parent pilot project. The pilot project shall be established in at least one (1) county within each of the three (3) grand division…

(a) (1) In any case in which a child is receiving assistance under a state program funded under Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 601 et seq.), including, but not limited to, temporary assistance as provided under title 71, and the payment of support for such chi…

(a) (1) This section is intended to outline a flexible waiver application procedure for the federally required centralized collection and disbursement of child and spousal support established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 654b. Wherever the terminology “collection and disbursement” is …

(a) For the purposes of this section, “support order” means an order in which there is a judgment, decree, or order, whether temporary, final, or subject to modification, that is issued by a court of competent jurisdiction or an administrative agency of competent jurisdiction, fo…

(a) (1) Effective October 1, 1999, the department of human services shall become the central collection and disbursement unit for the state as required by 42 U.S.C. § 654b. All orders in Title IV-D support cases, and all orders for income assignments that have directed support to…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in lieu of any other fees or costs set forth by law that would otherwise be applicable to cases enforced by the department of human services or its contractors pursuant to Title IV-D of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. § 651 …

Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, the department of human services serves as the state disbursement unit. The department must establish, advertise, and maintain a customer service unit for the express purpose of receiving and responding to citizen inquiries and complai…

(a) All payments to the centralized collection and disbursement unit by either the obligor parent or a payer on behalf of the obligor parent shall include the following information:(1) The name and social security number of the obligor parent; and(2) The code identifier for the c…

(a) The department of human services, as the Title IV-D child support enforcement agency of this state, shall use high-volume automated administrative enforcement, to the same extent as used for intrastate cases, in response to a request made by another state to enforce support o…

(a) In any action for divorce, legal separation or separate maintenance, the court may award alimony to be paid by one spouse to or for the benefit of the other, or out of either spouse's property, according to the nature of the case and the circumstances of the parties. The cour…

Whenever a trial court finds that any person knowingly made a false allegation of sexual abuse in furtherance of litigation, in addition to any other penalties provided for by law or rule, the court may hold the accuser in contempt of court and may order the accuser to pay all li…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, all applications for professional licenses, driver licenses, occupational licenses, hunting and fishing licenses or recreational licenses, or marriage licenses issued by any agency or any political subdivision of the state on and…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the social security number of any individual who is subject to a divorce decree, order of support issued by any court, any order of paternity or legitimation, or any voluntary acknowledgment of paternity shall be placed in the record…

Parts 20-29 of this chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.”

(1) As used in parts 20-29 of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Child” means an individual, whether over or under the age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the individual’s parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary…

(a) The chancery, circuit, juvenile, and any courts exercising domestic relations jurisdiction under any enactment of the general assembly, and the department of human services when, pursuant to a state or federal law, the department is acting in its capacity as the Title IV-D ch…

(a) Remedies provided by parts 20-29 of this chapter are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity. (b) Parts 20-29 of this chapter do not:(1) Provide the exclusive method of est…

(a) A tribunal of this state shall apply parts 21-26 of this chapter and, as applicable, part 27 of this chapter, to a support proceeding involving:(1) A foreign support order;(2) A foreign tribunal; or(3) An obligee, obligor, or child residing in a foreign country. (1) A foreign…

(a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine parentage of a child, a tribunal of this state may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident individual or the individual’s guardian or conservator if:(1) The individual is personally served with …

Personal jurisdiction acquired by a tribunal of this state in a proceeding under parts 20-26 of this chapter or other law of this state relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal of this state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or continui…

Under parts 20-26 of this chapter, a tribunal of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state, and as a responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.

(a) A tribunal of this state may exercise jurisdiction to establish a support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:(1) The petition or comparable pleading in this state is filed before the ex…

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its child support order if the order is the controlling order and:(1) At the time of the filing of a reques…

(a) A tribunal of this state that has issued a child support order consistent with the law of this state may serve as an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of another state to enforce:(1) The order if the order is the controlling order and has not been modified by a tribun…

(a) If a proceeding is brought under parts 20-29 of this chapter and only one (1) tribunal has issued a child support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be recognized. (b) If a proceeding is brought under parts 20-29 of this chapter and two (2) or more child supp…

In responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two (2) or more child support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same obligor and different individual obligees, at least one (1) of which was issued by a tribunal of another state or a foreign count…