2002 House Bill 6004 ↩

House Roll Call 835: Passed

To revise Michigan’s system of child support enforcement. All child support orders would state the amount of support as a monthly amount, due the first day of the following month. Currently, past due payments constitute a lien against the payer's real and personal property, with certain exceptions. It would clarify and simplify the process of perfecting the lien, and would authorize liens against a payer's financial assets, which could be taken for disbursement to the custodial parent. The bill would also allow suspension of a payer's occupational, driver's, recreational, or sporting license after child support payments are two months in arrears, rather than six months as in current law. The bill is part of a legislative package comprised of House Bills 6004 to 6012, 6017, and 6020.