General
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Authority: Court Rule
Model: Income Shares
Economic Study: Betson-Rothbarth 2006
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Basic Child Support Obligation Table
Last Updated: 1/1/2017
Income Base: Net Income
Income Measure:
Frequency:
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Minimum Income Bracket:
Maximum Income Bracket:
More than Maximum Income:
Child Support Schedule Factors/Assumptions/Adjustments
Age: No
Cost of living: No
Expenditures Measurement:
Low-Income
Medical Expenses:
Parenting Time:
Poverty Level: 2012/One Person
Price levels:
Subsequent Children:
Tax assumptions:
Low-Income1
SSR/LI Adjustment Amt: FPL $931/one person
Discretionary: No
SSR/LI Adjustment Application: See guidelines
Deviation Criteria: N/A
Threshold Income: N/A
Limitations: If one parent’s income is below threshold, that income is not used to calculate other parent’s support.
Minimum Child Support Amount: No
Limitations on Min. Amt: N/A
Notes: N/A
Deviation Factors
1. Agreement of parties
2. Application of the guidelines is inappropriate or unjust in the particular case
Medical Expenses
Ordinary:
Extraordinary: Not defined
Childcare Expenses
Added to Basic Child Support Obligation
Education Expenses
No provision
Modification
Variance of 10% ore %5 per week, whichever is less
Termination5
Age of Majority: 18 years of age
Ends: Majority but may order until 19 1/2 for completion of high school, or beyond 19 1/2 by agreement of the parties.
Statute: Mich. Comp. Laws §722.52; §552.605b
Duty to Provide College Support: No statute or case law holding parents to a duty to college support in the absence of an agreement.
Criminal Penalties for Nonpayment3
Source: Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.165
Crime: Felony
Maximum Penalty: 4 years, $2,000
Interest and Arrears4
Arrears: Yes
Summary: Judicial discretion at 1% plus average interest rate paid at auctions of five-year U.S. Treasury notes
Statute: Sec. 3a
License Restrictions for failing to pay Child Support2
Statute: Mich. Comp. Laws §552.628, Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3432, Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3433, Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3434, Mich. Comp. Laws § 338.3434a, Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.629, Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.630, Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.645
Type: Driver’s, Occupational, Recreational
Threshold: Greater or equal to two months support
Reinstatement: Obligator has 21 days after notice to pay entire arrears or request hearing
State Contact
Name: Ms. Vanessa Washington
Title: Michigan Office of Child Support Enforcement Policy Team Manager
Email: washingtonv@michigan.gov
Phone Number: (517) 241-8328
Address: PO Box 30478, Lansing, Michigan 48909-7978
Links
Child Support Calculator
Child Support Guidelines
Find Law
Child Support Program
References
1Judicial Council of California, Review of Statewide Uniform Child Support Guideline, October 25, 2017
2https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/license-restrictions-for-failure-to-pay-child-support.aspx
3https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/criminal-nonsupport-and-child-support.aspx
4https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/interest-on-child-support-arrears.aspx
5https://www.ncsl.org/research/human-services/termination-of-child-support-age-of-majority.aspx