Non Payment and Desertion-Child Support
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Non Payment and Desertion-Child Support in Michigan
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Desertion, abandonment, or refusal or neglect to provide shelter, food, care, and clothing
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 750.161 Desertion, abandonment, or refusal or neglect to provide shelter, food, care, and clothing; felony; penalty; bond; probation; failure to comply with conditions in bond; forfeiture of bond; disposition of sums received; continuing offense; proof. Sec. 161. (1) A person who deserts and abandons his or her spouse or deserts and abandons his or her children under 17 years of age, without… Continue Reading
Failure to support spouse or child as required by court order
750.165 Failure to support spouse or child as required by court order; violation as felony; penalty; applicability; cash bond; suspension of sentence; bond; order of restitution; "state disbursement unit" or "SDU" defined. Sec. 165. (1) If the court orders an individual to pay support for the individual's former or current spouse, or for a child of the individual, and the individual does not pay the support in the amount or at the time stated in… Continue Reading
Payments for care and support of wife or children; sworn statement
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE (EXCERPT) Act 328 of 1931 750.162 Payments for care and support of wife or children; sworn statement. Sec. 162. When any person is convicted under section 161 and sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment either in 1 of the state prisons or other penal institution, the warden of the prison or superintendent of said penal institution in which said person shall be confined shall, in case funds are available for such… Continue Reading