Michigan child support laws payments in relation to child support are routed through the Friend of the Court Bureau.
The Bureau’s Child Support Manual governs the practices in relation to child support payments.
- The guidelines prescribe the “Income Shares Model” application based on each parent’s net income.
- The non-custodial makes child support payments, while the custodial parent is presumed to spend the fees only on the child.
- In addition to the parent’s net income, the bureau may also take the parenting time of each parent into account in order to arrive at a final support amount.