COLLECTION OF ALIMONY OR SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE
Act 379 of 1913
552.151 Alimony or support and maintenance order in suit for divorce or separate maintenance; petition; punishment for neglect or violation.
Sec. 1.
In a suit for divorce or separate maintenance, if an order or decree for payment of temporary or permanent alimony, or of support and maintenance for minor children or for children who are 18 years of age or older, has been made, and if the party, plaintiff, or defendant, has appeared in person or by attorney or has been personally served with process within the jurisdiction of the court making the order or decree, then the court may punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, any neglect or violation of the order upon petition of the party whose rights may have been impaired, impeded, or prejudiced by neglect or violation.
History: 1913, Act 379, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11443 ;-- CL 1929, 12773 ;-- CL 1948, 552.151 ;-- Am. 1962, Act 176, Eff. Mar. 24, 1963 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 242, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases, 1958–2020 · leading case:
Ovaitt v. Ovaitt, 204 N.W.2d 753 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972).
Ovaitt v. Ovaitt, 204 N.W.2d 753 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972).
· cites it 2× “In any suit for divorce or separate maintenance where an order or decree for payment of temporary permanent alimony, or of support and maintenance for minor children, has been made, and where the party, plaintiff or defendant, has appeared in person or by attorney or has been…”
Wasson v. Wasson, 216 N.W.2d 594 (Mich. Ct. App. 1974).
“) Ovaitt referred to MCLA 552.151; MSA 25.151, noted that it was concerned "with the enforcement of support provisions of a judgment of divorce”, and said: "The language of this section also indicated that if the order was entered during the minority of the child that its terms…”
St. Ana v. St. Ana, 91 N.W.2d 292 (Mich. 1958).
“* See CL 1948, § 552.151 et seq. (Stat Ann 1957 Eev § 25.”
Nathan v. Ehrhart (In Re Ehrhart), 155 B.R. 458 (Bankr. E.D. Mich. 1993).
“Laws § 552.151, “the court may punish by fine or imprisonment, or both, any neglect or violation of the [child-support] order upon petition of the party whose rights may have been impaired, impeded, or prejudiced by neglect or violation.”
Montano v. Wimmer (E.D. Mich. 2020).
“5809 and MCL 552.151.” (ECF No. 1, PageID.15.) But none of these statutes provides a cause of action.”
Goforth v. Sec'y of Health & Human Servs., 655 F. Supp. 1150 (E.D. Mich. 1987).
· cites it 2× “These payments therefore were to continue almost eight years. The evidence also shows that Vashon was jailed in 1981 for failure to make payments pursuant to the court order.”
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