Definition of child support

Written on July 3, 2004 by David C. Sarnacki

2004 Michigan Child Support Formula Manual (effective October 1, 2004):
1.03 Support Defined
1.03 (A) Support refers to the payment of money for a child or a spouse ordered by the court, and may include payment of the expenses of medical, dental, and other health care, child care expenses, and educational expenses. MCL 552.602(ee) contains a statutory definition of support.
1.03 (B) For the purposes of this manual, a child support obligation includes payment for the general care and needs of a child, medical support, health care coverage, and child care.
1.03 (C) A support obligation includes separately calculated figures for the base support (calculated in Sections 3.01 - 3.05), ordinary and extraordinary health care expenses, provision of health care coverage (Section 3.07), and child care expenses (Section 3.08).

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