{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-401.5","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 401.5","heading":"Court order to perform duty of support.","body":"Sec. 5.\n\nThe court shall order the relative or relatives to perform the duty of support, in the following order: The husband or wife shall be first required to maintain the poor person, if of sufficient ability; if a husband or wife does not exist, or he or she is not of sufficient ability, then the father or mother of the poor person.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 401","Act Act-146-of-1925"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-401-5","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"055a25150e6bf107f47bd6b254db9db4c1bc202de33138122f280918acb30e29","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-401.4","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-401.6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}