{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.1002","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.1002","heading":"Definitions.","body":"Sec. 2.\n\nAs used in this act:\n\n(a) \"Acknowledged parent\" means an individual who has established a parent-child relationship under this act.\n\n(b) \"Acknowledgment\" means an acknowledgment of parentage executed as provided in this act.\n\n(c) \"Child\" means a child conceived and born to a woman who was not married at the time of conception or the date of birth of the child, a child that the circuit court determines was born or conceived during a marriage but is not the issue of that marriage, or a child that is born to an individual who gave birth to a child conceived through assisted reproduction.\n\n(d) \"Court\" means the circuit court.\n\n(e) \"State registrar\" means that term as defined in section 2805 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.2805.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 722","Act Act-305-of-1996"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-722-1002","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"65fc443cee7f2e11ce5081a0d8307d6dcab6a4f0f931d64d56f090df4f9f0a24","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.1001","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-722.1003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}