{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-780.162","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 780.162","heading":"Certification of petition; sending forms package and copy of act to interstate central registry; certification requirements.","body":"Sec. 12.\n\nIf the initiating court finds that the petition sets forth facts from which it may be determined that the obligor owes a duty of support and that a court of the responding state may obtain jurisdiction of the obligor or the obligor's property, the initiating court shall so certify and cause a completed forms package as required by federal regulation and 1 copy of this act, to be sent to the responding state's interstate central registry. Certification shall be in accordance with the requirements of the initiating state.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 780","Act Act-8-of-1952"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-162","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"4d4b5e92f92eb35ad398f8a5135e4f3be7696896c167b3ac1d7085225380d953","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-780.161a","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-780.162a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}