The Interstate Support Law YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT

If the custodial parent has taken your child and left the state you must know about this law. My son is now 18, but when he was still very young my ex (we were married about a year) took him and moved from Florida to the upper Michigan peninsula. Not that she ever made it easy for me to try to have a relationship with him (I have the largest file in my county history in a effort to maintain visitation) but that was the final straw. Twice Michigan raised or "modified" my support to fit their criteria. But, guess what, according to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act they are not legally allowed to do that. The state that granted the final decree is the governing state when it comes to duration, amount, extent, and nature and other obligations of support. The only thing the child state of residence controls is health, wellbeing and visitation. So if you have has an increase or extension imposed on you by another state, take heed of this information. It's amazing that Alger County, Michigan seemed oblivious of this law.... as did Genesee County, which also increased me on my two other kids years ago. Thank God I found this information this time. Good Luck

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