Michigan Family Law Guide
Use this page when you need the broader Michigan workflow: official formula materials, MiChildSupport, Friend of the Court review and enforcement steps, and Michigan's order-based spousal support structure.
Child support
Michigan's current child support baseline runs through the official 2025 formula materials and the public MiChildSupport calculator.
Friend of the Court workflow
Michigan child support cases continue to move through the Office of Child Support, county Prosecuting Attorney offices, county Friend of the Court offices, and the courts.
Spousal support
Michigan spousal support remains statute-driven and structured through uniform support orders instead of a single statewide percentage formula.
Use This With Other Michigan Tools
Support pages should route back into the core Michigan calculators and legal explainers.
Review the guideline rules, tables, and core legal standards for this state.
See how the Michigan child support formula and worksheet logic are structured.
Start from the broad Michigan support overview and route into the right tool.
The current Michigan child support baseline
Michigan Courts currently publishes the 2025 Michigan Child Support Formula Manual and the 2025 Michigan Child Support Formula Supplement. MCL 552.605 currently requires the court to order child support by applying that formula unless the court states why using it would be unjust or inappropriate.
MDHHS currently also points families to the public MiChildSupport Calculator. That tool helps users calculate a support amount under the formula, but MDHHS currently notes that the result is not itself a support recommendation or order.
How the Michigan service network fits together
- Start through MDHHS or MiChildSupport. Michigan currently lets families begin a case online or through the printed application path.
- Expect local partners to matter. MDHHS currently states that service delivery runs through the Office of Child Support, county Prosecuting Attorney offices, county Friend of the Court offices, and the State Court Administrative Office.
- Use Friend of the Court for reviews and follow-up. Review, enforcement, and case-management issues commonly return to the Friend of the Court process.
- Keep support and spousal support separated. Child support runs through the formula. Spousal support follows separate statutes and orders.
Why Michigan spousal support needs a separate lens
Michigan child support has a published statewide formula. Michigan spousal support does not have the same kind of public formula framework. Instead, the current official structure runs through statutes like MCL 552.13 and MCL 552.23, plus the uniform spousal support orders maintained by Michigan Courts.
If your Michigan case includes both child support and spousal support questions, start with the formula-based child support lane first, then pressure-test spousal support under the separate statutes and order terms.
Michigan source set for this guide
- Michigan child support main page
- Michigan child support parent resources
- 2025 Michigan Child Support Formula Manual
- Friend of the Court Bureau
- MCL 552.13
- MCL 552.23