FD/FOC 4124 CODING: MOFIN MOTION TO ADDRESS GENERAL FINANCIAL ISSUES This Motion cannot be used to change your monthly child support amount USE THIS SET OF FORMS TO: · · · Ask to lower or change the amount the FOC is taking out of your check with an Income Withholding Order Ask for credit toward your child support for money you paid directly to the other parent (attach proof) Ask for credit toward your child support for other reasons (describe why and attach proof) This Motion must be filed and scheduled in the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (CAYMC) building at Two Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48226. It will cost you $20.00 to file this motion. The County Clerk's Office accepts cash; debit cards; MasterCard, American Express, Discover credit; and, money orders made payable to the Wayne County Clerk. If you cannot afford the filing fee, you can ask the Chief Judge for an Order waiving the filing fee. Fee Waiver forms can be obtained from Room 201 (CAYMC 2nd floor). You can ONLY do this in person and you must have a State-issued photo ID card and proof of your income and/or public assistance. If the Chief Judge waives your filing fee the waiver is only good the same day as it is signed. You must file your motion that same day. INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Fill out pages 1 through 2. USE BLACK OR BLUE INK ONLY 2. Write your Case Number in the upper right corner of every page. 3. Attach a complete copy of your most recent child support order and parenting time order to your forms. 4. If you are trying to lower your Income Withholding Order, attach documents that help explain why you think the FOC is taking too much out of your paychecks. Some examples of what you should attach: your most recent paycheck stubs, proof of your regular living expenses like rent, gas and electric bills. FD/FOC 4124 Page A Revised 07/18/13 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com FD/FOC 4124 CODING: MOFIN 5. Leave the forms in numerical order. Make 3 sets of copies of pages 1 through 2 and all of your attachments before you bring them to Court to file them. 6. Bring all the original forms plus the 3 sets of copies to file. 7. Always keep a copy of every paper you file with the Court and bring your copies with you to the hearing. 8. To get a Court date, you need to file the motion properly with the Court. IF YOU ARE FILING IN PERSON: 1. Take your original set of motion forms, your copies, and your money to pay the filing fee with you to CAYMC. 2. Take your original set of motion forms, your copies, and your filing fees (or signed Order waiving filing fees) to the Wayne County Clerk in Room 201 (CAYMC 2nd floor). 3. Put case labels (stickers) in upper right corner of all original documents and only on pages 1 and 2 of each of your copies. Case labels are free and available in Room 201. 4. If you have a Chief Judge Order waiving your filing fees, give it the Clerk. 5. The Clerk will keep the original forms and have you pay at the Cashier counter. 6. The Clerk will give back to you the "Motion Praecipe" form with a red stamp on it. This proves that you filed the Motion with the Clerk's office. 7. Take that stamped "Motion Praecipe" form and your copies to: the FOC Scheduling Office in Room 900A (CAYMC 9th floor, down the hall from the Clerk's office). 8. At the window of Room 900A, an FOC representative will take all of your paperwork and give you a hearing date. 9. Go to your hearing with all documents that prove the request in your motion. If you do not show up, or if you show up late, your motion will be dismissed. IF YOU ARE FILING BY MAIL: 1. Write your Case Number in the upper right corner of every page. 2. Mail your original forms, 3 sets of copies and a money order for the filing fees to: Wayne County Clerk, Room 201, Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Detroit, MI 48226. 3. Keep copies of everything you mail to the Court. 4. Include a Self-Addressed Stamped Envelope and a letter asking the County Clerk to mail you a receipt and a copy of your motion stamped "filed." 5. You will receive your hearing date by mail. QUESTIONS? Call the Wayne County Friend of the Court at (313) 224-5300 or email FOC-Help@3rdcc.org. Employees of the Friend of the Court and the Wayne County Circuit Court cannot give you legal advice or help prepare documents. General Court information can be found on the website: www.3rdcc.org. Failure to complete all of the above steps may result in delay or dismissal of your motion. The Court is required by law to use the Michigan Child Support Formula to set the child support amount, unless the Court finds that application of the formula would be unjust or inappropriate. FD/FOC 4124 Page B Revised 07/18/13 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com STATE OF MICHIGAN THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WAYNE COUNTY CASE NO. MOTION Re: GENERAL FINANCIAL ISSUES AND/OR CREDITS Please print or type information. Plaintiff name, address, telephone no., and email address Defendant name, address, telephone no, and email address Attorney name, address, telephone no., and email address Attorney name, address, telephone no., and email address _____________________is incarcerated and a telephonic hearing is required. They are incarcerated at Name ___________________________________________and their inmate number is____________________ Name of Facility MDOC or Other Number I, ____________________________________, am filing this motion to request (please check one): Name A reduction in the amount of the income withholding. I have attached my paystub(s). I am only requesting that the amount of the income withholding order be changed, not the current child support cycle amount. I am requesting the income withholding amount be changed to $___________ per month for the following reason(s). _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________ A credit toward the child support due because of payments I made directly to the other party. The amount of the credit should be $__________. I have attached documentation supporting my request. A credit toward the child support due because of the following reason(s). I have attached the supporting document(s). _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ I declare that the above statements are true to the best of my information, k