F D/ F O C 403 5 C ODING: M O S UP MOTION TO MODIFY CHILD SUPPORT USE THIS SET OF FORMS IF: 225 Child support is still being charged every month on your case 225 You still have at least one child on this case that is under 18 years old 225 There has been a change in how much money you make 225 You want to raise or lower the monthly child support amount 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 $60.00 to file this motion. The County Clerk222s Office accept cash; debit cards; MasterCard, American Express, and Discover credit cards; 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 5. 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 and parenting time orders to your forms. 4. Leave the forms in numerical order. Make 3 sets of copies of pages 1 through 5 and all of your attachments before you bring them to Court to file them. 5. Bring all the original forms plus the 3 sets of copies to file. 6. Fill out the Financial Information Form (FD/FOC 4008). Keep this form separate from the other forms. You must turn this form in separately at CAYMC Room 900A when you file. 7. Always keep a copy of every paper you file with the Court and bring your copies with you to the hearing. FD/FOC 4035 Page A Revised 11/28/2017 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com F D/ F O C 403 5 C ODING: M O S UP 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, your original Financial Information Form 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 the 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. Give the Clerk your original motion forms (NOT the Financial Information Form). If you have a Chief Judge Order waiving your filing fees, give it to 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 223Motion Praecipe224 form with a red stamp on it. This proves that you filed the Motion with the Clerk222s office. 7. Take that stamped 223Motion Praecipe224 form, your original Financial Information form, and your copies to: the FOC Scheduling Office in Room 900A (CAYMC 9th floor, down the hall from the Clerk222s 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 223filed.224 5. You will receive your hearing date by mail. QUESTIONS? Call the Wayne County Friend of the Court at (877) 543-2660 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 4035 Page B Revised 07/18/2013 American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com COURT ADDRESS: 645 GRISWOLD DETROIT, MI 48226 Plaintiff Street and No. City/State/Zip: Telephone No: E-mail: Employer: Address: v Defendant Street and No. City/State/Zip: Telephone No: E-mail: Employer: Address: COURT TELEPHONE NO: (877) 543-2660 CERTIFICATION I HEREBY CERTIFY that the attached motion and any attached documents are in compliance with MCR 2.114. Signature: Attorney for Movant Date: , 20 One of the parties is incarcerated, MCR 2.004. I HEREBY CERTIFY as required by LCR 2.119(B) that I made personal contact with (party222s attorney222s name, if represented; party222s name if not) on (date) , 20, and requested concurrence in the relief sought in the attached Motion and that either concurrence has been denied or that I have made reasonable and diligent attempts to contact counsel or the other party, if s/he is not represented by an attorney, requesting concurrence in the relief sought. (Signature of Filing Party or Filing Party222s Attorney) TO: OFFICE OF FRIEND OF THE COURT, 645 GRISWOLD, DETROIT, MICHIGAN 48226 The attached Motion has been scheduled for (date) , 20 , at (time) at the Penobscot Building, 645 Griswold, Room , Detroit, MI 48226 and is assigned to Referee . INSTRUCTIONS After completing this Praecipe, attach a copy of your Motion to it. You must serve a copy of the Motion on the opposing party or their attorney, if they have one, and also give them a Notice of Hearing. Bring the completed Proof of Service and Notice of Hearing with you to the hearing. NOTICE RE: FILING FEES: In addition to the $20 motion fee, a filing fee of $40 must be paid for child support motions and a filing fee of $80 must be paid for child custody or parenting time motions. When a motion raises both child support and child custody or parenting issues, only the greater of the two fees will be collected. These filing fees are nonrefundable. Adjourned to: Adjourned to: Attorney Information Attorney for Plaintiff: Street Address: City, State, Zip: Telephone: E-mail Address: Attorney for Defendant: Street Address: City, State, Zip: Telephone: E-mail Address: FD/FOC 4004 (5/2015) FRIEND OF THE COURT PRAECIPE Revised 11/7/2017 STATE OF M IC H IGAN TH I R D JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WAYNE COUNTY THE FRIEND OF THE COURT PRAECIPE FOR MOTION C A S E N O. American LegalNet, Inc. www.FormsWorkFlow.com S T A T E O F MI C H I G A N THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT W A YN E C O U N T Y M O T I O N TO MODIFY SUPPORT ORDER C A S E N O : HON: Please print or type information Plaintiff name, address, telephone no., and email address Attorney Name, Address, Telephone No. Bar No. Defendant name, address, telephone no., and email adress Attorney Name, Address, Telephone No., Bar No. 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 This motion is being filed by the current child support order is for $ per month. Name I HAVE ATTACHED A COPY OF THE SUPPORT AND PARENTING TIME ORDERS ARE ATTACHED. I have number of overnights per year with my child(ren). My income before taxes is per month. My source of income is Employer/Other I am requesting the child support be: increased reduced modified as follows: The change in circumstances is: increase/decrease in income new parenting time/custody order Other: I declare that the above statements are true to the best of my information, knowledge and belief. Date Signature of party filing motion FD/FOC 4035 Motion to Modify Child Support Page 2 Revised