5.7Failure to Obey or Comply with an Order for Payment of Alimony or Support
“The supreme court, circuit court, and all other courts of record, have power to punish by fine or imprisonment,[1] or both, persons guilty of any neglect or violation of duty or misconduct in all of the following cases:
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(f) Parties to actions, attorneys, counselors, and all other persons for disobeying or refusing to comply with any order of the court for the payment of temporary or permanent alimony or support money or costs made in any action for divorce or separate maintenance.” MCL 600.1701(f).
Contempt in the context of domestic relations cases is discussed in detail in Part II.
1 “The court shall not sentence a person to a term of incarceration for nonpayment unless the court has complied with the provisions of MCR 6.425(D)(3). Proceedings to which the Child Support and Parenting Time Enforcement Act, MCL 552.602 et seq., applies are subject to the requirements of that act.” MCR 3.606(F).