Bill Text: MI SB0981 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Family law; marriage and divorce; contacting a party to a divorce action; prohibit for a certain time period. Amends 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.101 - 600.9947) by adding sec. 914.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-10-01 - Referred To Committee On Families, Children, And Seniors [SB0981 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0981-Engrossed.html

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SB-0981, As Passed Senate, October 1, 2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 981

 

 

 

 

(As amended September 30, 2014)

 

 

 

 

 

 

     A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled

 

"Revised judicature act of 1961,"

 

(MCL 600.101 to 600.9947) by adding section 914.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 914. (1) A person shall not intentionally contact an

 

individual that the person knows to be a party to a divorce action

 

filed with a court, or an immediate family member of that

 

individual, with a direct solicitation to provide a legal service

 

until the expiration of 14 days after the date the proof of service

 

was filed with the court.

 

     (2) A person who knowingly violates this section is guilty of

 

a misdemeanor punishable as follows:

 

     (a) For a first violation, a misdemeanor punishable by a fine

 

of not more than <<$1,000.00>>.

 

Senate Bill No. 981 as amended September 30, 2014

 

     (b) For a second or subsequent violation, a misdemeanor

 

punishable by imprisonment for not more than 1 year or a fine of

 

not more than <<$5,000.00>>, or both.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.