Friend of the Court

Community Resources

Maternal and Infant Health Program
1-800-764-4111 X5758 (infant – 18 months)
Parenting Plus 1-866-440-4111 X7273 (ages 1 – 5)
Healthy Kids 1-888-988-6300 (health care coverage for children)
Department of Human Services 1-866-440-4111
Parenting Classes:  
Bavelok 616-396-2301 (Pathways)
Love and Logic 616-396-2301
Men’s Resource Center 616-355-3000 (anger management, classes, counseling, etc.)
Center for Women in Transition 1-800-848-5991 or 616-392-1970
1-866-728-2131 or 616-355-9755 (Spanish)
Work First Program 616-396-2154
Choice Program 616-786-4120 for Ottawa Co. youth (incorrigible, truant, runaway) ages 9 – 17
Mediation Services call your caseworker for a referral
Counseling Services call your caseworker for a referral
Child Care Referral Agencies: Lakeshore Regional 4C 1-800-396-0241 or 616-396-2301
Ottawa County Child Development Services 1-800-428-5264 or 616-396-6105
Legal Aid: Muskegon 231-726-4887
Holland 616-394-1380
Toll free: 800-681-8016
Child Protective Services 1-616-394-7220
General Referral Source: 211 (Health and human services information for Ottawa County)
Circuit Court 616-846-8320 (translators, hearing schedules)
Circuit Court Records 616-846-8315 (copies of court orders, personal protection orders)
Circuit Court Vital Records 616-846-8310 (birth certificates, name changes, passports, marriage licenses)
Attorney Referral Service 1-800-968-0738
Paternity Testing Orchid Cellmark (Paternity/DNA Testing) 1-800-362-8378
DNA Diagnostics Center (Paternity/DNA Testing) 1-800-613-5768
Divorce Recovery 616-842-1985
US Bank (ReliaCard) 866-276-5114

Web sites:

State Court Administrator’s Office Friend of the Court Bureau (forms, guidelines, publications, child support formula)