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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.337 - Referrals to Agencies Outside Court; Conferences.

551.337 Referrals to agencies outside court; conferences.
Sec. 7.
The director of a circuit court family counseling service shall advise spouses fully of the existence of qualified family counseling services outside the court so that they may freely make an informed choice of the outside service. In order to assure maximum use of community resources, referrals to agencies outside the court shall be made unless otherwise requested. The family counseling service may hold conferences with the spouse, spouses, or members of the family, or may refer parties to other qualified family counselors, family counseling agencies, or social welfare agencies, religious agencies or advisors, physicians, psychiatrists, private agencies, or other qualified persons. The referrals shall be made, when in the judgment of the director, the interest of the family would thereby be as well or better served.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.338 - Family Counseling Service as Impartial, Unbiased Resource in Evaluating Problems.

551.338 Family counseling service as impartial, unbiased resource in evaluating problems.
Sec. 8.
Upon specific referral from the court or at the request and agreement of the litigants, the family counseling service may be instructed to serve as an impartial, unbiased resource in evaluating problems involving custody of minor children, parenting time of minor children, and related matters.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 7, Eff. June 1, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.339 - Confidentiality; Privileged Communications; Exemption.

551.339 Confidentiality; privileged communications; exemption.
Sec. 9.
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a communication between a counselor in the family counseling service and a person who is counseled is confidential. The secrecy of the communication shall be preserved inviolate as a privileged communication which privilege cannot be waived. The communication shall not be admitted in evidence in any proceedings. The same protection shall be given to communications between spouses and counselors to whom they have been referred by the court or the court's family counseling service.
(2) A family referred by the court with custody or parenting time problems whose adult members sign an agreement indicating the purpose of the referral is exempt from subsection (1). A report of an evaluation of those families shall be submitted to the court with indicated recommendations.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 7, Eff. June 1, 1996
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.340 - Fee Schedule; Disposition of Revenues.

551.340 Fee schedule; disposition of revenues.
Sec. 10.
The family counseling service may charge fees for its counseling in accordance with a fee schedule prescribed by the circuit court with the advice and consent of the county board of commissioners. The county board of commissioners may designate a committee of its members to act in its stead in approving the fee schedule. The schedule may be based on ability to pay and may be waived by the court, the presiding judge, or the judge to whom the case may be assigned, for good cause shown. Revenues from fees shall be paid into the county general fund, and used to defray costs of the family counseling service. In multiple-county circuits revenues shall be returned to counties in accordance with their proportionate contributions to the creation and maintenance of the service. The county board of commissioners or a designated committee of its members may make provision for payment to agencies outside the court for family counseling services rendered to spouses in indigent cases.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.341 - Powers of Family Counseling Service.

551.341 Powers of family counseling service.
Sec. 11.
The family counseling service may engage in research, educational efforts, public information service, or other endeavors related to the purpose and policy of this act as approved by the circuit court.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.342 - Statutory Provisions Not Changed or Affected; Conferences or Interviews Not Considered as Condonation.

551.342 Statutory provisions not changed or affected; conferences or interviews not considered as condonation.
Sec. 12.
This act shall not change or affect grounds for divorce, separation, or other statutory provisions relating to domestic relations actions. Conferences or interviews with family counselors or a person or agency to whom parties may be referred shall not be considered as condonation by either spouse of the conduct of the other spouse.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.343 - Multiple-Judge Circuit; Majority of Judges.

551.343 Multiple-judge circuit; majority of judges.
Sec. 13.
In a multiple-judge circuit any act, decision or recommendation by the circuit court, provided for by this act, shall be deemed accomplished by a vote of a majority of the judges of the circuit.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 551 - Marriage › Act 155 of 1964 - Circuit Court Family Counseling Services Act (551.331 - 551.344) › Section 551.344 - Submission to Family Counseling Not Required.

551.344 Submission to family counseling not required.
Sec. 14.
This act shall not be construed to require a person who objects to family counseling to submit to family counseling.
History:
1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1980, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 1980
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.1 - Invalidity of Marriages; Legitimacy of Issue.

552.1 Invalidity of marriages; legitimacy of issue.
Sec. 1.
If solemnized within this state, a marriage that is prohibited by law because of consanguinity or affinity between the parties, because either party had a wife or husband living at the time of solemnization, or because either party was not capable in law of contracting at the time of solemnization is absolutely void. The issue of such a marriage are legitimate.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3222 ;-- CL 1871, 4733 ;-- How. 6223 ;-- Am. 1883, Act 24, Imd. Eff. Apr. 11, 1883 ;-- CL 1897, 8616 ;-- CL 1915, 11392 ;-- CL 1929, 12723 ;-- CL 1948, 552.1 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 229, Eff. Nov. 2, 1967 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.2 - Invalidity of Marriages; Marriage of Person Under Age of Consent, Marriage by Fraud, Lack of Cohabitation.

552.2 Invalidity of marriages; marriage of person under age of consent, marriage by fraud, lack of cohabitation.
Sec. 2.
In case of a marriage solemnized when either of the parties was under the age of legal consent, if they shall separate during such non-age, and not cohabit together afterwards, or in case the consent of 1 of the parties was obtained by force or fraud, and there shall have been no subsequent voluntary cohabitation of the parties, the marriage shall be deemed void, without any decree of divorce or other legal process.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3223 ;-- CL 1871, 4734 ;-- How. 6224 ;-- CL 1897, 8617 ;-- CL 1915, 11393 ;-- CL 1929, 12724 ;-- CL 1948, 552.2
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.3 - Marriage of Doubtful Validity; Procedure to Annul.

552.3 Marriage of doubtful validity; procedure to annul.
Sec. 3.
When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the validity thereof is doubted, for any of the causes mentioned in the 2 preceding sections; either party, excepting in the cases where a contrary provision is hereinafter made, may file a petition or bill in the circuit court of the county where the parties, or 1 of them, reside, or in the court of chancery, for annulling the same, and such petition or bill shall be filed, and proceedings shall be had thereon, as in the case of a petition or bill filed in said court for a divorce; and upon due proof of the nullity of the marriage, it shall be declared void by a decree or sentence of nullity.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3224 ;-- CL 1871, 4735 ;-- How. 6225 ;-- CL 1897, 8618 ;-- CL 1915, 11394 ;-- CL 1929, 12725 ;-- CL 1948, 552.3
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.4 - Marriage of Doubtful Validity; Procedure to Affirm.

552.4 Marriage of doubtful validity; procedure to affirm.
Sec. 4.
When the validity of any marriage shall be denied or doubted by either of the parties, the other party may file a bill or petition in the manner aforesaid, for affirming the marriage; and upon due proof of the validity thereof, it shall be declared valid by a decree or sentence of the court; and such decree, unless reversed on appeal, shall be conclusive upon all persons concerned.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3225 ;-- CL 1871, 4736 ;-- How. 6226 ;-- CL 1897, 8619 ;-- CL 1915, 11395 ;-- CL 1929, 12726 ;-- CL 1948, 552.4
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.5 - Repealed. 1951, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951.

552.5 Repealed. 1951, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section declared that sentence of life imprisonment on either party dissolved marriage without decree of divorce or other legal process, and that no pardon would restore party so sentenced to his or her conjugal rights.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.6 - Complaint for Divorce; Filing; Grounds; Answer; Judgment.

552.6 Complaint for divorce; filing; grounds; answer; judgment.
Sec. 6.
(1) A complaint for divorce may be filed in the circuit court upon the allegation that there has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved. In the complaint the plaintiff shall make no other explanation of the grounds for divorce than by the use of the statutory language.
(2) The defendant, by answer, may either admit the grounds for divorce alleged or deny them without further explanation. An admission by the defendant of the grounds for divorce may be considered by the court but is not binding on the court's determination.
(3) The court shall enter a judgment dissolving the bonds of matrimony if evidence is presented in open court that there has been a breakdown in the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- Am. 1847, Act 105, Eff. May 16, 1847 ;-- Am. 1848, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848 ;-- Am. 1851, Act 64, Eff. July 5, 1851 ;-- CL 1857, 3227 ;-- CL 1871, 4738 ;-- How. 6228 ;-- CL 1897, 8621 ;-- CL 1915, 11397 ;-- CL 1929, 12728 ;-- CL 1948, 552.6 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.6a - Complaint for Divorce; Availability.

552.6a Complaint for divorce; availability.
Sec. 6a.
(1) Beginning October 1, 2022, a complaint for divorce filed with the court shall not be made available to the public until the proof of service has been filed with the court.
(2) An entity administering or providing services under part D of title IV of the social security act, 42 USC 651 to 669b, may access a complaint for divorce made nonpublic under this section.
History:
Add. 2022, Act 175, Imd. Eff. July 21, 2022
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.7 - Action for Separate Maintenance; Filing; Grounds; Answer; Effect of Admission; Counterclaim for Divorce; Judgment.

552.7 Action for separate maintenance; filing; grounds; answer; effect of admission; counterclaim for divorce; judgment.
Sec. 7.
(1) An action for separate maintenance may be filed in the circuit court in the same manner and on the same grounds as an action for divorce. In the complaint the plaintiff shall make no other explanation of the grounds for separate maintenance than by use of the statutory language.
(2) The defendant, by answer, may either admit the grounds for separate maintenance alleged or deny them without further explanation. An admission by the defendant of the grounds for separate maintenance may be considered by the court but is not binding on the court's determination. The defendant may also file a counterclaim for divorce.
(3) If the defendant files a counterclaim for divorce, the allegation contained in the plaintiff's complaint as to the grounds for separate maintenance may be considered by the court but is not binding on the court's determination.
(4) If evidence is presented in open court that there has been a breakdown in the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved, the court shall enter:
(a) A judgment of separate maintenance if a counterclaim for divorce has not been filed.
(b) A judgment dissolving the bonds of matrimony if a counterclaim for divorce has been filed.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- Am. 1847, Act 105, Eff. May 16, 1847 ;-- Am. 1848, Act 150, Imd. Eff. Mar. 30, 1848 ;-- CL 1857, 3228 ;-- CL 1871, 4739 ;-- How. 6229 ;-- CL 1897, 8622 ;-- CL 1915, 11398 ;-- CL 1929, 12729 ;-- CL 1948, 552.7 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972
Former Law:
See section 4 of Ch. 2, Title VII of R.S. 1838, and Act 60 of 1844.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.8 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.

552.8 Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to additional grounds for divorce from bonds of matrimony.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.9 - Judgment of Divorce; Residency Requirement; Exception.

552.9 Judgment of divorce; residency requirement; exception.
Sec. 9.
(1) A judgment of divorce shall not be granted by a court in this state in an action for divorce unless the complainant or defendant has resided in this state for 180 days immediately preceding the filing of the complaint and, except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), the complainant or defendant has resided in the county in which the complaint is filed for 10 days immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.
(2) A person may file a complaint for divorce in any county in the state without meeting the 10-day requirement set forth in subsection (1) if all of the following apply and are set forth in the complaint:
(a) The defendant was born in, or is a citizen of, a country other than the United States of America.
(b) The parties to the divorce action have a minor child or children.
(c) There is information that would allow the court to reasonably conclude that the minor child or children are at risk of being taken out of the United States of America and retained in another country by the defendant.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3230 ;-- CL 1871, 4741 ;-- How. 6231 ;-- Am. 1887, Act 137, Eff. Sept. 28, 1887 ;-- Am. 1895, Act 202, Eff. Aug. 30, 1895 ;-- Am. 1897, Act 116, Eff. Aug. 30, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8624 ;-- Am. 1899, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 23, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 11400 ;-- CL 1929, 12731 ;-- Am. 1931, Act 139, Imd. Eff. May 21, 1931 ;-- Am. 1941, Act 2, Eff. Jan. 10, 1942 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 323, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 552.9 ;-- Am. 1953, Act 174, Eff. Oct. 2, 1953 ;-- Am. 1956, Act 95, Eff. Aug. 11, 1956 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 257, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958 ;-- Am. 1959, Act 174, Eff. Mar. 19, 1960 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 344, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1974 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 217, Imd. Eff. Nov. 27, 1989
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.9a - Decree of Divorce; Conditions.

552.9a Decree of divorce; conditions.
Sec. 9a.
No decree of divorce shall be granted in any case except when 1 of the following facts exists:
(a) The defendant is domiciled in this state at the time the bill of complaint for divorce is filed.
(b) The defendant shall have been domiciled in this state when the cause for divorce alleged in the bill or petition arose.
(c) The defendant shall have been brought in by publication or shall have been personally served with process in this state, or shall have been personally served with a copy of the order for appearance and publication within this state, or elsewhere, or has voluntarily appeared in the action or proceeding. Whenever any such order shall be served outside this state, proof of such service shall be made by the affidavit of the person who shall serve the same, made before a notary public, and when such affidavit shall be made outside this state it shall have attached the certificate of the clerk of a court of record, certifying to the official character of the notary and the genuineness of his or her signature to the jurat of the affidavit.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 257, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 147, Imd. Eff. Nov. 25, 1991
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.9b, 552.9c - Repealed. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958.

552.9b, 552.9c Repealed. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed sections provided that actions for divorce should be commenced by filing praecipe for summons with clerk, set forth requirements for filing, and provided for motion or petition for immediate relief.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.9d - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.

552.9d Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to the occurrence of desertion.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.9e - Divorce; Cause Occurring Out of State, Residence.

552.9e Divorce; cause occurring out of state, residence.
Sec. 9e.
Whenever the cause for divorce charged in the bill or petition has occurred out of this state, no decree of divorce shall be granted unless the complainant or defendant shall have resided in this state 1 year immediately preceding the filing of the bill of complaint for the divorce. Absence from this state for not to exceed 90 days shall not be construed as to interfere with the fulfillment of the 1-year residence requirement provided in the case of causes for divorce occurring without this state.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 257, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.9f - Divorce; Taking of Testimony; Minor Children; Perpetuating Testimony; Nonresident Defendant, Residence of Plaintiff.

552.9f Divorce; taking of testimony; minor children; perpetuating testimony; nonresident defendant, residence of plaintiff.
Sec. 9f.
No proofs or testimony shall be taken in any case for divorce until the expiration of 60 days from the time of filing the bill of complaint, except where the cause for divorce is desertion, or when the testimony is taken conditionally for the purpose of perpetuating such testimony. In every case where there are dependent minor children under the age of 18 years, no proofs or testimony shall be taken in such cases for divorce until the expiration of 6 months from the day the bill of complaint is filed. In cases of unusual hardship or such compelling necessity as shall appeal to the conscience of the court, upon petition and proper showing, it may take testimony at any time after the expiration of 60 days from the time of filing the bill of complaint. Testimony may be taken conditionally at any time for the purpose of perpetuating such testimony. When the defendant in any case for divorce is not domiciled in this state at the time of commencing the suit or shall not have been domiciled herein at the time the cause for divorce arose, before any decree of divorce shall be granted the complainant must prove that the parties have actually lived and cohabited together as husband and wife within this state, or that the complainant has in good faith resided in this state for 1 year immediately preceding the filing of the bill of complaint for divorce.
History:
Add. 1957, Act 257, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 227, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1958
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.10 - Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.

552.10 Repealed. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to collusion or misconduct of parties.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.11 - Action for Divorce; Answer Without Oath.

552.11 Action for divorce; answer without oath.
Sec. 11.
An action for a divorce may be brought by a wife or a husband, and in all cases the respondent may answer the bill without oath or affirmation.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3232 ;-- CL 1871, 4743 ;-- How. 6233 ;-- CL 1897, 8626 ;-- CL 1915, 11402 ;-- CL 1929, 12733 ;-- CL 1948, 552.11 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 211, Imd. Eff. Nov. 10, 1983
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.12 - Suit; Conduct, Power of Court.

552.12 Suit; conduct, power of court.
Sec. 12.
Suits to annul or affirm a marriage, or for a divorce, shall be conducted in the same manner as other suits in courts of equity; and the court shall have the power to award issues, to decree costs, and to enforce its decrees, as in other cases.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3233 ;-- CL 1871, 4744 ;-- How. 6234 ;-- CL 1897, 8627 ;-- CL 1915, 11403 ;-- CL 1929, 12734 ;-- CL 1948, 552.12
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.13 - Alimony; Costs; Termination.

552.13 Alimony; costs; termination.
Sec. 13.
(1) In every action brought, either for a divorce or for a separation, the court may require either party to pay alimony for the suitable maintenance of the adverse party, to pay such sums as shall be deemed proper and necessary to conserve any real or personal property owned by the parties or either of them, and to pay any sums necessary to enable the adverse party to carry on or defend the action, during its pendency. It may award costs against either party and award execution for the same, or it may direct such costs to be paid out of any property sequestered, or in the power of the court, or in the hands of a receiver.
(2) An award of alimony may be terminated by the court as of the date the party receiving alimony remarries unless a contrary agreement is specifically stated in the judgment of divorce. Termination of an award under this subsection shall not affect alimony payments which have accrued prior to that termination.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3234 ;-- CL 1871, 4745 ;-- How. 6235 ;-- CL 1897, 8628 ;-- CL 1915, 11404 ;-- CL 1929, 12735 ;-- CL 1948, 552.13 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1951 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 364, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.14 - Action for Annulment, Divorce, or Separate Maintenance; Entering Personal Protection Order.

552.14 Action for annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance; entering personal protection order.
Sec. 14.
(1) On the motion of a party at any time after the filing of a complaint in an action to annul a marriage or for a divorce or separate maintenance, the court may at any time during the pendency of the action prohibit a party from imposing any restraint on the moving party's personal liberty by entering a personal protection order under section 2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.2950 and 600.2950a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(2) On the motion of a party, before or at the time of a judgment of divorce, order for separate maintenance, or decree of annulment, regardless of whether a personal protection order has been issued under subsection (1), the court may enter a personal protection order under section 2950 or 2950a of the revised judicature act of 1961, Act No. 236 of the Public Acts of 1961, being sections 600.2950 and 600.2950a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3235 ;-- CL 1871, 4746 ;-- How. 6236 ;-- CL 1897, 8629 ;-- CL 1915, 11405 ;-- CL 1929, 12736 ;-- CL 1948, 552.14 ;-- Am. 1978, Act 318, Imd. Eff. July 10, 1978 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 229, Imd. Eff. Nov. 28, 1983 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 57, Eff. July 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 342, Eff. Apr. 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 1994, Act 417, Eff. Apr. 1, 1995
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.15 - Care, Custody, and Support of Minor Children During Pendency of Action; Support Order; Enforcement.

552.15 Care, custody, and support of minor children during pendency of action; support order; enforcement.
Sec. 15.
(1) After the filing of a complaint in an action to annul a marriage or for a divorce or separate maintenance, on the motion of either party or the friend of the court, or on the court's own motion, the court may enter orders concerning the care, custody, and support of the minor children of the parties during the pendency of the action as prescribed in section 5 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605, and as the court considers proper and necessary. Subject to section 5b of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605b, the court may also order support as provided in this subsection for the parties' children who are not minor children.
(2) An order concerning the support of a child of the parties is governed by and is enforceable as provided in the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3236 ;-- CL 1871, 4747 ;-- How. 6237 ;-- CL 1897, 8630 ;-- CL 1915, 11406 ;-- CL 1929, 12737 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 134, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 552.15 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 214, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 274, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 9, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.16 - Care, Custody, and Support of Minor Child After Annulment or Judgment of Divorce or Separate Maintenance; Enforcement.

552.16 Care, custody, and support of minor child after annulment or judgment of divorce or separate maintenance; enforcement.
Sec. 16.
(1) Upon annulling a marriage or entering a judgment of divorce or separate maintenance, the court may enter the orders it considers just and proper concerning the care, custody, and, as prescribed in section 5 of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605, support of a minor child of the parties. Subject to section 5b of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605b, the court may also order support as provided in this subsection for the parties' children who are not minor children.
(2) An order concerning the support of a child of the parties is governed by and is enforceable as provided in the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3237 ;-- CL 1871, 4748 ;-- How. 6238 ;-- CL 1897, 8631 ;-- CL 1915, 11407 ;-- Am. 1929, Act 254, Eff. Aug. 28, 1929 ;-- CL 1929, 12738 ;-- Am. 1939, Act 134, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 552.16 ;-- Am. 1985, Act 214, Eff. Mar. 1, 1986 ;-- Am. 1989, Act 274, Imd. Eff. Dec. 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 9, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.16a - Repealed. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001.

552.16a Repealed. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to support of child after child reaches 18 years of age.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
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552.17 Revision and alteration of judgment concerning care, custody, maintenance, and support of children; enforceability of order.
Sec. 17.
(1) After entry of a judgment concerning annulment, divorce, or separate maintenance and on the petition of either parent, the court may revise and alter a judgment concerning the care, custody, maintenance, and support of some or all of the children, as the circumstances of the parents and the benefit of the children require.
(2) An order concerning the support of a child of the parties is governed by and is enforceable as provided in the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650. If this act contains a specific provision regarding the contents or enforcement of a support order that conflicts with a provision in the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.601 to 552.650, this act controls in regard to that provision.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3238 ;-- CL 1871, 4749 ;-- How. 6239 ;-- CL 1897, 8632 ;-- CL 1915, 11408 ;-- CL 1929, 12739 ;-- CL 1948, 552.17 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 291, Imd. Eff. Dec. 14, 1990 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 9, Eff. June 1, 1996 ;-- Am. 2001, Act 107, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.17a - Jurisdiction of Court; Application for Modification of Judgment or Order; Waiver of Contempt.

552.17a Jurisdiction of court; application for modification of judgment or order; waiver of contempt.
Sec. 17a.
(1) The court has jurisdiction to make an order or judgment relative to the minor children of the parties as authorized in this chapter to award custody of each child to 1 of the parties or a third person until each child has attained the age of 18 years and may require either parent to pay for the support of each child until each child attains that age. Subject to section 5b of the support and parenting time enforcement act, 1982 PA 295, MCL 552.605b, the court may also order support as authorized in this chapter for a child of the parties to provide support for the child after the child reaches 18 years of age.
(2) Upon an application for modification of a judgment or order when applicant is in contempt, for cause shown, the court may waive the contempt and proceed to a hearing without prejudice to applicant's rights and render a determination on the merits.
History:
Add. 1939, Act 255, Eff. Sept. 29, 1939 ;-- CL 1948, 552.17a ;-- Am. 1954, Act 2, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990 ;-- Am. 2002, Act 7, Imd. Eff. Feb. 14, 2002
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.18 - Rights or Contingent Rights in and to Vested or Unvested Benefits or Accumulated Contributions as Part of Marital Estate Subject to Award by Court; Amendment of Court Order to Satisfy Requirements of Eligible Domestic Relations Order.

552.18 Rights or contingent rights in and to vested or unvested benefits or accumulated contributions as part of marital estate subject to award by court; amendment of court order to satisfy requirements of eligible domestic relations order.
Sec. 18.
(1) Any rights in and to vested pension, annuity, or retirement benefits, or accumulated contributions in any pension, annuity, or retirement system, payable to or on behalf of a party on account of service credit accrued by the party during marriage shall be considered part of the marital estate subject to award by the court under this chapter.
(2) Any rights or contingent rights in and to unvested pension, annuity, or retirement benefits payable to or on behalf of a party on account of service credit accrued by the party during marriage may be considered part of the marital estate subject to award by the court under this chapter where just and equitable.
(3) Upon motion of a party or upon consent of the parties, an order of the court under this section entered before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection shall be amended to satisfy the requirements of an eligible domestic relations order and to effectuate the intent of the parties or the ruling of the court. As used in this subsection, "eligible domestic relations order" means a domestic relations order that is an eligible domestic relations order under the eligible domestic relations order act.
History:
Add. 1985, Act 43, Imd. Eff. June 13, 1985 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 86, Imd. Eff. July 18, 1991
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 552.18, pertaining to disposition of real estate to wife, was repealed by 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
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552.19 Restoration of real and personal estate to parties.
Sec. 19.
Upon the annulment of a marriage, a divorce from the bonds of matrimony or a judgment of separate maintenance, the court may make a further judgment for restoring to either party the whole, or such parts as it shall deem just and reasonable, of the real and personal estate that shall have come to either party by reason of the marriage, or for awarding to either party the value thereof, to be paid by either party in money.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3240 ;-- CL 1871, 4751 ;-- How. 6241 ;-- CL 1897, 8634 ;-- CL 1915, 11410 ;-- CL 1929, 12741 ;-- CL 1948, 552.19 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 75, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
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552.20 Real and personal property or money in lieu thereof; delivery or payment to trustee; investment; application of income.
Sec. 20.
Upon every divorce, and upon every divorce from bed and board for any cause, if any real and personal estate of either party, or money in lieu of the real or personal estate is awarded to either party as provided in section 19, the court, instead of ordering it to be delivered or paid to either party, may order it to be delivered or paid to a trustee or trustees, to be appointed by the court, upon trust to invest it, and to apply the income from it to the support and maintenance of either party, and of the children of the marriage, or any of them, in the manner as the court shall direct.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3241 ;-- CL 1871, 4752 ;-- How. 6242 ;-- CL 1897, 8635 ;-- CL 1915, 11411 ;-- CL 1929, 12742 ;-- CL 1948, 552.20 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 243, Imd. Eff. Oct. 10, 1990
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.21 - Payment of Principal Sum on Court Order; Bonds.

552.21 Payment of principal sum on court order; bonds.
Sec. 21.
Such trustees shall also pay over the principal sum to either party and children of the marriage, when ordered by the court, in such proportions, and at such times as the court shall direct, regard being had, in the disposition of the income, as well as of the principal sum, to the situation and circumstances of either party and their children; and the trustees shall give such bonds as the court shall require, for the faithful performance of their trust.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3242 ;-- CL 1871, 4753 ;-- How. 6243 ;-- CL 1897, 8636 ;-- CL 1915, 11412 ;-- CL 1929, 12743 ;-- CL 1948, 552.21 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.22 - Disclosure of Property.

552.22 Disclosure of property.
Sec. 22.
Whenever the court shall think proper to award to either party any of the real and personal estate of either party, or any money in lieu thereof, such court may require either party to disclose on oath, what real and personal estate has come to either party by reason of the marriage, and how it has been disposed of, and what portion thereof still remains in the hands of either party.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3243 ;-- CL 1871, 4754 ;-- How. 6244 ;-- CL 1897, 8637 ;-- CL 1915, 11413 ;-- CL 1929, 12744 ;-- CL 1948, 552.22 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
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552.23 Judgment of divorce or separate maintenance; further award of real and personal estate; transmittal of payments to department of human services; service fee; failure or refusal to pay service fee; contempt; “state disbursement unit” or “SDU” defined.
Sec. 23.
(1) Upon entry of a judgment of divorce or separate maintenance, if the estate and effects awarded to either party are insufficient for the suitable support and maintenance of either party and any children of the marriage who are committed to the care and custody of either party, the court may also award to either party the part of the real and personal estate of either party and spousal support out of the real and personal estate, to be paid to either party in gross or otherwise as the court considers just and reasonable, after considering the ability of either party to pay and the character and situation of the parties, and all the other circumstances of the case.
(2) Upon certification by a county department of human services that a complainant or petitioner in a proceeding under this chapter is receiving public assistance either personally or for children of the marriage, payments received by the friend of the court or the state disbursement unit for the support and education of the children or maintenance of the party shall be transmitted to the department of human services.
(3) If the court appoints the friend of the court custodian, receiver, trustee, or escrow agent of assets owned by a husband and wife, or either of them, the court may fix the amount of the fee for such service, to be turned over to the county treasurer and credited to the general fund of the county. The court may hold in contempt a person who fails or refuses to pay a fee ordered under this subsection.
(4) As used in this section and section 24, "state disbursement unit" or "SDU" means the entity established in section 6 of the office of child support act, 1971 PA 174, MCL 400.236.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 84 ;-- CL 1857, 3244 ;-- CL 1871, 4755 ;-- Am. 1877, Act 91, Eff. Aug. 21, 1877 ;-- How. 6245 ;-- CL 1897, 8638 ;-- CL 1915, 11414 ;-- CL 1929, 12745 ;-- Am. 1947, Act 133, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 552.23 ;-- Am. 1951, Act 130, Eff. Sept. 28, 1951 ;-- Am. 1958, Act 81, Eff. Sept. 13, 1958 ;-- Am. 1964, Act 11, Eff. Aug. 28, 1964 ;-- Am. 1967, Act 73, Eff. Jan. 1, 1968 ;-- Am. 1970, Act 182, Imd. Eff. Aug. 3, 1970 ;-- Am. 1971, Act 175, Imd. Eff. Dec. 2, 1971 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 193, Imd. Eff. Nov. 1, 1983 ;-- Am. 1999, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 552 - Divorce › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (552.1 - 552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84 - Chapter 84 Chapter 84. of Divorce. (552.1...552.46) › R-S-1846-552-1-84-DIVORCE - Divorce (552.1...552.46) › Section 552.24 - Centralized Receipt and Disbursement of Support and Fees.

552.24 Centralized receipt and disbursement of support and fees.
Sec. 24.
The SDU is responsible for the centralized receipt and disbursement of support. An office of the friend of the court may continue to receive support and fees.
History:
Add. 1999, Act 159, Imd. Eff. Nov. 3, 1999 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 234, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 2010
Compiler's Notes:
Former MCL 552.24, which pertained to right of wife to dower, was repealed by Act 75 of 1971, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972.
Popular Name:
No-Fault Divorce