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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 216 of 1981 - Rights and Liability of Married Women (557.21 - 557.29) › Section 557.27 - Married Woman Entering Contract Jointly or Severally With Other Person.

557.27 Married woman entering contract jointly or severally with other person.
Sec. 7.
A married woman may enter into a written contract jointly or severally with another person.
History:
1981, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 31, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 216 of 1981 - Rights and Liability of Married Women (557.21 - 557.29) › Section 557.28 - Contract Relating to Property Made in Contemplation of Marriage.

557.28 Contract relating to property made in contemplation of marriage.
Sec. 8.
A contract relating to property made between persons in contemplation of marriage shall remain in full force after marriage takes place.
History:
1981, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 31, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 216 of 1981 - Rights and Liability of Married Women (557.21 - 557.29) › Section 557.29 - Repeal of MCL 557.1 to 557.5, 557.11, and 557.51 to 557.55.

557.29 Repeal of MCL 557.1 to 557.5, 557.11, and 557.51 to 557.55.
Sec. 9.
The following acts and parts of acts are repealed:
(a) Act No. 168 of the Public Acts of 1855, being sections 557.1 to 557.5 of the Compiled Laws of 1970.
(b) Act No. 196 of the Public Acts of 1911, being section 557.11 of the Compiled Laws of 1970.
(c) Act No. 158 of the Public Acts of 1917, being sections 557.51 to 557.55 of the Compiled Laws of 1970.
History:
1981, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 31, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Repealed - Act 158 of 1917 - Joint Liability of Married Woman With Husband on Written Instruments (557.51 - 557.55)

JOINT LIABILITY OF MARRIED WOMAN WITH HUSBAND ON WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS
Act 158 of 1917
557.51-557.55 Repealed. 1981, Act 216, Eff. Mar. 31, 1982.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 288 of 1975 - Income Rights of Husband and Wife as Tenants by Entirety (557.71 - 557.71) › Section 557.71 - Equal Rights of Husband and Wife Holding Property as Tenants by Entirety.

557.71 Equal rights of husband and wife holding property as tenants by entirety.
Sec. 1.
A husband and wife shall be equally entitled to the rents, products, income, or profits, and to the control and management of real or personal property held by them as tenants by the entirety.
History:
1975, Act 288, Imd. Eff. Dec. 10, 1975
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 126 of 1925 - Land Held as Tenancy by Entirety (557.81 - 557.81) › Section 557.81 - Sale of Land Held by Entirety; Survivorship of Rights of Vendor.

557.81 Sale of land held by entirety; survivorship of rights of vendor.
Sec. 1.
In all cases where a husband and wife shall sell land held as a tenancy by the entirety and accept in part payment for the purchase price the note or other obligation of said purchaser payable to said husband and wife, secured by a mortgage on said land payable to husband and wife, the said debt together with all interest thereon, unless otherwise expressly stated in said mortgage, after the death of either shall be payable to the survivor, and the title to said mortgage shall vest in the survivor, and in case a contract for the sale of property owned by the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety, is entered into by them as vendors, the same provisions herein applying to the rights of the survivor in mortgages as above set forth, shall apply to the survivor of the contract.
History:
1925, Act 126, Eff. Aug. 27, 1925 ;-- CL 1929, 13068 ;-- CL 1948, 557.81
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 210 of 1927 - Termination of Tenancies by Entirety (557.101 - 557.102) › Section 557.101 - Tenancy by Entirety; Termination.

557.101 Tenancy by entirety; termination.
Sec. 1.
In all cases where husband and wife own any interest in land as tenants by the entirety, such tenancy by the entirety may be terminated by a conveyance from either one to the other of his or her interest in the land so held.
History:
1927, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 13069 ;-- CL 1948, 557.101
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 210 of 1927 - Termination of Tenancies by Entirety (557.101 - 557.102) › Section 557.102 - Act Declaratory of Common Law.

557.102 Act declaratory of common law.
Sec. 2.
This act shall be deemed to be declaratory of the common law as heretofore existing in this state.
History:
1927, Act 210, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 13070 ;-- CL 1948, 557.102
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 118 of 1978 - Ownership of Property Acquired Jointly After Good Faith Marriage (557.111 - 557.111) › Section 557.111 - Ownership of Property Acquired Jointly After Good Faith Marriage.

557.111 Ownership of property acquired jointly after good faith marriage.
Sec. 1.
If a marriage is contracted by 1 of the parties in good faith and without knowledge of a prior undissolved marriage of the other party, and if that other party predeceases the party who entered into the marriage in good faith, the real property and any land contract, bond, certificate of stock, mortgage, promissory note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness acquired jointly after the marriage by the parties, unless otherwise expressly provided by the parties, shall be considered at the time of the other party's death to have been owned by the parties with full right of survivorship.
History:
1978, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1978
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 212 of 1927 - Joint Ownership of Personal Property in Joint Tenancy (557.151 - 557.151) › Section 557.151 - Evidence of Indebtedness Payable to Husband and Wife; Ownership in Joint Tenancy.

557.151 Evidence of indebtedness payable to husband and wife; ownership in joint tenancy.
Sec. 1.
All bonds, certificates of stock, mortgages, promissory notes, debentures, or other evidences of indebtedness hereafter made payable to persons who are husband and wife, or made payable to them as endorsees or assignees, or otherwise, shall be held by such husband and wife in joint tenancy unless otherwise therein expressly provided, in the same manner and subject to the same restrictions, consequences and conditions as are incident to the ownership of real estate held jointly by husband and wife under the laws of this state, with full right of ownership by survivorship in case of the death of either.
History:
1927, Act 212, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 13071 ;-- CL 1948, 557.151
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.201 - Separate Property of Husband; Control, Disposition, Dower of Wife.

***** 557.201 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.201 Separate property of husband; control, disposition, dower of wife.
Sec. 1.
(a) All property of the husband, real and personal, owned by him before marriage or before the effective date of this act, whichever is later, and that afterwards acquired by him by gift, inheritance, devise, or bequest, or received by him as damages or compensation for personal injuries, and all property of every kind, character, or description derived originally from property so owned or acquired, shall be his separate property, subject however to the right of dower.
(b) The husband shall have the right to manage, control, dispose of, and otherwise deal with his separate property in the manner provided by law without limitation by the provisions of this act, subject however to the right of dower.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.201
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.202 - Separate Property of Wife; Control, Disposition.

***** 557.202 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.202 Separate property of wife; control, disposition.
Sec. 2.
(a) All property of the wife, real and personal, owned by her before marriage, or before the effective date of this act, whichever is later, and that afterwards acquired by her by gift, inheritance, devise, or bequest, or received by her as damages or compensation for personal injuries, and all property of every kind, character, or description derived originally from property so owned or acquired, shall be her separate property.
(b) The wife shall have the right to manage, control, dispose of, and otherwise deal with her separate property in the manner provided by law without limitation by the provisions of this act.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.202
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.203 - Property Owned Jointly or by Entirety by Husband and Wife; Control, Inapplicability of Act.

***** 557.203 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.203 Property owned jointly or by entirety by husband and wife; control, inapplicability of act.
Sec. 3.
(a) All property owned by the husband and wife before the effective date of this act as tenants by the entirety or in any other manner recognized by law whereby neither the husband nor the wife individually has a separate property interest therein as defined in sections 1 and 2 of this act, as well as that afterwards owned by the husband and wife in any such manner which has been acquired by gift, devise, or bequest or by the transfer of the separate property of either the husband or the wife as defined in sections 1 and 2 of this act or of the interest of the husband and the wife, or of either of them, in community property as permitted by section 8 of this act, and all property of every kind, character, or description derived originally from property so owned or acquired, shall be the separate property of the husband and wife.
(b) The husband and wife, or either of them, shall hold, own and have the right to manage, control, dispose of, and otherwise deal with the separate property of the husband and wife in the manner provided by law without limitation by the provisions of this act.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.203
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.204 - Community Property; Interest of Husband and Wife.

***** 557.204 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.204 Community property; interest of husband and wife.
Sec. 4.
All property of every kind, character, or description acquired by either the husband or the wife, or both, after marriage, or on or after the effective date of this act, whichever is later, except that which is defined as the separate property of either or the separate property of both in sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act, shall be deemed the community property of the husband and wife, and each shall be vested with an undivided 1/2 interest therein. The respective interest of the husband and the wife in such community property shall be present, existing, and equal interests and shall arise as an incident of marriage.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.204
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.205 - Presumption That Property Is Community Property; Exceptions, Rebuttal.

***** 557.205 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.205 Presumption that property is community property; exceptions, rebuttal.
Sec. 5.
There shall be a rebuttable presumption that all property, real and personal, acquired by the husband or the wife, or both, after marriage, or on or after the effective date of this act, whichever is later, is community property: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this act shall prevent a husband and wife from acquiring and holding property in any manner permitted by law prior to the effective date of this act. Such presumption shall be deemed to be rebutted in any instrument of conveyance of real property where the grantees therein are described as husband and wife.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.205
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.207 - Community Property; Representation in Actions Against; Enforcement of Judgment or Decree; Exceptions.

***** 557.207 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.207 Community property; representation in actions against; enforcement of judgment or decree; exceptions.
Sec. 7.
The husband shall represent the community in all actions, suits, and other proceedings at law or in equity, except those relating solely to community property subject to the management and control of the wife, as to which the wife shall represent the community. The spouse representing the community with respect to the matters in issue therein shall be a necessary party, and the other spouse shall be a proper but not a necessary party, to all such actions, suits, and other proceedings brought by or on behalf of the community and to all such actions, suits, and other proceedings brought to enforce any debts or liabilities of the community or to affect the ownership of or foreclose any lien on the community property: Provided, That no judgment, decree, or other order shall be enforced against either spouse personally or against the separate property of such spouse unless such spouse shall be a party. The foregoing provisions of this section 7 are subject to the provisions of any decree which may be entered pursuant to section 11 of this act and shall not be applicable in any proceedings by 1 spouse against the other under the provisions of paragraph (c) of section 6 of this act.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.207
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.208 - Community Property; Conveyances or Transfer Between Husband and Wife; Equity of Creditors.

***** 557.208 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.208 Community property; conveyances or transfer between husband and wife; equity of creditors.
Sec. 8.
The husband may give, grant, bargain, sell, or convey directly to his wife, and the wife may give, grant, bargain, sell, or convey directly to her husband or the husband and wife may give, grant, bargain, sell, or convey directly to themselves, his, her, or their community right, title, interest, or estate in all or any community property, real or personal. Every such transfer shall operate to divest the property therein described of every claim or demand as community property, and shall vest the same in the transferee or transferees as his, her, or their separate property, as the case may be. No such transfer shall affect any equity in favor of creditors existing at the time thereof.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.208
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.210 - Exemptions; Homestead, Encumbrance or Disposition.

***** 557.210 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.210 Exemptions; homestead, encumbrance or disposition.
Sec. 10.
Nothing in this act shall be deemed to affect or modify the exemptions to which the husband and the wife, or either of them, are entitled by law. The homestead, whether it is separate property or community property, shall not be disposed of or encumbered except as provided by law prior to the enactment of this act.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.210
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.212 - Community Property; Rights of Husband or Wife on Divorce or Separation.

***** 557.212 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.212 Community property; rights of husband or wife on divorce or separation.
Sec. 12.
In the event of a divorce from the bond of matrimony or from bed and board by decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, community property shall be divided between the parties by the court granting the decree, in such proportions and in such manner as such court, from the facts in the case, shall deem just, proper, and equitable. The respective interests of the parties in any community property which is not divided by such decree shall thereafter be deemed to be those of tenants in common.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.212
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.214 - Community Property; Curtesy or Dower; Dower of Wife in Separate Property of Husband.

***** 557.214 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.214 Community property; curtesy or dower; dower of wife in separate property of husband.
Sec. 14.
No right of curtesy or of dower shall be allowed in community property, but this act shall in no way affect the wife's right to dower in her husband's separate property.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.214
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.215 - Applicability of Act.

***** 557.215 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.215 Applicability of act.
Sec. 15.
This act shall apply to personal property, wherever situated, acquired by a husband or wife while domiciled in this state and shall apply to the real property situated in this state of a husband or wife while domiciled therein. This act shall not apply to any property, wherever situated, acquired by a husband or wife while not domiciled in this state.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.215
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.216 - Life Insurance Proceeds; Payment by Insurer; Discharge; Effect of Notice by Person Claiming Interest in Policy or Payment.

***** 557.216 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.216 Life insurance proceeds; payment by insurer; discharge; effect of notice by person claiming interest in policy or payment.
Sec. 16.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, when the proceeds of, or payments under a policy or contract issued by a life insurance company become payable and the company makes payment thereof in accordance with the terms thereof, or in accordance with the terms of any written assignment thereof, if the policy or contract has been assigned, such payment shall fully discharge the company from all claims under such policy or contract unless, before such payment is made, the company has received, at its home office, written notice by or on behalf of some other person that such other person claims to be entitled to such payment or some interest in the policy or contract.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.216
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.217 - Effect of Act.

***** 557.217 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.217 Effect of act.
Sec. 17.
This act shall not be construed to operate retroactively and any right established or accrued and any action taken prior to the effective date of this act shall be governed by the law in force at the time such right was established or accrued or such action was taken.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.217
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.218 - Michigan Community Property Act; Short Title.

***** 557.218 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.218 Michigan community property act; short title.
Sec. 18.
This act and all amendments thereto shall be known and may be cited as the “Michigan community property act.”
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.218
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.219 - Effective Date of Act.

***** 557.219 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.219 Effective date of act.
Sec. 19.
The effective date of this act shall be July 1, 1947.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.219
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 317 of 1947 - Michigan Community Property Act (557.201 - 557.220) › Section 557.220 - Repeal.

***** 557.220 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
557.220 Repeal.
Sec. 20.
All acts and parts of acts in any wise inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
History:
1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 557.220
Compiler's Notes:
This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Repeal of Community Property Act (557.251 - 557.255) › Section 557.251 - Repealed. 1980, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980.

557.251 Repealed. 1980, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section repealed the community property act, subject to certain saving provisions.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Repeal of Community Property Act (557.251 - 557.255) › Section 557.252 - Repeal of Community Property Act; Effect.

557.252 Repeal of community property act; effect.
Sec. 2.
This act shall not impair or affect any right acquired prior to the time this act takes effect, but the same may be enjoyed as fully and to the same extent as if this act had not been passed, under and according to the law in force at the time such right was acquired, except as provided in sections 3 and 4 of this act.
History:
1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 39, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948 ;-- CL 1948, 557.252
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Repeal of Community Property Act (557.251 - 557.255) › Section 557.253 - Repeal of Community Property Act; Community Property on Effective Date of Repeal, Continuance, Notice of Claim.

557.253 Repeal of community property act; community property on effective date of repeal, continuance, notice of claim.
Sec. 3.
Any property which, at the time this act takes effect, constitutes community property by virtue of the provisions of Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1947 shall continue to be community property and remain subject to the provisions of said act and for such purpose said act shall continue in force: Provided, That, except where the conveyance or other instrument of title under which the same was acquired or other evidence of ownership thereof expressly states the intention that such property shall be community property, any such property shall, upon the expiration of 1 year after the time this act takes effect, be deemed to be the separate property of the husband or the wife, or both, according to the name or names set forth in the conveyance or other instrument of title under which such property was acquired or other evidence of ownership thereof, unless, within such 1 year period, either spouse having an interest therein, or any of the devisees, legatees, heirs or distributees of either of them who shall have died prior to or during the running of such 1 year period, shall file notice of claim that such property constitutes community property.
Such notice of claim, to be effective, shall be in writing, shall contain a description of each item of property to which the same relates, shall be executed by the party making the same in the manner required for the execution of deeds and shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds for the county in which the spouse by whom, or in whose behalf, the same is made resides at the time of the filing thereof, or, in the event that such spouse shall have died, for the county in which such spouse resided at the time of death. In the event that such notice of claim relates to real property located in any other county or counties, to be effective as to such property, a duplicate original of such notice of claim shall also be filed in the office of the register of deeds for each such county.
No disability of any kind or lack of knowledge on the part of anyone shall suspend the running of the time for filing such notice of claim, but such notice may be executed and filed by any other person acting in behalf of any party by whom such notice of claim may be filed who is under a disability or otherwise unable to make such claim in his or her own behalf.
History:
1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 39, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948 ;-- CL 1948, 557.253
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Repeal of Community Property Act (557.251 - 557.255) › Section 557.254 - Repeal of Community Property Act; Community Property Thereafter Derived, Continuance, Notice of Claim.

557.254 Repeal of community property act; community property thereafter derived, continuance, notice of claim.
Sec. 4.
Any property hereafter derived from property which constitutes community property by virtue of the provisions of Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1947 shall constitute community property and remain subject to the provisions of said act and for such purpose said act shall continue in force: Provided, That, except where the conveyance or other instrument of title under which the same is acquired or other evidence of ownership thereof expressly states the intention that such property shall be community property, any such property acquired within 1 year after the time this act takes effect shall be deemed to be separate property of the husband or the wife, or both, according to the name or names set forth in the conveyance or other instrument of title under which such property is acquired or other evidence of ownership thereof, unless within such 1 year period either spouse having an interest therein, or any of the devisees, legatees, heirs or distributees of either of them who shall have died prior to or during the running of such 1 year period, shall file notice of claim that such property constitutes community property: And provided further, That any such property acquired after the expiration of such 1 year period shall be deemed to be separate property, as aforesaid, unless the conveyance or other instrument of title under which such property is acquired or other evidence of ownership thereof shall expressly state the intention that such property shall constitute community property. All of the provisions of section 3 of this act with respect to any notice of claim pursuant thereto shall be applicable with respect to any notice of claim under the provisions of this section.
History:
1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 39, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948 ;-- CL 1948, 557.254
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.) - Repeal of Community Property Act (557.251 - 557.255) › Section 557.255 - Reliance on Acts of Husband or Wife.

557.255 Reliance on acts of husband or wife.
Sec. 5.
Notwithstanding any provision of Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1947 or any other provision of this act, any other person may rely, and shall be fully protected in so doing, upon the right of the husband or the wife to receive, manage, control, dispose of, or otherwise deal with property standing in his or her name in such manner that, by law, but for the provisions of said acts, he or she would be entitled so to deal therewith.
History:
1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 39, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948 ;-- CL 1948, 557.255
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.261 - Short Title.

557.261 Short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Uniform disposition of community property rights at death act”.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.262 - Property to Which Act Applies.

557.262 Property to which act applies.
Sec. 2.
This act applies to the disposition at death of the following property acquired by a married person:
(a) Personal property, wherever situated which was acquired as or became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction; all or the proportionate part of that property acquired with the rents, issues, or income of, or the proceeds from, or in exchange for, that community property; or traceable to that community property.
(b) All or the proportionate part of any real property situated in this state which was acquired with the rents, issues, or income of, the proceeds from, or in exchange for, property acquired as or which became, and remained, community property under the laws of another jurisdiction, or property traceable to that community property.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.263 - Rebuttable Presumptions.

557.263 Rebuttable presumptions.
Sec. 3.
In determining whether this act applies to specific property all of the following rebuttable presumptions apply:
(a) Property acquired during marriage by a spouse of that marriage while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could then be acquired as community property is presumed to have been acquired as or to have become, and remained, property to which this act applies.
(b) Real property situated in this state and personal property wherever situated acquired by a married person while domiciled in a jurisdiction under whose laws property could not then be acquired as community property, title to which was taken in a form which created rights of survivorship, is presumed not to be property to which this act applies.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.264 - Disposition of Property Upon Death of Married Person.

557.264 Disposition of property upon death of married person.
Sec. 4.
Upon death of a married person, 1/2 of the property to which this act applies is the property of the surviving spouse and is not subject to testamentary disposition by the decedent, or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. One-half of that property is the property of the decedent and is subject to testamentary disposition or distribution under the laws of succession of this state. With respect to property to which this act applies, the 1/2 of the property which is the property of the decendent is not subject to the surviving spouse's right to elect against the will and an estate of dower does not exist in the property of the decedent.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
Compiler's Notes:
In the last sentence of this section, “decendent” evidently should read “decedent.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.265 - Perfecting Title of Surviving Spouse if Title Held by Decedent at Time of Death; Duty of Personal Representative or Court.

557.265 Perfecting title of surviving spouse if title held by decedent at time of death; duty of personal representative or court.
Sec. 5.
If the title to property to which this act applies was held by the decedent at the time of death, title of the surviving spouse may be perfected by an order of the court or by execution of an instrument by the personal representative or the heirs or devisees of the decedent with the approval of the court. Neither the personal representative nor the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered has a duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the decedent is property to which this act applies, unless a written demand is made by the surviving spouse or the spouse's successor in interest.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.266 - Action to Perfect Title Held by Surviving Spouse at Time of Decedent's Death; Duty of Personal Representative.

557.266 Action to perfect title held by surviving spouse at time of decedent's death; duty of personal representative.
Sec. 6.
If the title to property to which this act applies is held by the surviving spouse at the time of the decedent's death, the personal representative of an heir or devisee of the decedent may institute an action to perfect title to the property. The personal representative does not have a fiduciary duty to discover or attempt to discover whether property held by the surviving spouse is property to which this act applies, unless a written demand is made by an heir, devisee, or creditor of the decedent.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.267 - Purchaser for Value; Lender Taking Security Interest in Property.

557.267 Purchaser for value; lender taking security interest in property.
Sec. 7.
(1) If a surviving spouse has apparent title to property to which this act applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent.
(2) If a personal representative or an heir or devisee of the decedent has apparent title to property to which this act applies, a purchaser for value or a lender taking a security interest in the property takes his interest in the property free of any rights of the surviving spouse.
(3) A purchaser for value or a lender need not inquire whether a vendor or borrower acted properly.
(4) The proceeds of a sale or creation of a security interest shall be treated in the same manner as the property transferred to the purchaser for value or a lender.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.268 - Rights of Creditors.

557.268 Rights of creditors.
Sec. 8.
This act does not affect rights of creditors with respect to property to which this act applies.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.269 - Married Persons Not Prevented From Severing or Altering Interests in Property.

557.269 Married persons not prevented from severing or altering interests in property.
Sec. 9.
This act does not prevent married persons from severing or altering their interests in property to which this act applies.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.270 - Disposition of Property by Will.

557.270 Disposition of property by will.
Sec. 10.
This act does not authorize a person to dispose of property by will if it is held under limitations imposed by law preventing testamentary disposition by that person.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 557 - Property of Husband and Wife › Act 289 of 1975 - Uniform Disposition of Community Property Rights at Death Act (557.261 - 557.271) › Section 557.271 - Application and Construction of Act.

557.271 Application and construction of act.
Sec. 11.
This act shall be so applied and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this act among those states which enact it.
History:
1975, Act 289, Eff. Mar. 31, 1976
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.1 - Right of Widow to Dower.

558.1 Right of widow to dower.
Sec. 1.
The widow of every deceased person, shall be entitled to dower, or the use during her natural life, of 1/3 part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance, at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2772 ;-- CL 1871, 4269 ;-- How. 5733 ;-- CL 1897, 8918 ;-- CL 1915, 11654 ;-- CL 1929, 13072 ;-- CL 1948, 558.1
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.2 - Dower in Lands Exchanged; Election.

558.2 Dower in lands exchanged; election.
Sec. 2.
If a husband seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, exchange them for other lands, his widow shall not have dower of both, but shall make her election to be endowed of the lands given, or of those taken in exchange; and if such election be not evinced by the commencement of proceedings to recover her dower of the lands given in exchange, within 1 year after the death of her husband, she shall be deemed to have elected to take her dower of the lands received in exchange.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2773 ;-- CL 1871, 4270 ;-- How. 5734 ;-- CL 1897, 8919 ;-- CL 1915, 11655 ;-- CL 1929, 13073 ;-- CL 1948, 558.2
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.3 - Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Mortgage Before Marriage.

558.3 Dower in mortgaged lands; mortgage before marriage.
Sec. 3.
When a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, shall have executed a mortgage of such estate before marriage, his widow shall be entitled to a dower out of the lands mortgaged, as against every person except the mortgagee and those claiming under him.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2774 ;-- CL 1871, 4271 ;-- How. 5735 ;-- CL 1897, 8920 ;-- CL 1915, 11656 ;-- CL 1929, 13074 ;-- CL 1948, 558.3
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.4 - Dower in Mortgaged Lands; Purchase Money Mortgage Given After Marriage.

558.4 Dower in mortgaged lands; purchase money mortgage given after marriage.
Sec. 4.
When a husband shall purchase lands during coverture, and shall at the same time mortgage his estate in such lands to secure the payment of the purchase money, his widow shall not be entitled to dower out of such lands, as against the mortgagee or those claiming under him, although she shall not have united in such mortgage, but she shall be entitled to her dower as against all other persons.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2775 ;-- CL 1871, 4272 ;-- How. 5736 ;-- CL 1897, 8921 ;-- CL 1915, 11657 ;-- CL 1929, 13075 ;-- CL 1948, 558.4
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.5 - Dower in Surplus of Proceeds From Foreclosure of Mortgage.

558.5 Dower in surplus of proceeds from foreclosure of mortgage.
Sec. 5.
Where in either of the cases mentioned in the 2 last preceding sections, or in case of a mortgage in which she shall have joined with her husband, the mortgagee, or those claiming under him shall after the death of the husband cause the mortgaged premises to be sold by virtue of such mortgage, and any surplus shall remain after payment of the moneys due thereon and the costs and charges of the sale, such widow shall be entitled to the interest or income of 1/3 part of such surplus, for her life, as dower.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2776 ;-- CL 1871, 4273 ;-- How. 5737 ;-- CL 1897, 8922 ;-- CL 1915, 11658 ;-- CL 1929, 13076 ;-- CL 1948, 558.5
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.6 - Dower in Lands Released by Payment of Mortgage.

558.6 Dower in lands released by payment of mortgage.
Sec. 6.
If, in either of the cases above specified, the heir or other person claiming under the husband, shall pay and satisfy the mortgage, the amount so paid shall be deducted from the value of the land, and the widow shall have set out to her, for her dower in the mortgaged lands, the value of 1/3 of the residue after such deduction.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2777 ;-- CL 1871, 4274 ;-- How. 5738 ;-- CL 1897, 8923 ;-- CL 1915, 11659 ;-- CL 1929, 13077 ;-- CL 1948, 558.6
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.7 - Dower in Aliened Lands; Estimation.

558.7 Dower in aliened lands; estimation.
Sec. 7.
When a widow shall be entitled to dower out of any lands which shall have been aliened by the husband in his lifetime, and such lands shall have been enhanced in value after the alienation, such lands shall be estimated, in setting out the widow's dower, according to their value at the time when they were so aliened.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2778 ;-- CL 1871, 4275 ;-- How. 5739 ;-- CL 1897, 8924 ;-- CL 1915, 11660 ;-- CL 1929, 13078 ;-- CL 1948, 558.7
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 558 - Estates in Dower › R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66 - Chapter 66 Chapter 66. of Estates in Dower, by the Curtesy, and General Provisions Concerning Real Estate. (558.1...558.30) › R-S-1846-558-1-66-ESTATES-IN-DOWER - Estates in Dower (558.1...558.30) › Section 558.12 - Alternative Dower Rights Before Assignment; Occupation, Profits and Rents Receipts.

558.12 Alternative dower rights before assignment; occupation, profits and rents receipts.
Sec. 12.
When a widow is entitled to dower in the lands of which her husband died seized, she may continue to occupy the same with the children or other heirs of the deceased, or may receive 1/3 part of the rents, issues and profits thereof, so long as the heirs or others interested do not object, without having the dower assigned.
History:
R.S. 1846, Ch. 66 ;-- CL 1857, 2783 ;-- CL 1871, 4280 ;-- How. 5744 ;-- CL 1897, 8929 ;-- CL 1915, 11661 ;-- CL 1929, 13079 ;-- CL 1948, 558.12