Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.4 (2026)

Incapacity; persons woman prohibited from marrying.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

551.4 Incapacity; persons woman prohibited from marrying.

Sec. 4.

A woman shall not marry her father, brother, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son, husband's grandson, brother's son, sister's son, father's brother, mother's brother, or cousin of the first degree, or another woman.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 83 ;-- CL 1857, 3207 ;-- CL 1871, 4722 ;-- How. 6212 ;-- CL 1897, 8591 ;-- Am. 1903, Act 257, Eff. Sept. 17, 1903 ;-- CL 1915, 11365 ;-- CL 1929, 12693 ;-- CL 1948, 551.4 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 324, Imd. Eff. June 26, 1996

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2007–2008 · leading case: Nat'l Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor, 748 N.W.2d 524 (Mich. 2008).

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Nat'l Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor, 748 N.W.2d 524 (Mich. 2008). · cites it 6× “3 [11] and MCL 551.4. [12] Although *536 there are, of course, many different types of relationships in Michigan that are accorded legal significance-e.”

Nat'l Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor, 732 N.W.2d 139 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “3; MCL 551.4 (listing blood relations that one cannot marry); (4) each requires that the partner not be married to another or have a similar relationship to another person; cf MCL 551.”

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