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Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.51 (2026)

Age of consent; effect of act on powers of probate judge.

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MARRIAGE OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER EIGHTEEN


Act 352 of 1921


551.51 Age of consent; effect of act on powers of probate judge.

Sec. 1.

    (1) A marriage in this state shall not be contracted by an individual who is under 18 years of age. A marriage, if entered into in this state by an individual under 18 years of age, is void.

    (2) This section applies to a marriage entered into on or after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this subsection.

    

    

History: 1921, Act 352, Imd. Eff. May 18, 1921 ;-- CL 1929, 12704 ;-- CL 1948, 551.51 ;-- Am. 1983, Act 198, Imd. Eff. Nov. 7, 1983 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 71, Eff. Sept. 19, 2023

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1979–2025 · 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 4× “See MCL 551.51 ("A marriage in this state shall not be contracted by a person who is under 16 years of age.”
Nat'l Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor, 732 N.W.2d 139 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “5 (prohibition against bigamy); and *164 (5) each mandates an age requirement of 18 years of age; c/MCL 551.51 (minimum age for marriage is 16 years of age).”
Tigner v. Tigner, 282 N.W.2d 481 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). “MCL 551.51; MSA 25.21 provides in part: "No marriage, common law or ceremonial, in this state shall be contracted where the female is under the full age of sixteen [16] years, and any such marriage, if entered into, shall be void.”
People v. Martz, 836 N.W.2d 243 (Mich. Ct. App. 2013). “MCL 551.51. Furthermore, although the age difference between a victim and a perpetrator of criminal sexual conduct is only relevant to CSC iy *249 specifically MCL 750.”
Rc People of Michigan v. Andrew Michael Czarnecki (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “2 MCL 551.51; MCL 551.103.3 In abolishing the federal death penalty for juveniles, the United States Supreme Court explained that line-drawing is a necessity in the law: Drawing the line at 18 years of age is subject, of course, to the objections always raised against…”
People of Michigan v. Jermaine Jaquan Bolton (Mich. Ct. App. 2025). “2 MCL 551.51; MCL 551.103.3 __________________________________________________________________ 2 Now that 2023 PA 71 and its related legislation has become effective, a minor (who, as noted, may petition for an abortion without parental consent, MCL 722.”
People of Michigan v. Conrad Raymond Gardner (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “If defendant was younger than 17 years old during that time he would have been between 8 and 12 years old when he married SF in 2005.”
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