Revised Statutes of 1846
R.S. of 1846
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
PopularName Notes:
No-Fault Divorce
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
9
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1953–2022 · leading case:
Rodenhiser v. Duenas, 818 N.W.2d 465 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
Rodenhiser v. Duenas, 818 N.W.2d 465 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
· cites it 4× “3 provides: 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…”
May v. Leneair, 297 N.W.2d 882 (Mich. Ct. App. 1980).
· cites it 2× “[8] MCL 552.3; MSA 25.83. [9] MCL 552.4; MSA 25.”
Romatz v. Romatz, 78 N.W.2d 160 (Mich. 1956).
· cites it 2× “This statute reads, in part, as follows: “All marriages solemnized when either of the parties was insane or an idiot, shall, if solemnized within this State, be absolutely void, without any decree of divorce or other legal process.”
Gallison v. Gallison, 146 N.W.2d 812 (Mich. Ct. App. 1966).
“CL 1948, § 552.3 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 25.83) which deals with procedure to annul, states that “such petition or bill shall be filed and proceedings shall he had thereon, as in the case of a petition or hill filed in said court for a divorce.”
Mintu Susan Thomas v. Shobin Shaji (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
· cites it 2× “3 provides a procedure to annul marriages of doubtful validity: When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the validity thereof is doubted, for any of the causes mentioned in the [two] preceding sections; either party, excepting in the cases where a contrary provision is…”
Lewis v. Lewis, 395 N.W.2d 44 (Mich. Ct. App. 1986).
“MCL 552.3; MSA 25.83, like former MCL 552.”
Harris v. Harris, 506 N.W.2d 3 (Mich. Ct. App. 1993).
· cites it 3× “83 provides: When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the validity thereof is doubted, for any of the causes mentioned in the two [2] preceding sections, either party, excepting in the cases where a contrary provision is hereinafter made, may file a petition or bill in the…”
Schelbe v. Buckenhizer, 61 N.W.2d 808 (Mich. 1953).
“” See, also, CL 1948, §§ 552.3, 552.4 and 552.5 (Stat Ann §§ 25.”
Hill v. Hill, 93 N.W.2d 157 (Mich. 1958).
“CL 1948, § 552.3 (Stat Ann 1957 Rev § 25.83), provides: “When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the .”
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