Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.10 (2026)

Future estate; definition.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.10 Future estate; definition.

Sec. 10.

A future estate is an estate limited to commence in possession at a future day, either without the intervention of a precedent estate, or on the determination, by lapse of time or otherwise, of a precedent estate, created at the same time.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2594 ;-- CL 1871, 4077 ;-- How. 5526 ;-- CL 1897, 8792 ;-- CL 1915, 11528 ;-- CL 1929, 12930 ;-- CL 1948, 554.10

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1984–2019 · leading case: Wengel v. Wengel, 714 N.W.2d 371 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006).

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Wengel v. Wengel, 714 N.W.2d 371 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). “” MCL 554.10. A remainder is created when a future estate is dependent upon the precedent estate.”

In Re Edgar Est., 357 N.W.2d 867 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “As sole representative of the Edgar branch in his generation, he receives one-half of the trust income. Only the spendthrift provision restricts the alienability of his interest in the future distribution of income.”

Roy v. Detroit Bank & Trust Co., 137 Mich. App. 419 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “Only the spendthrift provision restricts the alienability of his interest in the future distribution of income.”

Marsheri D D Everson v. Delores J Williams (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). ““A future estate is an estate limited to commence in possession at a future day, either without the intervention of a precedent estate, or on the determination, by lapse of time or otherwise, of a precedent estate, created at the same time.”

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