Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.11 (2026)

Future estate; remainder.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.11 Future estate; remainder.

Sec. 11.

When a future estate is dependent upon a precedent estate, it may be termed a remainder, and may be created and transferred by that name.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2595 ;-- CL 1871, 4078 ;-- How. 5527 ;-- CL 1897, 8793 ;-- CL 1915, 11529 ;-- CL 1929, 12931 ;-- CL 1948, 554.11

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 1972–2019 · 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). · cites it 3× “See MCL 554.11. [Cameron, supra, Estates, § 7.”

Marsheri D D Everson v. Delores J Williams (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 3× ““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.”

West v. McLoughlin, 201 N.W.2d 336 (Mich. Ct. App. 1972). “See MCLA 554.11; MSA 26.11; MCLA 554.13; MSA 26.”

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