Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.2 (2026)

Estate of inheritance; fee simple.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.2 Estate of inheritance; fee simple.

Sec. 2.

Every estate of inheritance shall continue to be termed a fee simple, or fee; and every such estate, when not defeasible or conditional, shall be a fee simple absolute, or an absolute fee.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2586 ;-- CL 1871, 4069 ;-- How. 5518 ;-- CL 1897, 8784 ;-- CL 1915, 11520 ;-- CL 1929, 12922 ;-- CL 1948, 554.2

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2018 · 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 2× “MCL 554.2, .5. It is an estate in possession.”

Natalie Olson v. Cecelia Bosanac (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “with respect to the Property in fee simple absolute, see MCL 554.2. However, the trial court erred by concluding that plaintiff explicitly asked solely for this form of relief and relying on this conclusion as the basis to support its decision to deny plaintiff’s summary…”

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