Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.26 (2026)

Future estates; validity as affected by probability of contingency.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.26 Future estates; validity as affected by probability of contingency.

Sec. 26.

No future estate, otherwise valid, shall be void on the ground of the probability or improbability of the contingency on which it is limited to take effect.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2610 ;-- CL 1871, 4093 ;-- How. 5542 ;-- CL 1897, 8808 ;-- CL 1915, 11544 ;-- CL 1929, 12946 ;-- CL 1948, 554.26

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2006–2006 · 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). “Future estates are contingent “whilst the person to whom, or the event upon which they are limited to take effect remains uncertain.”

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