Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.29 (2026)

Remainder not contingency defeating prior estate; construction.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.29 Remainder not contingency defeating prior estate; construction.

Sec. 29.

When a remainder on an estate for life, or for years, shall not be limited on a contingency, defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it shall be construed as intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker, or the expiration, by lapse of time, of such term of years.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2613 ;-- CL 1871, 4096 ;-- How. 5545 ;-- CL 1897, 8811 ;-- CL 1915, 11547 ;-- CL 1929, 12949 ;-- CL 1948, 554.29

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2019 · 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). “Valid future estates are not void on the basis of the probability or improbability of the contingency. MCL 554.26. “When a remainder on an estate for life .”

Marsheri D D Everson v. Delores J Williams (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). ““When a remainder on an estate for life . . . shall not be limited on a contingency, defeating or avoiding such precedent estate, it shall be construed as intended to take effect only on the death of the first taker[.”

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