Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.32 (2026)

Expectant estates; effect of alienation or destruction of precedent estate.

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.32 Expectant estates; effect of alienation or destruction of precedent estate.

Sec. 32.

No expectant estate can be defeated or barred by any alienation or other act of the owner of the intermediate or precedent estate, nor by any destruction of such precedent estate by disseizin, forfeiture, surrender, merger, or otherwise.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2616 ;-- CL 1871, 4099 ;-- How. 5548 ;-- CL 1897, 8814 ;-- CL 1915, 11550 ;-- CL 1929, 12952 ;-- CL 1948, 554.32

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1990–2019 · leading case: Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr., 522 S.W.3d 392 (Tenn. 2017).

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Darryl F. Bryant, Sr. v. Darryl F. Bryant, Jr., 522 S.W.3d 392 (Tenn. 2017). · cites it 2× “at 90 (citing then-current Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.32 ); accord Wengel v.”

Wengel v. Wengel, 714 N.W.2d 371 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “Both Albro and Lowry relied on the following statutory language found in MCL 554.32: No expectant estate can be defeated or barred by any alienation or other act of the owner of the intermediate or *104 precedent estate, nor by any destruction of such precedent estate by…”

Albro v. Allen, 454 N.W.2d 85 (Mich. 1990). “[MCL 554.32; MSA 26.32.] The principle that life estates are transferable, together with the rule that an expectant estate may not be defeated by alienation of the precedent estate, leads us to conclude that a person sharing a joint life estate with dual contingent remainders…”

Marsheri D D Everson v. Delores J Williams (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 2× “] Additionally, statutory authority makes clear that “[n]o expectant estate can be defeated or barred by any alienation or other act of the owner of the intermediate or precedent estate, nor by any destruction of such precedent estate by disseizin, forfeiture, surrender, merger…”

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