Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 554.9 (2026)

Estates in expectancy; classifications.

✓ current as of July 2026

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Revised Statutes of 1846

R.S. of 1846

554.9 Estates in expectancy; classifications.

Sec. 9.

Estates in expectancy are divided into,

First. Estates commencing at a future day, denominated future estates; and,

Second. Reversions.

History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2593 ;-- CL 1871, 4076 ;-- How. 5525 ;-- CL 1897, 8791 ;-- CL 1915, 11527 ;-- CL 1929, 12929 ;-- CL 1948, 554.9

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 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). “8, and MCL 554.9. “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.”

Natalie Olson v. Cecelia Bosanac (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “8; MCL 554.9, i.e. with respect to the Property in fee simple absolute, see MCL 554.”

Marsheri D D Everson v. Delores J Williams (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “” An estate in possession is one where the owner of the estate “has an immediate right to the possession of the land[,]” and an estate in expectancy is described as one “where the right to the possession is postponed to a future period.”

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