Michigan Compiled Laws
Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.111 (2026)
Ownership of property acquired jointly after good faith marriage.
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OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY ACQUIRED JOINTLY AFTER GOOD FAITH MARRIAGE
Act 118 of 1978
557.111 Ownership of property acquired jointly after good faith marriage.
Sec. 1.
If a marriage is contracted by 1 of the parties in good faith and without knowledge of a prior undissolved marriage of the other party, and if that other party predeceases the party who entered into the marriage in good faith, the real property and any land contract, bond, certificate of stock, mortgage, promissory note, debenture, or other evidence of indebtedness acquired jointly after the marriage by the parties, unless otherwise expressly provided by the parties, shall be considered at the time of the other party's death to have been owned by the parties with full right of survivorship.
History: 1978, Act 118, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1978
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2022–2022 · leading case: Wylie (E.D. Mich. 2022).
Wylie (E.D. Mich. 2022). “The protection consists in deeming certain jointly acquired property during the bigamous marriage—including “evidence of indebtedness”—to be owned with a full right of survivorship should the bigamist spouse pre-decease the innocent one.”
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