Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.2132 (2026)

Marriage certificates and records as evidence.

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REVISED JUDICATURE ACT OF 1961

Act 236 of 1961

600.2132 Marriage certificates and records as evidence.

Sec. 2132.

The original certificates and records of marriage made by the minister, judge, or other person authorized to solemnize marriages, as prescribed by law, and the record thereof made by the county clerk, or a copy of such record, duly certified by the clerk, shall be received in all courts and places as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.

History: 1961, Act 236, Eff. Jan. 1, 1963 ;-- Am. 1974, Act 297, Eff. Apr. 1, 1975

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Detroit Diesel Corp. v. Lane-Smith, 39 F. Supp. 2d 852 (E.D. Mich. 1999).

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Detroit Diesel Corp. v. Lane-Smith, 39 F. Supp. 2d 852 (E.D. Mich. 1999). “According to Lane-Smith, since she had lawfully married in California in 1988 and is still alive, these facts serve to nullify the subsequent marriage between decedent and Spivey. Lane-Smith further points to Michigan statutory law providing that an original certificate or…”

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