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Mich. Comp. Laws § 722.51 (2026)

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AGE OF MAJORITY ACT OF 1971


Act 79 of 1971


722.51 Short title.

Sec. 1.

    This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Age of Majority Act of 1971".

History: 1971, Act 79, Eff. Jan. 1, 1972

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 32 cases, 1973–2019 · leading case: Smith v. Smith, 447 N.W.2d 715 (Mich. 1989).
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Smith v. Smith, 447 N.W.2d 715 (Mich. 1989). · cites it 8× “I agree with Chief Justice RILEY that the Age of Majority Act, MCL 722.51 et seq. ; MSA 25.244(51) et seq.”
People v. Woolfolk, 848 N.W.2d 169 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “The Age of Majority Act, MCL 722.51 et seq., sets the legal age of adulthood at 18 years of age and provides that an adult of legal age is “a person who is at least 18 years of age on or after January 1, 1972 .”
Woodman v. Kera LLC, 785 N.W.2d 1 (Mich. 2010). · cites it 2× “52(1), a person who attains the age of 18 "is an adult of legal age for all purposes whatsoever, and shall have the same duties, liabilities, responsibilities, rights, and legal capacity as persons heretofore acquired at 21 years of age.”
Paaso v. Paaso, 428 N.W.2d 724 (Mich. Ct. App. 1988). · cites it 4× “] Plaintiff argued below and now on appeal that the Age of Majority Act, MCL 722.51 et seq.; MSA 25.244(51) et seq.”
Boyd v. Boyd, 323 N.W.2d 553 (Mich. Ct. App. 1982). · cites it 2× “Defendant also argues that plaintiff should have been required to pay support for Steven Boyd until he graduates from high school, approximately one month after he turns 18 years of age.”
Parrish v. Parrish, 361 N.W.2d 366 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “The effect of the Age of Majority Act, MCL 722.51 et seq.; MSA 25.244(51) et seq.”
Arndt v. Kasem, 353 N.W.2d 497 (Mich. Ct. App. 1984). “Plaintiff argues that this order was in violation of the Age of Majority Act of 1971, MCL 722.51 et seq.; MSA 25.244(51) et seq.”
McNames v. McNames, 286 N.W.2d 892 (Mich. Ct. App. 1979). “After hearing arguments of counsel, the trial court accepted the recommendation that the weekly child support payment be increased from $17 to $50, declined to "get involved in the arrearage at this time”, and ordered that child support for the two remaining minor children…”
Lee v. Smith, 871 N.W.2d 873 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “16, and the Age of Majority Act, MCL 722.51 et seq. The Court held that Michigan law did not authorize courts to order postmajority child support for a child over the age of 18.”
Foster v. Woods, 246 N.W.2d 387 (Mich. Ct. App. 1976). · cites it 2× “He was injured in an automobile accident in June of 1967 and commenced a civil action for damages against the defendants on December 11, 1974.”
Oliphant v. Koehler, 451 F. Supp. 1305 (W.D. Mich. 1978). “§ 722.51 et seq., M.S.A. § 25.244(51) et seq.”
Felcoski v. Felcoski, 407 N.W.2d 11 (Mich. Ct. App. 1987). “Defendant did not agree to pay child support beyond the eighteenth birthday of either of his children and contested this issue below, specially preserving it for appellate review.”
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