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Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.30 (2026)

Adultery; punishment.

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THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE


Act 328 of 1931


750.30 Adultery; punishment.

Sec. 30.

    Punishment—Any person who shall commit adultery shall be guilty of a felony; and when the crime is committed between a married woman and a man who is unmarried, the man shall be guilty of adultery, and liable to the same punishment.

History: 1931, Act 328, Eff. Sept. 18, 1931 ;-- CL 1948, 750.30

FormerLaw Notes:

    See section 1 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846, being CL 1857, § 5856; CL 1871, § 7691; How., § 9277; CL 1897, § 11688; CL 1915, § 15462; and CL 1929, § 16817.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases, 1996–2019 · leading case: People v. Lockett, 295 Mich. App. 165 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012).
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People v. Lockett, 295 Mich. App. 165 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “For instance, a person could commit CSC-I by engaging in adultery because adultery is prohibited as a felony under MCL 750.30. See Waltonen, 272 Mich App at 694 n 8.”
Stopera v. DiMarco, 554 N.W.2d 379 (Mich. Ct. App. 1996). · cites it 4× “§ 750.30; M.S.A. § 28.219, is never enforced, regularly ignored, and "subrogated" to overriding public policy concerns regarding the spread of venereal diseases.”
People v. Waltonen, 728 N.W.2d 881 (Mich. Ct. App. 2007). “) Technically, any time a person engages in sexual penetration in an adulterous relationship, a felony pursuant to MCL 750.30, he or she is guilty of CSC I under § 520b(l)(c).”
People v. Edgett, 560 N.W.2d 360 (Mich. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 2× “2325(7)(d), or for adultery, 4 MCL 750.30; MSA 28.219; escape from prison, MCL 750.”
People v. Cain, 829 N.W.2d 37 (Mich. Ct. App. 2012). “529a (carjacking), and MCL 750.30 (robbery). See Administrative Order No.”
Lewell Marcum v. James McWhorter as Interim Sheriff of Pulaski Cnty., Kentucky, 308 F.3d 635 (6th Cir. 2002). “§ 21-3507 ; Mich. Comp. Laws § 750.30 ; N.C. Gen.Stat.”
City of Sherman v. Henry, 928 S.W.2d 464 (Tex. 1996). “272, § 14 (1991); Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. § 750.30 (1991); Minn.”
Mercure v. Van Buren Twp., 81 F. Supp. 2d 814 (E.D. Mich. 2000). · cites it 2× “Mich.Comp.Laws § 750.30. As the Texas Supreme Court recently observed, Michigan is by no means unique in this prohibition: Prohibitions against adultery have ancient roots.”
Morrison v. McCann, 301 F. Supp. 2d 647 (E.D. Mich. 2003). “§ 750.30, entitled, “Adultery; punishment”, criminalizes adultery and states, “Any person who shall commit adultery shall be guilty of a felony; and when the crime is committed between a married woman and a man who is unmarried, the man shall be guilty of adultery, and liable to…”
People of Michigan v. Michael Zaran-Ikiel Garrett (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “1, or any other limiting instruction. 2 Unarmed robbery contains an element of theft, but does not contain an element of dishonesty or false statement.”
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