***** Act 317 of 1947 THIS ACT WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. *****
MICHIGAN COMMUNITY PROPERTY ACT
Act 317 of 1947
AN ACT to provide for the creation of a community estate between husband and wife in real and personal property as defined herein; to prescribe the effect of such community estate; to define and prescribe certain rights and liabilities of parties affected hereby; to eliminate curtesy and dower in such community estate; to preserve the right of dower in the separate property of the husband, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith.
History: 1947, Act 317, Imd. Eff. July 1, 1947
Compiler's Notes: This act was repealed by MCL 557.251, subject to the saving provisions contained in MCL 557.252 et seq.
© 2009 Legislative Council, State of Michigan
The People of the State of Michigan enact:
| Section 557.201 | Section | Separate property of husband; control, disposition, dower of wife. |
| Section 557.202 | Section | Separate property of wife; control, disposition. |
| Section 557.203 | Section | Property owned jointly or by entirety by husband and wife; control, inapplicability of act. |
| Section 557.204 | Section | Community property; interest of husband and wife. |
| Section 557.205 | Section | Presumption that property is community property; exceptions, rebuttal. |
| Section 557.206 | Section | Community property; right of wife or husband to receive and control earnings for personal services; limitations; effect of breach; rights of third persons. |
| Section 557.207 | Section | Community property; representation in actions against; enforcement of judgment or decree; exceptions. |
| Section 557.208 | Section | Community property; conveyances or transfer between husband and wife; equity of creditors. |
| Section 557.209 | Section | Community property; control or disposition; liability of separate property for debts benefiting community interest; satisfaction of debts; personal services. |
| Section 557.210 | Section | Exemptions; homestead, encumbrance or disposition. |
| Section 557.211 | Section | Incapacity of husband or wife; substitution of other spouse; petition; hearing; decree; recording copy; jurisdiction of probate code. |
| Section 557.212 | Section | Community property; rights of husband or wife on divorce or separation. |
| Section 557.213 | Section | Community property; disposition upon death of either husband or wife; administration of estate; procedure. |
| Section 557.214 | Section | Community property; curtesy or dower; dower of wife in separate property of husband. |
| Section 557.215 | Section | Applicability of act. |
| Section 557.216 | Section | Life insurance proceeds; payment by insurer; discharge; effect of notice by person claiming interest in policy or payment. |
| Section 557.217 | Section | Effect of act. |
| Section 557.218 | Section | Michigan community property act; short title. |
| Section 557.219 | Section | Effective date of act. |
| Section 557.220 | Section | Repeal. |
