Sec. 18. The original certificates and records of marriage made by the person solemnizing the marriage as prescribed in this chapter, and the record thereof made by the county clerk, or a copy of such record duly certified by such clerk, shall be received in all courts and places, as presumptive evidence of the fact of the marriage.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 551.18
Certificates and records of marriage as evidence
R.S. 1846, Ch. 83; CL 1857, 3221; CL 1871, 4732; How. 6222; CL 1897, 8601; CL 1915, 11375; CL 1929, 12703; CL 1948, 551.18; Am. 1972, Act 211, Eff
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