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Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.204

Community property; interest of husband and wife

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 274 Mich. App. 147 - National Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor (2007)

Most recently applied in National Pride at Work, Inc v. Governor (May 2008)

1947, Act 317, Imd

Sec. 4. All property of every kind, character, or description acquired by either the husband or the wife, or both, after marriage, or on or after the effective date of this act, whichever is later, except that which is defined as the separate property of either or the separate property of both in sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act, shall be deemed the community property of the husband and wife, and each shall be vested with an undivided 1/2 interest therein. The respective interest of the husband and the wife in such community property shall be present, existing, and equal interests and shall arise as an incident of marriage.

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