2023 House Bill 4791

Family law: marriage and divorce; certain references in judgments of divorce; make gender neutral.

A bill to amend 1909 PA 259, entitled “An act to provide that judgments of divorce and judgments of separate maintenance shall make provision in satisfaction of the claims of the wife in the property of the husband and in satisfaction of the claims of the husband and wife in contracts of insurance and annuity upon the life of the husband or wife, and in satisfaction of claims of the husband and wife in or to any pension, annuity, retirement allowance, or accumulated contributions in any pension, annuity, or retirement system, including any rights or contingent rights in and to unvested pension, annuity, or retirement benefits; and to change the tenure of lands owned by husband and wife in case of divorce, and to provide for the disposition or partition of such lands or the proceeds thereof,” by amending sections 1 and 2 (MCL 552.101 and 552.102), section 1 as amended by 2016 PA 378.

Introduced in the House

June 15, 2023

Introduced by Reps. Stephanie Young (D-16) and Stephanie Young (D-16)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations