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- Marriage Between Individuals of Same Sex as Invalid Contract - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.1
Marriage is inherently a unique relationship between a man and a woman. As a matter of public policy, this state has a special interest...
- Marriage as Civil Contract; Consent; License; Solemnization - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.2
So far as its validity in law is concerned, marriage is a civil contract between a man and a woman, to which the consent...
- Incapacity; Persons Man Prohibited From Marrying - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.3
A man shall not marry his mother, sister, grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, stepmother, grandfather's wife, son's wife, grandson's wife, wife's mother, wife's grandmother, wife's daughter,...
- Incapacity; Persons Woman Prohibited From Marrying - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.4
A woman shall not marry her father, brother, grandfather, son, grandson, stepfather, grandmother's husband, daughter's husband, granddaughter's husband, husband's father, husband's grandfather, husband's son,...
- Bigamy Prohibited - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.5
No marriage shall be contracted whilst either of the parties has a former wife or husband living, unless the marriage with such former wife...
- Repealed. 2001, Act 9, Imd. Eff. May 29, 2001. - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Persons Authorized to Solemnize Marriage; Records; Return of Licenses and Certificates; Disposition of Fees Charged by Mayor or County Clerk - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.7
(1) Marriages may be solemnized by any of the following: (a) A judge of the district court, anywhere in this state. (b) A district...
- Repealed. 1983, Act 64, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1983. - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Solemnization of Marriage; Form; Declaration by Parties; Witnesses - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.9
In the solemnization of marriage, no particular form shall be required, except that the parties shall solemnly declare, in the presence of the person...
- Unlawful Marriage by Person Authorized to Solemnize Marriage; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.14
If a person authorized to solemnize marriages knowingly joins any persons in marriage contrary to the provisions of this chapter, he or she shall...
- Ceremony Performance With Knowledge of Lack of Authority or Legal Impediment; Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.15
If any person shall undertake to join others in marriage, knowing that he is not lawfully authorized so to do, or knowing of any...
- Want of Jurisdiction or Authority to Solemnize Marriage; Affect on Marriage - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.16
A marriage solemnized before an individual professing to be a district judge, common pleas court judge, district court magistrate, municipal judge, judge of probate,...
- Denominational Modes of Solemnization; Effect of Chapter - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.17
The preceding provisions of this chapter, so far as they relate to the manner of solemnizing marriages, shall not affect marriages among the people...
- Certificates and Records of Marriage as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.18
The original certificates and records of marriage made by the person solemnizing the marriage as prescribed in this chapter, and the record thereof made...
- Age of Consent; Effect of Act on Powers of Probate Judge - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.51
A marriage in this state shall not be contracted by a person who is under 16 years of age, and the marriage, if entered...
- Marriage License; Requirements; Place to Obtain, Delivery to Person Officiating - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.101
It shall be necessary for all parties intending to be married to obtain a marriage license from the county clerk of the county in...
- Blank Form for Marriage License and Certificate; Preparation, Contents, and Distribution; Furnishing Blank Forms of Affidavit of Competency; Filing Affidavit; Electronic Filing; License as Matter of Record; Transmission to Department of Community Health; Social Security Number; Application Exempt From Disclosure - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.102
(1) Blank forms for a marriage license and certificate shall be prepared and furnished by the state registrar appointed by the director of the...
- Persons Capable of Contracting Marriage; Age Requirement; Proof of Age; Filling Out License; Written Consent; Compliance; Filing Consent; Signing, Certification, and Copy of License; Fee; Allocation for Family Counseling Services; Return and Disposition of Unexpended Funds; Waiver of Fee; Additional Fee for Nonresidents; Delivery of License and Certificate to Officiating Individual; Recording Information; Forwarding Licenses and Certificates to State Registrar; Imposition of Fee by Certain Charter Counties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.103
(1) A person who is 18 years of age or older may contract marriage. A person who is 16 years of age but is...
- Marriage License; Time of Delivery; Solemnization of Marriage Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.103a
A marriage license shall not be delivered within a period of 3 days including the date of application. However, the county clerk of each...
- Certificate Completion; Officiating Person Duty; Original License Return; Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.104
It shall be the duty of the clergyman or magistrate, officiating at a marriage, to fill in the spaces of the certificate left blank...
- County Clerk; Violation of Act, Misdemeanor, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.105
Any county clerk who shall refuse to give a license to persons properly applying and legally entitled to be married, or who shall violate...
- Person Officiating At Marriage; Violation of Act, Misdemeanor, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.106
Any clergyman or magistrate who shall join together in marriage parties who have not delivered to him a properly issued license, as provided for...
- Failure to Return Certificate; Misdemeanor, Penalty - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.107
Any person, whose duty it shall be to return a marriage certificate to the county clerk, who shall neglect to return said certificate, shall...
- Marriage License; False Statement in Application, Perjury - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.108
Any person applying for a marriage license who shall swear to a false statement therein, shall be guilty of perjury, and shall be prosecuted...
- Filing Reports of Marriage; Record - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.109
The reports of marriage sent by the county clerks of the counties of the state to the department of public health shall be preserved...
- License, Certificate or Certified Copy Record as Evidence - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.110
The record of any license to marry, or of any marriage certificate, in any county clerk's office, or a certified copy thereof, shall be...
- License or Certificate Errors; Evidence, Correction - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.111
Whenever it is alleged that the facts are not correctly stated in any certificate or license of marriage heretofore registered in this state, the...
- Repealed - Antenuptial Physical Examination (551.151 - 551.154) - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Issuance of Marriage License Without Publicity; Conditions; Application; Notice; Consent; Exceptions; Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.201
(1) When a person desires to keep the exact date of his or her marriage to a person of the opposite sex a secret,...
- Application for Marriage License; Form; Fee; Performing Marriage Ceremony; Permit; Record; Marriage Certificate; Execution of Papers in Duplicate; Delivery of Marriage Certificate to Parties - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.202
Each application made under this act for a marriage license shall be in the usual form and shall be accompanied by a fee of...
- Private File of Papers and Duplicates Thereof; Recordation of Filing in Private Register; Inspection of Files and Records; Request and Identification; Court Order - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.203
The judge of probate shall file a complete set of all papers in each case in a private file, and, within 10 days after...
- Privileged Communications; Violation of Confidence as Misdemeanor; Publicity as Misdemeanor; Penalties; Libel Action; Neglecting to Make Proper Return - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.204
All knowledge of facts which shall come to the judge of probate, state registrar or an agent or employee of the state registrar, the...
- Legal Marriage of Minor; Parental and Marital Rights and Duties; Guardian Ad Litem - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.251
Hereafter the legal marriage of a minor shall release such minor from parental control; and the husband or wife of a minor, so released,...
- Marriages Solemnized in Another State Validated - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.271
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this act, a marriage contracted between a man and a woman who are residents of this state and...
- Marriage Not Between Man and Woman Invalidated - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.272
This state recognizes marriage as inherently a unique relationship between a man and a woman, as prescribed by section 1 of chapter 83 of...
- Repealed - Separate Residence of Married Women for Political Purposes (551.291 - 551.292) - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Repealed - Alienation of Affections (551.301 - 551.311) - Mich. Comp. Laws
- Short Title - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.331
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "circuit court family counseling services act". History: 1964, Act 155, Eff. Aug. 28,...
- Family Counseling Services; Creation; Purpose; Establishment in Judicial Circuits; Appropriations; Participation in Funding; Agreement; Limitation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.332
(1) For the purpose of preserving and improving family life through competent family counseling, family counseling services which shall include domestic violence and child...
- Family Counseling Service as Arm of Circuit Court; Merger With Other Court Services; Contracts; Purchase of Services; Direct Service Delivery - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.333
The circuit court family counseling service is an arm of the circuit court. It may be merged with other court services or maintained separately,...
- Director; Qualifications; Employment, Term, and Compensation; Compensation of Staff - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.334
The chief executive officer of the circuit court family counseling service is the director. The director shall be qualified by training and experience to...
- Hiring of Professional and Clerical Staff - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.335
The director of a circuit court family counseling service may hire professional and clerical staff with the approval of the circuit court. History: 1964,...
- Rules and Standards of Eligibility for Counseling; Priority; Residential Requirements - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.336
The circuit court shall prescribe rules and standards of eligibility for counseling. First priority for service shall be given to domestic relations actions in...
- Referrals to Agencies Outside Court; Conferences - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.337
The director of a circuit court family counseling service shall advise spouses fully of the existence of qualified family counseling services outside the court...
- Family Counseling Service as Impartial, Unbiased Resource in Evaluating Problems - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.338
Upon specific referral from the court or at the request and agreement of the litigants, the family counseling service may be instructed to serve...
- Confidentiality; Privileged Communications; Exemption - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.339
(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a communication between a counselor in the family counseling service and a person who is counseled is...
- Fee Schedule; Disposition of Revenues - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.340
The family counseling service may charge fees for its counseling in accordance with a fee schedule prescribed by the circuit court with the advice...
- Powers of Family Counseling Service - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.341
The family counseling service may engage in research, educational efforts, public information service, or other endeavors related to the purpose and policy of this...
- Statutory Provisions Not Changed or Affected; Conferences or Interviews Not Considered as Condonation - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.342
This act shall not change or affect grounds for divorce, separation, or other statutory provisions relating to domestic relations actions. Conferences or interviews with...
- Multiple - Judge Circuit; Majority of Judges - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.343
In a multiple-judge circuit any act, decision or recommendation by the circuit court, provided for by this act, shall be deemed accomplished by a...
- Submission to Family Counseling Not Required - Mich. Comp. Laws Section 551.344
This act shall not be construed to require a person who objects to family counseling to submit to family counseling. History: 1964, Act 155,...
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