May 24, 2011, Introduced by Rep. Walsh and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 42, entitled
"An act to confer power upon the circuit court of this state to
include in decrees of divorce and of separate maintenance
provisions awarding to a party all or part of the property, either
real or personal, owned by his or her spouse if the facts establish
that the party contributed to the acquisition, improvement, or
accumulation of the property,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 552.401), as amended by 1983 PA 215.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
1. (1) The circuit court of this state may include in any
decree
of In a judgment entered in
an action for divorce or of
separate
maintenance, entered in the circuit a court
appropriate
provisions
awarding shall award to a party all or a portion of the
property, either real or personal, owned by his or her spouse, as
appears
to the court to be equitable under all the circumstances of
the
case, if it appears from the evidence in the case that the
party
contributed to the acquisition, improvement, or accumulation
of
the property. The decree, upon provided
in section 19 of 1846 RS
84, MCL 552.19.
(2) A judgment of divorce referred to in subsection (1), on
becoming
final, shall have has the same force and effect as would a
quitclaim
deed of the real estate, if any the
property awarded is
real
estate, or a bill of sale of the
personal property, if any the
property awarded is personal property, given by the party's spouse
to the party.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4672(request no.
02213'11 *) of the 96th Legislature is enacted into law.