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Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.)
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REPEAL OF COMMUNITY PROPERTY ACT

Act 39 of 1948 (1st Ex. Sess.)

AN ACT to repeal Act No. 317 of the Public Acts of 1947, entitled “An act to provide for the creation of a community estate between husband and wife in real and personal property as defined herein; to prescribe the effect of such community estate; to define and prescribe certain rights and liabilities of parties affected hereby; to eliminate curtesy and dower in such community estate; to preserve the right of dower in the separate property of the husband, and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith.”


History: 1948, 1st Ex. Sess., Act 39, Imd. Eff. May 10, 1948




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 557.251SectionRepealed. 1980, Act 180, Imd. Eff. July 2, 1980.
Section 557.252SectionRepeal of community property act; effect.
Section 557.253SectionRepeal of community property act; community property on effective date of repeal, continuance, notice of claim.
Section 557.254SectionRepeal of community property act; community property thereafter derived, continuance, notice of claim.
Section 557.255SectionReliance on acts of husband or wife.
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