Bill Text: MI SB0558 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Probate; other; dower rights; repeal. Amends 1846 RS 66 (MCL 558.1 - 558.29), by adding sec. 30 & repeals secs. 2931 & 2933 of 1961 PA 236 (MCL 600.2931 & 600.2933).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-12-30 - Assigned Pa 0489'16 12/30/16 Addenda [SB0558 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0558-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 558
October 13, 2015, Introduced by Senator JONES and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1846 RS 66, entitled
"Of estates in dower, by the curtesy, and general provisions
concerning real estate,"
(MCL 558.1 to 558.29) by adding section 30; and to repeal acts and
parts of acts.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 30. (1) Notwithstanding sections 1 to 29, and except as
otherwise provided in subsection (2), a wife's dower right is
abolished and unenforceable either through statute or at common
law.
(2) This section does not apply to either of the following:
(a) A widow's dower elected by a woman whose husband died
before the effective date of the amendatory act that added this
section.
(b) If a widow's husband died before the effective date of the
amendatory act that added this section, the widow's right to elect
dower under section 2202 of the estates and protected individuals
code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.2202.
Enacting section 1. Sections 2931 and 2933 of the revised
judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.2931 and 600.2933, are
repealed.
Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 98th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. 559.
(b) Senate Bill No. 560.
