Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.205
Presumption that property is community property; exceptions, rebuttal.
Michigan · Michigan Compiled Laws — MICHIGAN COMMUNITY PROPERTY ACT (Act 317 of 1947) · Status: effective
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- Mich. Comp. Laws § 557.205, Presumption that property is community property; exceptions, rebuttal, Michigan, version 1 as recorded 2026-08-18, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/1369920
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***** 557.205 THIS SECTION WAS REPEALED BY ACT 39 OF 1948 (1ST EX. SESS.) EFFECTIVE MAY 10, 1948, SUBJECT TO SAVINGS PROVISIONS IN § 557.252 ET SEQ. ***** Sec. 5. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that all property, real and personal, acquired by the husband or the wife, or both, after marriage, or on or after the effective date of this act, whichever is later, is community property: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this act shall prevent a husband and wife from acquiring and holding property in any manner permitted by law prior to the effective date of this act. Such presumption shall be deemed to be rebutted in any instrument of conveyance of real property where the grantees therein are described as husband and wife.