2023 House Bill 4773

Property: other; community property act; revise gender-specific language.

A bill to amend 1948 (1st Ex Sess) PA 39, entitled “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,”“ by amending sections 3 and 4 (MCL 557.253 and 557.254).

AI Analysis – Experimental

The bill ensures that property considered community property as of May 10, 1948, retains that status. It specifies that property acquired after May 9, 1949, will be deemed separate property unless the title or ownership evidence explicitly states an intention for it to be community property.

Introduced in the House

June 15, 2023

Introduced by Reps. Cynthia Neeley (D-70) and Jason Morgan (D-23)

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations