A bill to amend 1981 PA 216, entitled “An act to provide for the rights and liabilities of married women with respect to certain real and personal property; to abrogate the common law disabilities of married women with respect to certain contracts; to prescribe the payment and satisfaction of judgments rendered upon certain written contracts; and to repeal certain acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 1, 4, 5, and 6 (MCL 557.21, 557.24, 557.25, and 557.26).
The bill asserts that property acquired by a woman before or after marriage, through any means, remains her sole property, granting her full control over it as if she were unmarried. This includes the freedom to contract, sell, transfer, or bequeath her property without her spouse's involvement, who is also not liable for any debts related to her separate property unless they voluntarily act as a surety, co-signor, or guarantor.
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Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
