MI HB6050

Replaces gender-specific language ("wife," "husband") with gender-neutral terms ("spouse") throughout divorce and separate maintenance judgment provisions in Michigan law.

Requires judgments of divorce or separate maintenance to determine all rights of spouses in life insurance, endowment, and annuity proceeds, with the policy payable to the estate or named beneficiary if rights are not determined.

Mandates that judgments determine all rights (including contingent rights) of spouses in vested and unvested pension, annuity, or retirement benefits, and accumulated contributions in retirement systems.

Specifies that for divorces or separate maintenance actions filed after September 1, 2006, a proportionate share of all pension or annuity components (including supplements, subsidies, early retirement benefits, and death benefits) shall be included unless expressly excluded.

Provides that spouses owning real estate as joint tenants or tenants by entireties become tenants in common upon divorce, unless the divorce decree determines ownership otherwise.

Takes effect only if Senate Joint Resolution _____ or House Joint Resolution T of the 100th Legislature becomes part of the Michigan Constitution of 1963.