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MI SB1115

Bill

Status

Introduced

6/30/2022

Primary Sponsor

Sylvia Santana

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Origin

Senate

101st Legislature

AI Summary

  • Eliminates the ability for 16 and 17 year-old individuals to marry with parental or guardian consent; establishes 18 years of age as the minimum age to contract marriage in Michigan.

  • Removes provisions requiring county clerks to obtain written parental or guardian consent for individuals under 18 years of age seeking marriage licenses.

  • Makes technical language updates by replacing "person" with "individual," "shall" with "must," and "pursuant to" with "under" throughout the statute.

  • Lowers the population threshold for charter counties to impose different marriage license fees from 2,000,000 to 1,500,000 based on the 2010 federal decennial census.

  • Takes effect only if Senate Bills 1114, 1116, 1117, and 1118 of the 101st Legislature are enacted into law.

Legislative Description

Family law: marriage and divorce; minimum age of consent for marriage; establish at 18. Amends sec. 3 of 1887 PA 128 (MCL 551.103). TIE BAR WITH: SB 1114'22, SB 1116'22, SB 1117'22, SB 1118'22

Family law: marriage and divorce

Last Action

Referred To Committee Of The Whole

12/6/2022

Committee Referrals

Judiciary And Public Safety6/30/2022

Full Bill Text

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