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MI HB4710

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/1/2025

Primary Sponsor

Will Snyder

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Origin

House of Representatives

103rd Legislature

AI Summary

  • Increases the marriage license fee from $20.00 to $50.00 for residents of Michigan

  • Raises the additional fee for non-resident couples from $10.00 to $25.00

  • Maintains the existing requirement that $15.00 of each fee collected be allocated to circuit court family counseling services, including counseling for domestic violence and child abuse

  • Allows charter counties with populations over 1,500,000 to set different marriage license fees by ordinance, provided fees do not exceed the cost of the service

  • Clarifies language throughout the statute by adding "marriage" before references to licenses and updating terminology

Legislative Description

Family law: marriage and divorce; marriage license fee; increase and earmark. Amends sec. 3 of 1887 PA 128 (MCL 551.103).

Family law: marriage and divorce

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/01/2025

7/15/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary7/1/2025

Full Bill Text

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