Name: State Bar of Michigan
Address: 306 Townsend St, Lansing, MI, 48933, US
Telephone: +1-517-346-6300

Public Policy Bill Position Detail

Session :
2011-2012
Bill:
HB4672
Sponsor:
Walsh, John
Title:
Division of Property in Divorce

Family law; marriage and divorce; division of property in divorce; enact statutory standards. Amends secs. 18 & 19 of 1846 RS 84 (MCL 552.18 & 552.19).

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Family Law

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State Bar of Michigan

Oppose the bills as introduced, and support the current and ongoing efforts to produce revised drafts of the bills that meet the following goals: (1) Incorporation of current statutory law; (2) Clarification of equitable factors relevant to judicial review; (3) Codification of existing case law pertaining to commonly recurring fact patterns; (4) Consideration of existing and pending uniform state laws; (5) Maintenance of judicial discretion; (6) Improving the predictability of outcomes in cases without individual agreements; (7) Identification of the circumstances, if any, under which a private agreement that conflicts with the statutes would be trumped by the statutes. (Position adopted by roll call vote. Commissioners voting in favor of the position: Anderson, Barnes, Brake, Buchanan, Buiteweg, Courtade, Cunningham, Einhorn, Erhart, Escobedo, Fershtman, Gobbo, Haroutunian, Kallman, McGinnis, D., McGinnis, M., Niforos, Nolan, Olsman, Perkins, Radke, Riordan, Robinson, Rockwell, Rombach, Siriani, Strong Marks, Sullivan, Thomas, Warnez, Jenkins. Commissioners abstaining: Costello.) :
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