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MCL 552.3

MCL 552.3 - Marriage of doubtful validity; procedure to annul. (2026)

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Sec. 3. When a marriage is supposed to be void, or the validity thereof is doubted, for any of the causes mentioned in the 2 preceding sections; either party, excepting in the cases where a contrary provision is hereinafter made, may file a petition or bill in the circuit court of the county where the parties, or 1 of them, reside, or in the court of chancery, for annulling the same, and such petition or bill shall be filed, and proceedings shall be had thereon, as in the case of a petition or bill filed in said court for a divorce; and upon due proof of the nullity of the marriage, it shall be declared void by a decree or sentence of nullity. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84;-- CL 1857, 3224;-- CL 1871, 4735;-- How. 6225;-- CL 1897, 8618;-- CL 1915, 11394;-- CL 1929, 12725;-- CL 1948, 552.3