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MCL 552.38

MCL 552.38 - Marriage annulment; ground of force or fraud; custody and maintenance of issue. (2026)

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If there shall be any issue of a marriage, annulled on the ground of force or fraud, the court shall decree their custody to the innocent parent, and may also decree a provision for their education and maintenance out of the estate and property of the guilty party. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 84;-- CL 1857, 3259;-- CL 1871, 4770;-- How. 6258;-- CL 1897, 8650;-- CL 1915, 11426;-- CL 1929, 12757;-- CL 1948, 552.38

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