Bill > HB4782

This bill amends sections of the 1846 Michigan Revised Statutes 84, which are related to divorce proceedings. The key provisions include: (1) increasing the waiting period before a court can grant a divorce from 60 days to 6 months if there are dependent minor children involved, with exceptions for hardship; (2) allowing the court to award spousal support and divide property as part of a divorce judgment; (3) establishing that overdue alimony or child support payments constitute a lien on the non-paying party's real and personal estate; and (4) making various references to marriage and divorce gender-neutral. The bill will only take effect if a related joint resolution amending the state constitution is also adopted.