December 4, 2007, Introduced by Reps. Byrnes, Bieda, Tobocman, Meadows and Alma Smith and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1905 PA 299, entitled
"An act to provide for changing and determining the names of
divorced women,"
by amending the title and section 1 (MCL 552.391).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
TITLE
An act to provide for changing and determining the names of
divorced
women individuals.
Sec.
1. The circuit courts of this state, whenever a decree In
a
judgment of divorce, is
granted, a court may, at the instance of
the
woman request of a party, whether complainant plaintiff or
defendant,
decree to restore to her her the party the party's birth
name,
or the surname she the
party legally bore prior to her the
marriage, to
the husband in the divorce action, or allow her the
party to adopt another surname if the change is not sought with any
fraudulent or evil intent.