Sec. 31.
A future estate depending on the contingency of the death of any person without heirs or issue, or children, shall be defeated by the birth of a posthumous child of such person, capable of taking by descent.
History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 62 ;-- CL 1857, 2615 ;-- CL 1871, 4098 ;-- How. 5547 ;-- CL 1897, 8813 ;-- CL 1915, 11549 ;-- CL 1929, 12951 ;-- CL 1948, 554.31
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 554 - Real and Personal Property
R.S. of 1846 - Revised Statutes of 1846 (554.1 - 554.46)
Section 554.1 - Estates in Lands; Kinds as Respects Length of Enjoyment.
Section 554.2 - Estate of Inheritance; Fee Simple.
Section 554.3 - Estate of Inheritance; Fee Tail; Abolition, Declaration as Fee Simple.
Section 554.4 - Estate of Inheritance; Remainder in Fee After a Fee Tail; Validity.
Section 554.5 - Freehold Estates; Chattels Real; Chattel Interests.
Section 554.6 - Estate for Life of Another; Nature.
Section 554.7 - Estates in Land; Kinds as Respects Time of Enjoyment.
Section 554.8 - Estates in Possession and in Expectancy; Definition.
Section 554.9 - Estates in Expectancy; Classifications.
Section 554.10 - Future Estate; Definition.
Section 554.11 - Future Estate; Remainder.
Section 554.12 - Reversion; Definition.
Section 554.13 - Future Estates; Classifications, Definitions.
Section 554.14-554.20 - Repealed. 1949, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949.
Section 554.21 - Repealed. 1988, Act 417, Imd. Eff. Dec. 27, 1988.
Section 554.22 - Heirs and Issue; Construction as Used in Remainders.
Section 554.23 - Repealed. 1949, Act 38, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949.
Section 554.24 - Estates to Commence in Future; Estates in Term for Years.
Section 554.25 - Alternative Future Estates.
Section 554.26 - Future Estates; Validity as Affected by Probability of Contingency.
Section 554.27 - Remainder on Contingency Defeating Prior Estate; Construction.
Section 554.28 - Rule in Shelly's Case; Abolition.
Section 554.29 - Remainder Not Contingency Defeating Prior Estate; Construction.
Section 554.30 - Posthumous Child; Right to Take Estate.
Section 554.31 - Posthumous Child; Effect of Birth on Certain Future Estates.
Section 554.32 - Expectant Estates; Effect of Alienation or Destruction of Precedent Estate.
Section 554.33 - Expectant Estates; Authorized Method of Defeasance, Effect on Original Validity.
Section 554.34 - Contingent Remainder; Effect of Premature Determination of Precedent Estate.
Section 554.35 - Expectant Estates; Qualities.
Section 554.36 - Rents and Profits to Accrue; Disposition.
Section 554.37, 554.38 - Repealed. 1952, Act 6, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952.
Section 554.39, 554.40 - Repealed. 1952, Act 7, Eff. Sept. 18, 1952.
Section 554.41 - Expectant Estates; Time of Creation.
Section 554.42 - Expectant Estates; Abolition, Exceptions.
Section 554.43 - Estates; Kinds in Respect to Number and Connection of Owners; Nature.
Section 554.44 - Land Conveyance to Two or More Persons; Estate Created.
Section 554.45 - Land Conveyance; Exceptions to Preceding Section.
Section 554.46 - Land Conveyance; Nominal Conditions; Effect of Failure to Perform.