{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-552.9a","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 552.9a","heading":"Decree of divorce; conditions.","body":"Sec. 9a.\n\nNo decree of divorce shall be granted in any case except when 1 of the following facts exists:\n\nThe defendant is domiciled in this state at the time the bill of complaint for divorce is filed.\n\nThe defendant shall have been domiciled in this state when the cause for divorce alleged in the bill or petition arose.\n\nThe defendant shall have been brought in by publication or shall have been personally served with process in this state, or shall have been personally served with a copy of the order for appearance and publication within this state, or elsewhere, or has voluntarily appeared in the action or proceeding. Whenever any such order shall be served outside this state, proof of such service shall be made by the affidavit of the person who shall serve the same, made before a notary public, and when such affidavit shall be made outside this state it shall have attached the certificate of the clerk of a court of record, certifying to the official character of the notary and the genuineness of his or her signature to the jurat of the affidavit.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 552","Act R-S-of-1846"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-552-9a","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"54a389f57d8f0c50c1496a3fc0da7b25e27f07a10667462e1555d4750657987d","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-552.9","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-552.9e"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}