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STATE OF MICHIGAN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF GRAND TRAVERSE _________________________, Plaintiff, v File No. __________________ _________________________, Defendant. _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ ______ ___________________ _________________________ _________________________ JUDGMENT OF DIVORCE This cause having been brought on to be heard upon the Complaint filed herein and on reading the Complaint, and hearing the Plaintiffs testimony taken in open Court, from which it satisfactorily appears to this Court that the allegations of the Complaint f or Divorce are true and there has been a breakdown of the marriage relationship to the extent that the objects of matrimony have been destroyed and there remains no reasonable likelihood that the marriage can be preserved. On Motion of ___________________ _____, Plaintiff: DIVORCE It Is Hereby Ordered and Adjudged, and this Court by virtue of the authority therein vested, and pursuant to the statutes in such case made and provided, Does Order and Adjudge that the marriage between the parties shall be and the same is hereby dissolved and a divorce from the bonds of matrimony between the parties is also Ordered and Adjudged. PROPERTY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 1. Business Interests: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the Plaintiff, __________ ____________ , shall be awarded any right, title and interest he may have, free and clear of any claim of Defendant, ____________________________, any interest in the entity known as _________________________. Further, the Plaintiff shall take said business entity sub ject to any and all outstanding indebtedness including but not limited to, _________________________________________ and shall indemnify and hold the Defendant harmless from any liability on said indebtedness in the event of his non -payment or default. 2. Real Property ____________________________: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the Defendant, ___________________________, shall be awarded all right, title and interest, free and clear of any claim of Plaintiff, ________________________ to the rea l property located at _________________________________. Further, the Defendant shall take said property subject to any and all outstanding indebtedness including, without limitation, insurance, property taxes, assessments and the like and shall indemnify and hold the Plaintiff harmless from any liability on said indebte dness in the event of her non -payment or default. 3. Personal Property: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the Plaintiff, __________________, shall be awarded free and clear of any claim of the Defendant any and all cash, investment, and bank accou nts held in his name or in his possession, all personal property now in his possession, including any and all indebtedness thereon, and shall indemnify and hold the Defendant harmless from liability in the event of his non -payment or default. Further, tha t the Plaintiff shall be awarded the following pieces of artwork: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the Defendant, _________________________, shall be awarded free and clear of any claim of the Plaintiff any and all cash, investment, and bank accounts held in her name or in her possession, all personal property now in her possession, including any and all indebtedness thereon, and shall indemnify and hold the Plaintiff harmless from liability in the event of her non -payment or default. Further, that the Defendant shall be awarded the following personal assets: 4. Debts of the Parties: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that each party shall be solely responsible for their own debts from the date the Complaint for Divorce was filed, __ _________________. It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that Plaintiff, ____________________, shall be solely responsible for the following credit card debt and hold Defendant harmless in the event of his non -payment or default: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that Defendant, ___________________, shall be solely responsible for the following credit card debt and hold Plaintiff harmless in the event of her non - payment or default: 5. Vehicles: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the Plaintiff, ___ _______________, shall be awarded all right, title and interest, free and clear of any claim of the Defendant, the _____________________________, Vehicle Identification Number ________________________, _________________________, Vehicle Identification Numb er ________________________, plus any and all indebtedness associated with said vehicles and shall indemnify and hold the Defendant harmless from any liability in the event of his non -payment or default. It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the Defendant, _______________, shall be awarded all right, title and interest, free and clear of any claim of the Plaintiff the _______________________________________ Vehicle Identification Number ________________________ and the ___________________ _______, Vehicle Identification Number ______________________________, plus any and all indebtedness associated with said vehicle and shall indemnify and hold the Plaintiff harmless from any liability in the event of her non -payment or default. 6. Spousal Support: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that neither the Plaintiff nor the Defendant shall be awarded spousal support and any claims thereto are forever barred. 7. Pension and/or Retirement Benefits: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that purs uant to ___________________________________, each party shall hold as their sole and separate property, free and clear of any claim of the other party, any and all right, title and interest of any pension, annuity or retirement benefits; or any accumulated contributions in any pension, annuity or retirement benefits; or any right or contingent right in and to invested pension, annuity or retirement benefits, that either party has acquired as a result of their respective employment, except as provided in thi s Judgment. Further, Plaintiff shall be awarded all interest in the following account: ___________________________________, free and clear of any claim of the Defendant. Defendant shall be awarded all interest in the following accounts: __________________ ___________________ ______________________________________, free and clear of any claim of the Plaintiff. 8. Provision in Lieu of Dower: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the provisions made herein on behalf of Defendant wife shall be in lieu of dower in the lands of her spouse or any other claim which she may have in the property which her husband now owns or may hereafter own, or in which he now has or may hereafter have any interest. 9. Insurance Provision: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement that all rights of the parties in and to the proceeds of any policy or contract of life insurance, endowment, or annuit y upon the life of the other in which either was named or designated as beneficiary, or to which either became entitled by assignment or change of beneficiary during the marriage or in anticipation thereof, are hereby cut off and at an end unless the insur ed shall reaffirm after the date of the Judgment of Divorce that the other party shall be a beneficiary of any policy or contract of life insurance, endowment, or annuity upon the life of the insured now in existence or the insured shall affirmatively desi gnate the other party as beneficiary of any new policy or contract of life insurance, endowment, or annuity upon the life of the insured. 10. Attorney Fees: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the parties that each shall be responsible for payment o f his or her own attorney fees and costs incurred with proceeding with the instant action for divorce. 11. Modification, Waiver or Breach: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that no modification or waiver of any of the terms hereof shall be valid unless in writing and signed by both parties. No waiver of any breach hereof or default hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of the same or similar nature. 12. Release of Claims: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the parties shall and do hereby mutua lly release and forever discharge each other from any and all actions, suits, debts, claims, demands and obligations whatsoever both in law and in equity which either of them ever had, now has or may hereafter have against the other, upon or by reason of a ny matter, cause or thing, up to the date of the entry of this Judgment of Divorce. 13. Estate Planning Provision: It Is Further the agreement of the parties that they will arrange their estate planning to provide for the following: Further, each party shall provide verification that the estate planning has been accomplished. 14. Recordation of Judgment: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that each party shall forthwith execute, acknowledge, and deliver to each other, as and when required, any and al l deeds, assignments, insurance applications and/or other instruments of release, assurance transfer or conveyance required in order to effectuate the terms and provisions hereof; provided that in the event either of said parties shall fall, refuse or negl ect to execute, acknowledge and deliver any instrument required in order to implement the terms and provisions of this Judgment of Divorce, then in that event, said Judgment shall be self -executing and shall stand in the place and stead of any of the inst ruments required hereunder; further, a certified copy of this Judgment of Divorce may be recorded in the offices of any Register of Deeds, Secretary of State, or other public office thereto to have the same force and effect as if such instrument has, in fa ct, been executed. 15. Enforcement: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that the parties shall perform their respective executory obligations, as herein specified, with the utmost good faith. In the event that a party hereto wrongfully falls to fulfill s aid obligations, thereby necessitating the institution of enforcement proceedings, the party in wrongful default of this Judgment shall pay the court costs and reasonable attorney fees incurred by the non -defaulting party in such enforcement proceedings. 16. Disclosure by Parties: That each of the parties hereto represents that he or she has made a full and complete disclosure to the other party of all assets acquired during the course of the marriage and that this Judgment contains a complete itemization of the aforesaid assets and the distribution thereof 17. Effective date of Judgment: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that this Judgment of Divorce shall become effective immediately upon being signed and filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Court. 18. Jurisdiction: It Is Further Ordered and Adjudged, that this Court specifically reserves and retains jurisdiction over this cause and the parties for the purpose of assuring compliance with the executory provisions of this Judgement of Divorce and it reserves the right to make such other and further orders as shall be necessary to implement this Judgment including the use of the contempt powers of the Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. __________________________________ HONORABLE Circuit Court Judge Dated: ___________________________ Approved as to form and content: ________________________________ _______________________________ Prepared By: _______________________________ ____________________________________ Attorney for Defendant