The Clausebank includes over 180 drafted legal clauses for divorce judgments and settlement agreements contributed by Michigan practitioners. To find a clause, you can search by entering a search term or browse a list of clauses. When you find the clause you want, you can copy and paste it into a word processing file.

You can also contribute clauses that other lawyers would find useful. Just click on "Send us your clause" and type in the text of your clause. If you'd like to submit multiple clauses at one time, please send us an e-mail with your document attached. All clauses are reviewed before being posted in the Clausebank.

And, if you need a clause, post a request by clicking on the link “Request a Clause.”

Disclaimer. We hope that you find the clauses useful; however, ICLE (including its sponsoring organizations and its executive committee), and the contributors, make no warranties as to the accuracy of these clauses or their suitability for a particular transaction. Using these clauses is not a substitute for your original research and drafting.

Search, Browse and Copy & Paste the Clauses

To search the Clausebank, enter a search term(s) in the search box and click on the GO button or press the ENTER key. Results will appear in order of relevance.

If you don't find the clause you are looking for, we suggest using the browse function to see a list of clauses.

To browse a list of clauses, click on the drop-down box beside the "Browse" heading. Select a topic. This will take you to a list of clauses. To preview a particular clause, just click on the title.

To copy and paste the clauses into your word processor:

1. Highlight the text you want to copy. Choose Edit, Copy - or - right mouse click and choose Copy.
2. Go to your word processing document, place the cursor where you want to text to appear, and Choose Edit, Paste - or - right mouse click and choose Paste.

Tip: If you want the copied text to take on the same formatting characteristics as your document (e.g., font), choose Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted text .

Once you have copied and pasted the clause into your word processor, you can edit, save, and print the clauses. For detailed instructions on retrieving, editing, saving,and printing files in your word processor, see Using Files in Word and Using Files in WordPerfect.