Michigan Code — ESTATES.AND.PROTECTED.INDIVIDUALS.CODE
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- § 700.1001. Short title.
- § 700.1002. Definitions.
- § 700.1003. Applicability
- § 700.1004. Disclosure of user's digital assets; use of online tool to direct digital custodian; contrary provision.
- § 700.1005. Access and use of digital assets; change or impairment of right of digital custodian or user under terms-of-service agreement; new or expanded rights; modification or elimination of access to digital assets.
- § 700.1006. Disclosure of digital assets by digital custodian; requirements.
- § 700.1007. Disclosure of deceased user's electronic communications to personal representative; procedure.
- § 700.1008. Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user to personal representative.
- § 700.1009. Disclosure of content of electronic communications sent or received by principal.
- § 700.1010. Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.
- § 700.1011. Disclosure of content of electronic communication held in trust when trustee is original user.
- § 700.1012. Disclosure of content of electronic communication when trustee not original user.
- § 700.1013. Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee not original user.
- § 700.1014. Disclosure of protected person's digital assets to conservator.
- § 700.1015. Duties and authority of fiduciary.
- § 700.1016. Digital custodian; compliance; liability; immunity.
- § 700.1017. Limiting, eliminating, or modifying powers of personal representative; court order.
- § 700.1018. Electronic signatures in global and national commerce act; effect.
- § 700.1041. Short title.
- § 700.1042. Definitions.
- § 700.1043. Probate court; jurisdiction; venue.
- § 700.1044. Powers and rights of transferor.
- § 700.1045. Rights, actions, and claims of creditor.
- § 700.1046. Qualified affidavit; requirements.
- § 700.1047. Avoidance of qualified disposition.
- § 700.1048. Qualified trustee; successor.
- § 700.1049. Power or capacity of trust beneficiary to transfer income; attachment; assignment; claim or action against trustee; disclaiming interest in trust.
- § 700.1050. Applicability of act; conflict with other provisions of law.
- § 700.1101. Short title.
- § 700.1102. Applicability of definitions.
- § 700.1103. Definitions; "cost of living adjustment factor"; A to D.
- § 700.1104. Definitions; E to H.
- § 700.1105. Definitions; I to L.
- § 700.1106. Definitions; M to P.
- § 700.1107. Definitions; R to T.
- § 700.1108. Definitions; U to Z.
- § 700.1201. Purposes; rules of construction.
- § 700.1202. Execution of documents; signing or witnessing documents by 2-way real-time audiovisual technology; requirements; good faith; applies April 30, 2020 until July 1, 2021.
- § 700.1203. Supplementary general principles of law applicable; construction against implied repeal.
- § 700.1205. Discovery and remedies for fraud, embezzlement, conversion, or withholding of assets.
- § 700.1207. Evidence of death or status.
- § 700.1208. Procedure to establish death of accident or disaster victim.
- § 700.1209. Acts by holder of power of appointment.
- § 700.1210. Cost-of-living adjustment.
- § 700.1211. Court personnel prohibited from providing legal advice.
- § 700.1212. Fiduciary relationship.
- § 700.1213. Reference to unified credits, exemption, or deductions.
- § 700.1214. Fiduciary; prohibited conduct.
- § 700.1215. Notice or knowledge of facts.
- § 700.1216. Governing instrument; substantial gift to drafting attorney; void; exceptions; definitions.
- § 700.1301. Territorial application.
- § 700.1302. Exclusive subject matter jurisdiction.
- § 700.1303. Concurrent jurisdiction; removal; purpose and policy.
- § 700.1304. Register; powers.
- § 700.1305. Appeals.
- § 700.1306. Oath or affirmation on filed documents.
- § 700.1307. Records and certified copies.
- § 700.1308. Breach of duty; remedies; order for accounting.
- § 700.1309. Appointment of special fiduciary or injunction.
- § 700.1401. Notice; method and time of giving.
- § 700.1402. Notice; waiver; order.
- § 700.1403. Formal proceeding; pleadings; parties bound by others; notice.
- § 700.1501. Short title of part; definitions.
- § 700.1502. Prudent investor rule.
- § 700.1503. Portfolio strategy; risk and return objectives.
- § 700.1504. Diversification.
- § 700.1505. Duties at inception.
- § 700.1506. Duties of fiduciary in interest of beneficiaries.
- § 700.1507. Impartiality.
- § 700.1508. Investment costs.
- § 700.1509. Reviewing compliance.
- § 700.1510. Delegation of investment and management functions.
- § 700.1511. Language invoking standard of prudent investor rule.
- § 700.1512. Application to existing fiduciary estates.
- § 700.2101. Intestate estate.
- § 700.2102. Share of spouse.
- § 700.2103. Share of heirs other than surviving spouse.
- § 700.2104. Requirement that heir survive decedent for 120 hours.
- § 700.2105. No taker; effect.
- § 700.2106. Representation.
- § 700.2107. Relative of half blood.
- § 700.2108. Afterborn heirs.
- § 700.2109. Advancements.
- § 700.2110. Debts to decedent.
- § 700.2111. Alienage.
- § 700.2113. Individuals related to decedent through two lines.
- § 700.2114. Parent and child relationship.
- § 700.2201. Surviving spouse's right to elective share.
- § 700.2202. Election of surviving spouse.
- § 700.2203. Failure to timely elect; exceptions.
- § 700.2204. Actions not preventing election.
- § 700.2205. Waiver of rights by surviving spouse.
- § 700.2206. Pre-existing right not created.
- § 700.2301. Entitlement of spouse; premarital will.
- § 700.2302. Omitted children.
- § 700.2401. Applicable law.
- § 700.2402. Homestead allowance.
- § 700.2403. Family allowance.
- § 700.2404. Exempt property.
- § 700.2405. Selection, determination, and documentation.
- § 700.2501. Will; maker; sufficient mental capacity.
- § 700.2502. Execution; witnessed wills; holographic wills.
- § 700.2503. Writings intended as wills.
- § 700.2504. Self-proved will.
- § 700.2505. Witnesses.
- § 700.2506. Choice of law as to execution.
- § 700.2507. Revocation by writing or by act.
- § 700.2508. Revocation by change of circumstances.
- § 700.2509. Revival of revoked will.
- § 700.2510. Incorporation by reference.
- § 700.2511. Testamentary additions to trusts.
- § 700.2512. Events of independent significance.
- § 700.2513. Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property.
- § 700.2514. Contracts concerning succession.
- § 700.2515. Deposit of will with court in testator's lifetime.
- § 700.2516. Delivery of will or codicil by custodian.
- § 700.2517. Opening of safe deposit box.
- § 700.2518. Penalty clause for contest.
- § 700.2519. Statutory will.
- § 700.2601. Definitions.
- § 700.2602. Scope; passage of property and after-acquired property.
- § 700.2603. Substitute gift.
- § 700.2604. Failure of testamentary provision.
- § 700.2605. Increase in securities; accessions.
- § 700.2606. Nonademption of specific devises; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; sale by conservator or agent.
- § 700.2607. Nonexoneration.
- § 700.2608. Ademption by satisfaction.
- § 700.2701. Scope.
- § 700.2702. Requirement of survival by 120 hours.
- § 700.2703. Protection of payors and other third parties.
- § 700.2704. Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- § 700.2705. Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument.
- § 700.2706. Power of appointment; meaning of specific reference requirement.
- § 700.2707. Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession.
- § 700.2708. Definitions regarding beneficiary designation.
- § 700.2709. Substitute gift.
- § 700.2710. Multiple substitute gifts.
- § 700.2711. Protection of payors.
- § 700.2712. Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- § 700.2713. Definitions for survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust.
- § 700.2714. Survivorship required for gift under trust; substitute gift; applicability of subsection (1).
- § 700.2715. Multiple substitute gifts.
- § 700.2716. No substitute taker; lapse.
- § 700.2717. Class gifts to “descendants,”“issue,” or “heirs of the body”; form of distribution if none specified.
- § 700.2718. Representation; per capita at each generation; per stirpes.
- § 700.2719. Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
- § 700.2720. Interests in “heirs”.
- § 700.2721. Construction as to age of majority.
- § 700.2723. Will, trust, or beneficiary designation of decedent who dies after December 31, 2009 and before January 1, 2011; presumption; retroactive effective date; "2010 federal tax relief act" defined.
- § 700.2801. Surviving spouse; status.
- § 700.2802. Definitions relating to effect of certain criminal acts.
- § 700.2803. Forfeiture, revocation, or severance.
- § 700.2804. Protection of payors and other third parties.
- § 700.2805. Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- § 700.2806. Definitions relating to revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce; revocation by other changes of circumstances.
- § 700.2807. Revocation upon divorce; revocation by other changes of circumstances.
- § 700.2808. Protection of payors and other third parties.
- § 700.2809. Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- § 700.2901. Short title of part; definitions.
- § 700.2902. Right to disclaim; partial disclaimers; limitation on right to disclaim.
- § 700.2903. Contents; signature.
- § 700.2904. Delivery; timing; appropriate persons.
- § 700.2905. Delivery; disclaimer under power of appointment; disclaimer of joint property or fiduciary power.
- § 700.2906. Manner of delivery; filing with court.
- § 700.2907. Disposition of disclaimed interest; effect on future interest.
- § 700.2908. Disposition of disclaimed joint interest, trust interest, and fiduciary power.
- § 700.2909. Persons bound; effect of disclaimer.
- § 700.2910. Barring right to disclaim.
- § 700.2911. Abolition of common law right.
- § 700.2912. Effect on existing property interests.
- § 700.2951. Definitions.
- § 700.2952. Validity.
- § 700.2953. Form and procedure; requirements.
- § 700.2954. Form and procedure; additional recommendations.
- § 700.2955. Certificate.
- § 700.2956. Effect of certificate.
- § 700.2957. Revocation.
- § 700.2958. Source and construction.
- § 700.2959. Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.
- § 700.3101. Devolution of estate at death; restrictions.
- § 700.3102. Validity of will by order of probate.
- § 700.3103. Necessity of appointment for administration.
- § 700.3104. Claim against decedent; necessity of administration.
- § 700.3105. Proceedings affecting devolution and administration.
- § 700.3106. Proceedings within jurisdiction of court; service; jurisdiction over persons.
- § 700.3107. Proceedings; scope; independence.
- § 700.3201. Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property.
- § 700.3202. Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.
- § 700.3203. Priority among persons seeking appointment as a general personal representative.
- § 700.3204. Representation by conservator or guardian; appointment without priority; applicability of section and MCL 700.3203 to a general or successor personal representative.
- § 700.3205. Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate.
- § 700.3206. Right and power to make decisions about funeral arrangements and handling, disposition, or disinterment of decedent's body; presumption; funeral representative designation; priority; "exercise their rights or powers under subsection (1)" defined; shared rights and powers; family member, personal representative, or nominated personal representative; guardian; special fiduciary or special personal representative; additional persons; reasonable attempt to locate person; effect of section on anatomical gift; person criminally charged with intentionally killing decedent; payment for costs; definitions.
- § 700.3206a. Designation of successor individual as funeral representative.
- § 700.3206b. Revocation of funeral representative designation.
- § 700.3207. Petition; venue; hearing; date; notice; service; funeral establishment as petitioner; factors to be considered in court decision; embalming of decedent's body.
- § 700.3209. Funeral establishment not civilly liable; reliance on funeral representative designation.
- § 700.3301. Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents.
- § 700.3302. Informal probate; duty of register; effect of informal probate.
- § 700.3303. Informal probate; proof and findings required.
- § 700.3304. Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases.
- § 700.3305. Informal probate; register not satisfied.
- § 700.3306. Informal probate; notice requirements.
- § 700.3307. Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of register; effect of appointment.
- § 700.3308. Informal appointment proceedings; proof and required findings.
- § 700.3309. Informal appointment proceedings; register not satisfied.
- § 700.3310. Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements.
- § 700.3311. Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases.
- § 700.3401. Formal testacy proceedings; nature; commencement.
- § 700.3402. Formal testacy or appointment; proceedings; petition; contents.
- § 700.3403. Formal testacy proceedings; notice of hearing on petition.
- § 700.3404. Formal testacy proceedings; written objections to probate.
- § 700.3405. Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof.
- § 700.3406. Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses.
- § 700.3407. Formal testacy proceedings; burdens in contested cases.
- § 700.3408. Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction.
- § 700.3409. Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will.
- § 700.3410. Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument.
- § 700.3411. Formal testacy proceedings; partial intestacy.
- § 700.3412. Formal testacy proceedings; effect of order; vacation.
- § 700.3413. Formal testacy proceedings; vacation of order for other cause.
- § 700.3414. Formal proceeding concerning appointment of personal representative.
- § 700.3415. Independent applications to court.
- § 700.3501. Supervised administration; nature of proceeding.
- § 700.3502. Supervised administration; petition; order.
- § 700.3503. Supervised administration; effect on other proceedings.
- § 700.3504. Supervised administration; powers of personal representative.
- § 700.3505. Supervised administration; interim orders; partial distribution or other relief.
- § 700.3601. Qualification; limitation and procedure with regard to specified assets.
- § 700.3602. Acceptance of appointment; consent to jurisdiction.
- § 700.3603. Bond not required without court order; exceptions.
- § 700.3604. Bond amount; security; procedure; reduction.
- § 700.3605. Demand for bond by interested person.
- § 700.3606. Requirements and provisions of bonds.
- § 700.3607. Order restraining personal representative.
- § 700.3608. Termination of appointment generally.
- § 700.3609. Termination of appointment; death or disability.
- § 700.3610. Termination of appointment; voluntary.
- § 700.3611. Termination of appointment by removal; cause; procedure.
- § 700.3612. Termination of appointment; change of testacy status.
- § 700.3613. Successor personal representative.
- § 700.3614. Special personal representative; appointment.
- § 700.3615. Special personal representative; who may be appointed.
- § 700.3616. Special personal representative; appointed informally; powers and duties.
- § 700.3617. Special personal representative; formal proceedings; power and duties.
- § 700.3618. Termination of appointment; special personal representative.
- § 700.3701. Powers and duties of personal representative; commencement; accrual.
- § 700.3702. Priority among different letters.
- § 700.3703. General duties; relation and liability to persons interested in estate; standing to sue; accounting.
- § 700.3704. Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception.
- § 700.3705. Appointment of personal representative; notice requirements.
- § 700.3706. Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement.
- § 700.3707. Employment of appraiser.
- § 700.3708. Duty of personal representative; supplemental inventory.
- § 700.3709. Duty of personal representative; possession of estate.
- § 700.3710. Power to avoid transfers.
- § 700.3711. Powers of personal representatives generally.
- § 700.3712. Improper exercise of power; breach of fiduciary duty.
- § 700.3713. Sale, encumbrance, or transaction involving conflict of interest; voidable; exceptions; presumption; compliance with Michigan prudent investor rule; exceptions.
- § 700.3714. Persons dealing with personal representative; protection.
- § 700.3715. Transactions authorized for personal representatives.
- § 700.3716. Powers and duties of successor personal representative.
- § 700.3717. Corepresentatives; concurrence.
- § 700.3718. Powers of surviving personal representative.
- § 700.3719. Compensation of personal representative.
- § 700.3720. Expenses in estate litigation.
- § 700.3721. Employment of agents and compensation of personal representatives and employees of estate; proceedings for review.
- § 700.3722. Authority regarding environmental matters.
- § 700.3801. Notice of creditors.
- § 700.3802. Statute of limitations.
- § 700.3803. Limitations on time for presentation of claims.
- § 700.3804. Manner of presentation of claims; commencement; claims by personal representative.
- § 700.3805. Priority of claim payments; insufficient assets.
- § 700.3806. Allowance and disallowance of claims.
- § 700.3807. Payment of claims.
- § 700.3808. Individual liability of personal representative.
- § 700.3809. Secured claims.
- § 700.3810. Claims not due and contingent or unliquidated claims.
- § 700.3811. Counterclaims.
- § 700.3812. Limitation on execution or levy against property of estate.
- § 700.3813. Settlement of claims.
- § 700.3814. Encumbered assets.
- § 700.3815. Effect of administration in more than one state.
- § 700.3901. Successors' rights in absence of administration.
- § 700.3902. Distribution; order in which assets appropriated; abatement.
- § 700.3903. Indebtedness; set-off.
- § 700.3904. Interest on general pecuniary devise.
- § 700.3905. Penalty clause for contest.
- § 700.3906. Distribution in kind; valuation; method.
- § 700.3907. Pecuniary bequests and trust interests.
- § 700.3908. Proposed distribution.
- § 700.3909. Distribution in kind; evidence.
- § 700.3910. Distribution; right or title of distributee.
- § 700.3911. Improper distribution; liability of distributee.
- § 700.3912. Purchasers from distributees protected.
- § 700.3913. Partition for purpose of distribution.
- § 700.3914. Agreements among successors to decedent binding on personal representative.
- § 700.3915. Distribution to trustee.
- § 700.3916. Disposition of unclaimed assets.
- § 700.3917. Duties of county treasurer.
- § 700.3918. Distribution to person under disability.