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MI Comp L § 700.3610 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3610 - Termination of Appointment; Voluntary.

700.3610 Termination of appointment; voluntary. Sec. 3610.  (1) A personal representative's appointment terminates 1 year after the filing of a closing statement as provided in section 3954.  (2) A personal representative's appointment terminates when the court enters an order closing an estate as provided in section 3952 or 3953.  (3) After giving at least 14 days' written notice to known interested persons, a personal representative may resign by filing a written statement of resignation with the register. If no one applies or petitions for appointment of a successor personal representative within the time indicated in the notice, the filed statement of resignation is ineffective as a termination of appointment and is effective only upon the appointment and qualification of a successor personal representative and delivery of the estate property to the successor personal representative. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3611 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3611 - Termination of Appointment by Removal; Cause; Procedure.

700.3611 Termination of appointment by removal; cause; procedure. Sec. 3611.  (1) An interested person may petition for removal of a personal representative for cause at any time. Upon filing of the petition, the court shall fix a time and place for hearing. The petitioner shall give notice to the personal representative and to other persons as the court orders. Except as otherwise ordered under section 3607, after receipt of notice of removal proceedings, the personal representative shall not act except to account, to correct maladministration, or preserve the estate. If removal is ordered, the court shall also direct by order the disposition of the property remaining in the name of, or under the control of, the personal representative being removed.  (2) The court may remove a personal representative under any of the following circumstances:  (a) Removal is in the best interests of the estate.  (b) It is shown that the personal representative or the person who sought the personal representative's appointment intentionally misrepresented material facts in a proceeding leading to the appointment.  (c) The personal representative did any of the following:  (i) Disregarded a court order.  (ii) Became incapable of discharging the duties of office.  (iii) Mismanaged the estate.  (iv) Failed to perform a duty pertaining to the office.  (3) Unless the decedent's will directs otherwise, a personal representative appointed at the decedent's domicile, incident to securing appointment of an ancillary personal representative, may obtain removal of another who was appointed personal representative in this state to administer in state assets. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3612 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3612 - Termination of Appointment; Change of Testacy Status.

700.3612 Termination of appointment; change of testacy status. Sec. 3612.  Except as otherwise ordered in formal proceedings, the probate of a will after the appointment of a personal representative in intestacy or under a will that is superseded by formal probate of another will, or the vacation of an informal probate of a will after the appointment of the personal representative under that will, does not terminate the personal representative's appointment, although the personal representative's powers may be reduced as provided in section 3401. Termination occurs upon appointment in informal or formal appointment proceedings of a person entitled to appointment under the later assumption concerning testacy. If no request for new appointment is made within 28 days after expiration of time for appeal from the order in formal testacy proceedings, or from the informal probate, changing the assumption concerning testacy, the previously appointed personal representative upon request may be appointed personal representative under the subsequently probated will, or as in intestacy as the case may be. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3613 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3613 - Successor Personal Representative.

700.3613 Successor personal representative. Sec. 3613.  The appointment of a personal representative to succeed a personal representative whose appointment is terminated is governed by parts 3 and 4 of this article. After appointment and qualification, a successor personal representative must be substituted in all actions and proceedings in which the former personal representative was a party. A notice, process, or claim that was given or served upon the terminated personal representative need not be given to or served upon the successor personal representative in order to preserve a position or right the person that gave the notice or filed the claim may have obtained or preserved with reference to the former personal representative. Except as the court otherwise orders, the successor personal representative has the powers and duties in respect to the continued administration that the former personal representative would have had if the appointment had not been terminated. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3614 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3614 - Special Personal Representative; Appointment.

700.3614 Special personal representative; appointment.Sec. 3614.  A special personal representative may be appointed in any of the following circumstances:  (a) Informally by the register on the application of an interested person if necessary to protect the estate of a decedent before the appointment of a general personal representative or if a prior appointment is terminated as provided in section 3609.  (b) By the court on its own motion or in a formal proceeding by court order on the petition of an interested person if in either case, after notice and hearing, the court finds that the appointment is necessary to preserve the estate or to secure its proper administration, including its administration in circumstances in which a general personal representative cannot or should not act. If it appears to the court that an emergency exists, the court may order the appointment without notice.  (c) By the court on its own motion or on petition by an interested person to supervise the disposition of the body of a decedent if section 3206(8) applies. The duties of a special personal representative appointed under this subdivision must be specified in the order of appointment and may include making arrangements with a funeral home, securing a burial plot if needed, obtaining veteran's or pauper's funding if appropriate, and determining the disposition of the body by burial or cremation. The court may waive the bond requirement under section 3603(1)(a). The court may appoint the county public administrator if the county public administrator is willing to serve. If the court determines that it will not be necessary to open an estate, the court may appoint a special fiduciary under section 1309 instead of a special personal representative to perform duties under this section. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2004, Act 343, Imd. Eff. Sept. 29, 2004 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3615 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3615 - Special Personal Representative; Who May Be Appointed.

700.3615 Special personal representative; who may be appointed. Sec. 3615.  (1) If a special personal representative is to be appointed pending the probate of a will that is the subject of a pending application or petition for probate, the person named personal representative in the will shall be appointed as the special personal representative, if available and qualified, unless the court finds the appointment is not in the best interest of the estate or the estate's beneficiaries.  (2) In any other case, the court may appoint any proper person as special personal representative. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3616 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3616 - Special Personal Representative; Appointed Informally; Powers and Duties.

700.3616 Special personal representative; appointed informally; powers and duties. Sec. 3616.  A special personal representative appointed by the register in informal proceedings as provided in section 3614 has the duty to collect and manage the estate property, to preserve and account for the property, and to deliver the property to the general personal representative upon qualification. This special personal representative has the power of a personal representative under this act necessary to perform his or her duties. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3617 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3617 - Special Personal Representative; Formal Proceedings; Power and Duties.

700.3617 Special personal representative; formal proceedings; power and duties. Sec. 3617.  A special personal representative appointed by order of the court in a formal proceeding has a general personal representative's power except as limited in the appointment and duties as prescribed in the order. The appointment may be for a specified time, to perform particular acts, or on other terms as the court directs. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3618 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-6 - Part 6 Personal Representative and Appointment, Control, and Termination of Authority (700.3601...700.3618)|Section 700.3618 - Termination of Appointment; Special Personal Representative.

700.3618 Termination of appointment; special personal representative. Sec. 3618.  A special personal representative's appointment terminates in accordance with the provisions of the order of appointment or on the appointment of a general personal representative. In any other case, a special personal representative's appointment is subject to termination as provided in sections 3608 to 3612. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3701 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3701 - Powers and Duties of Personal Representative; Commencement; Accrual.

700.3701 Powers and duties of personal representative; commencement; accrual.Sec. 3701.  A personal representative's duties and powers commence on appointment. A personal representative's powers relate back in time to give acts by the person appointed that are beneficial to the estate occurring before appointment the same effect as those occurring after appointment. Subject to sections 3206 to 3207, before or after appointment, a person named as personal representative in a will may carry out the decedent's written instructions relating to the decedent's body, funeral, and burial arrangements. A personal representative may ratify and accept an act on behalf of the estate done by another if the act would have been proper for a personal representative. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2006, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3702 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3702 - Priority Among Different Letters.

700.3702 Priority among different letters. Sec. 3702.  A person to whom general letters are issued first has exclusive authority under the letters until the appointment is terminated or modified. If, through error, general letters are afterwards issued to another person, the first appointed representative may recover estate property in the hands of the representative subsequently appointed, but the acts of the latter done in good faith before notice of the first letters are not void for want of validity of appointment. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3704 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3704 - Personal Representative to Proceed Without Court Order; Exception.

700.3704 Personal representative to proceed without court order; exception. Sec. 3704.  A personal representative shall proceed expeditiously with the settlement and distribution of a decedent's estate and, except as otherwise specified or ordered in regard to a supervised personal representative, do so without adjudication, order, or direction of the court. However, the personal representative may invoke the court's jurisdiction in a proceeding authorized by this act to resolve a question concerning the estate or its administration. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3706 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3706 - Duty of Personal Representative; Inventory and Appraisement.

700.3706 Duty of personal representative; inventory and appraisement. Sec. 3706.  (1) Within 91 days after appointment or other time specified by court rule, a personal representative, who is not a special personal representative or a successor to another representative who has previously discharged this duty, shall prepare an inventory of property owned by the decedent at the time of death, listing it with reasonable detail, and indicating as to each listed item, its fair market value as of the date of the decedent's death, and the type and amount of an encumbrance that may exist with reference to each listed item.  (2) The personal representative shall send a copy of the inventory to all presumptive distributees and to all other interested persons who request it, and may also file the original of the inventory with the court. The personal representative shall submit to the court on a timely basis information necessary to calculate the probate inventory fee. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3707 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3707 - Employment of Appraiser.

700.3707 Employment of appraiser. Sec. 3707.  The personal representative may employ a qualified and disinterested appraiser to assist in ascertaining the fair market value as of the date of the decedent's death of property, the value of which may be subject to reasonable doubt. Different persons may be employed to appraise different kinds of property included in the estate. Each appraiser's name and address shall be indicated on the inventory with the item or items he or she appraised. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3708 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3708 - Duty of Personal Representative; Supplemental Inventory.

700.3708 Duty of personal representative; supplemental inventory. Sec. 3708.  If property not included in the original inventory comes to the knowledge of a personal representative or if the personal representative learns that the value or description indicated in the original inventory for an item is erroneous or misleading, the personal representative shall make a supplementary inventory or appraisal showing the market value as of the date of the decedent's death of the new item or the revised market value or description, and showing the appraiser or other data relied upon, if any. The personal representative shall furnish copies or information of the supplementary inventory to persons interested in the new information, and shall file it with the court if the original inventory was filed or submit the information contained in the supplemental inventory to the court for recalculation of the probate inventory fee. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3709 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3709 - Duty of Personal Representative; Possession of Estate.

700.3709 Duty of personal representative; possession of estate. Sec. 3709.  Except as otherwise provided by a decedent's will or by this section, a personal representative has a right to, and if necessary for purposes of administration, shall take possession or control of, the decedent's property, except that real property or tangible personal property may be left with or surrendered to the person presumptively entitled to that property unless or until, in the personal representative's judgment, possession of the property will be necessary for purposes of administration. A personal representative's request for delivery of property possessed by an heir or devisee is conclusive evidence, in an action against the heir or devisee for possession of that property, that the possession of the property by the personal representative is necessary for purposes of administration. The personal representative shall pay taxes on, and take all steps reasonably necessary for the management, protection, and preservation of, the estate in the personal representative's possession. The personal representative may maintain an action to recover possession of, or to determine the title to, property. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3710 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3710 - Power to Avoid Transfers.

700.3710 Power to avoid transfers. Sec. 3710.  The property liable for the payment of unsecured debts of a decedent includes all property transferred by the decedent by any means that is in law void or voidable as against the decedent's creditors, and subject to prior liens, the right to recover this property, so far as necessary for the payment of the decedent's unsecured debts, is exclusively in the personal representative. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3711 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code|Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)|Article III - Probate of Wills and Administration (700.3101...700.3988)|386-1998-III-7 - Part 7 Duties and Powers of Personal Representatives (700.3701...700.3722)|Section 700.3711 - Powers of Personal Representatives Generally.

700.3711 Powers of personal representatives generally. Sec. 3711.  Until termination of the appointment, a personal representative has the same power over the title to estate property that an absolute owner would have, in trust, however, for the benefit of creditors or others interested in the estate. This power may be exercised without notice, hearing, or court order. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC