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MI Comp L § 700.2709 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2709 - Substitute Gift.

700.2709 Substitute gift. Sec. 2709.  If a beneficiary fails to survive the decedent and is a grandparent, a grandparent's descendant, or the decedent's stepchild, the following apply:  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (d), if the beneficiary designation is not in the form of a class gift and the deceased beneficiary leaves surviving descendants, a substitute gift is created in the beneficiary's surviving descendants. They take by representation the property to which the beneficiary would have been entitled had the beneficiary survived the decedent.  (b) Except as provided in subdivision (d), if the beneficiary designation is in the form of a class gift, other than a beneficiary designation to "issue", "descendants", "heirs of the body", "heirs", "next of kin", "relatives", or "family" or a class described by language of similar import, a substitute gift is created in the surviving descendants of each deceased beneficiary. The property to which the beneficiaries would have been entitled had all of them survived the decedent passes to the surviving beneficiaries and the surviving descendants of the deceased beneficiaries. Each surviving beneficiary takes the share to which he or she would have been entitled had the deceased beneficiaries survived the decedent. Each deceased beneficiary's surviving descendants who are substituted for the deceased beneficiary take by representation the share to which the deceased beneficiary would have been entitled had the deceased beneficiary survived the decedent. For the purposes of this subdivision, "deceased beneficiary" means a class member who failed to survive the decedent and left 1 or more surviving descendants.  (c) For the purposes of section 2701, words of survivorship, such as in a beneficiary designation to an individual "if he survives me" or in a beneficiary designation to "my surviving children", are not, in the absence of additional evidence, a sufficient indication of an intent contrary to the application of this section.  (d) If a governing instrument creates an alternative beneficiary designation with respect to a beneficiary designation for which a substitute gift is created by subdivision (a) or (b), the substitute gift is superseded by the alternative beneficiary designation only if an expressly designated beneficiary of the alternative beneficiary designation is entitled to take. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2710 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2710 - Multiple Substitute Gifts.

700.2710 Multiple substitute gifts. Sec. 2710.  (1) If, under section 2709, substitute gifts are created and not superseded with respect to more than 1 beneficiary designation and the beneficiary designations are alternative beneficiary designations, one to the other, the determination of which of the substitute gifts takes effect is resolved as follows:  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the property passes under the primary substitute gift.  (b) If there is a younger-generation beneficiary designation, the property passes under the younger-generation substitute gift and not under the primary substitute gift.  (2) As used in this section:  (a) "Primary beneficiary designation" means the beneficiary designation that would have taken effect had all the deceased beneficiaries of the alternative beneficiary designations who left surviving descendants survived the decedent.  (b) "Primary substitute gift" means the substitute gift created with respect to the primary beneficiary designation.  (c) "Younger-generation beneficiary designation" means a beneficiary designation for which all of the following are true:  (i) Is to a descendant of a beneficiary of the primary beneficiary designation.  (ii) Is an alternative beneficiary designation with respect to the primary beneficiary designation.  (iii) Is a beneficiary designation for which a substitute gift is created.  (iv) Would have taken effect had all the deceased beneficiaries who left surviving descendants survived the decedent except the deceased beneficiary or beneficiaries of the primary beneficiary designation.  (d) "Younger-generation substitute gift" means the substitute gift created with respect to the younger-generation beneficiary designation. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2712 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2712 - Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient.

700.2712 Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient. Sec. 2712.  (1) A person who purchases property for value and without notice, or who receives a payment or other item of property in partial or full satisfaction of a legally enforceable obligation, is not obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit and is not liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit. However, a person who, not for value, receives a payment, item of property, or another benefit to which the person is not entitled under sections 2709 and 2710 is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who is entitled to it under sections 2709 and 2710.  (2) If this section and sections 2709 and 2710 are, or any part of these sections is, preempted by federal law with respect to a payment, an item of property, or another benefit covered by these sections, a person who, not for value, receives the payment, item of property, or another benefit to which the person is entitled under those sections is obligated to return the payment, item of property, or benefit, or is personally liable for the amount of the payment or the value of the item of property or benefit, to the person who would have been entitled to it if these sections or a part of these sections were not preempted. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2713 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2713 - Definitions for Survivorship With Respect to Future Interests Under Terms of Trust.

700.2713 Definitions for survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust. Sec. 2713.  As used in this section and sections 2714 to 2716:  (a) "Alternative future interest" means an expressly created future interest that can take effect in possession or enjoyment instead of another future interest on the happening of 1 or more events, including survival of an event or failure to survive an event, whether an event is expressed in condition-precedent, condition-subsequent, or another form. A residuary clause in a will does not create an alternative future interest with respect to a future interest created in a nonresiduary devise in the will, whether or not the will specifically provides that a lapsed or failed devise is to pass under the residuary clause.  (b) "Beneficiary" means the beneficiary of a future interest and includes a class member if the future interest is in the form of a class gift.  (c) "Class member" includes, but is not limited to, an individual who failed to survive the distribution date but who would have taken under a future interest in the form of a class gift had he or she survived the distribution date.  (d) "Distribution date" means, with respect to a future interest, the time when the future interest takes effect in possession or enjoyment. The distribution date does not need to occur at the beginning or end of a calendar day, but can occur at a time during the course of a day.  (e) "Future interest" includes, but is not limited to, an alternative future interest and a future interest in the form of a class gift.  (f) "Future interest under the terms of a trust" means a future interest that is created by a transfer creating a trust or to an existing trust or by an exercise of a power of appointment to an existing trust, directing the continuance of an existing trust, designating a beneficiary of an existing trust, or creating a trust.  (g) "Surviving beneficiary" or "surviving descendant" means a beneficiary or a descendant who does not predecease the distribution date and who is not considered to have predeceased the distribution date under section 2702. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2715 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2715 - Multiple Substitute Gifts.

700.2715 Multiple substitute gifts. Sec. 2715.  (1) If, under section 2714, substitute gifts are created and not superseded with respect to more than 1 future interest and the future interests are alternative future interests, one to the other, the determination of which of the substitute gifts takes effect is resolved as follows:  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the property passes under the primary substitute gift.  (b) If there is a younger-generation future interest, the property passes under the younger-generation substitute gift and not under the primary substitute gift.  (2) As used in this section:  (a) "Primary future interest" means the future interest that would have taken effect had all the deceased beneficiaries of the alternative future interests who left surviving descendants survived the distribution date.  (b) "Primary substitute gift" means the substitute gift created with respect to the primary future interest.  (c) "Younger-generation future interest" means a future interest for which all of the following are true:  (i) Is to a descendant of a beneficiary of the primary future interest.  (ii) Is an alternative future interest with respect to the primary future interest.  (iii) Is a future interest for which a substitute gift is created.  (iv) Would have taken effect had all the deceased beneficiaries who left surviving descendants survived the distribution date except the deceased beneficiary or beneficiaries of the primary future interest.  (d) "Younger-generation substitute gift" means the substitute gift created with respect to the younger-generation future interest. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2716 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2716 - No Substitute Taker; Lapse.

700.2716 No substitute taker; lapse. Sec. 2716.  (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if, after the application of sections 2714 and 2715, there is no surviving taker, the property passes in the following order:  (a) If the trust is created in a nonresiduary devise in the transferor's will or in a codicil to the transferor's will, the property passes under the residuary clause in the transferor's will. For purposes of this section, the residuary clause is treated as creating a future interest under the terms of a trust.  (b) If a taker is not produced by the application of subdivision (a), the property passes to the transferor's heirs under section 2720.  (2) If, after the application of sections 2714 and 2715, there is no surviving taker and if the future interest was created by the exercise of a power of appointment, the following apply:  (a) The property passes under the donor's gift-in-default clause, if any, which clause is treated as creating a future interest under the terms of a trust.  (b) If a taker is not produced by the application of subdivision (a), the property passes as provided in subsection (1). For purposes of subsection (1), "transferor" means the donor if the power was a nongeneral power and means the donee if the power was a general power. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2717 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2717 - Class Gifts to “Descendants,”“issue,” or “Heirs of the Body”; Form of Distribution if None Specified.

700.2717 Class gifts to “descendants,”“issue,” or “heirs of the body”; form of distribution if none specified. Sec. 2717.  If a class gift in favor of "descendants", "issue", or "heirs of the body" does not specify the manner in which the property is to be distributed among the class members, the property is distributed among the class members who are living when the interest is to take effect in possession or enjoyment in the shares each class member would receive under the applicable law of intestate succession if the designated ancestor had died intestate at the time of distribution owning the subject matter of the class gift. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2719 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2719 - Worthier-Title Doctrine Abolished.

700.2719 Worthier-title doctrine abolished. Sec. 2719.  The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as a rule of law and as a rule of construction. Language in a governing instrument describing the beneficiaries of a disposition as the transferor's "heirs", "heirs at law", "next of kin", "distributees", "relatives", or "family", or language of similar import, does not create or presumptively create a reversionary interest in the transferor. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2720 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2720 - Interests in “Heirs”.

700.2720 Interests in “heirs”. Sec. 2720.  If an applicable statute or a governing instrument calls for a present or future distribution to or creates a present or future interest in a designated individual's "heirs", "heirs at law", "next of kin", "relatives", or "family" or language of similar import, the property passes to those persons, including the state, in the shares that would succeed to the designated individual's intestate estate under the intestate succession law of the designated individual's domicile if the designated individual died when the disposition is to take effect in possession or enjoyment. If the designated individual's surviving spouse is living, but is remarried at the time the disposition is to take effect in possession or enjoyment, the surviving spouse is not an heir of the designated individual. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2721 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)|Section 700.2721 - Construction as to Age of Majority.

700.2721 Construction as to age of majority. Sec. 2721.  A provision contained in a governing instrument that makes reference to a "minor", "age of majority", or a similar phrase differentiating between an individual's majority and minority status shall be construed to refer to the legal age of majority in effect at the time the governing instrument was executed. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2801 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-8 - Part 8 General Provisions Concerning Probate and Nonprobate Transfers (700.2801...700.2809)|Section 700.2801 - Surviving Spouse; Status.

700.2801 Surviving spouse; status.Sec. 2801.  (1) An individual who is divorced from the decedent or whose marriage to the decedent has been annulled is not a surviving spouse unless, by virtue of a subsequent marriage, he or she is married to the decedent at the time of death. A decree of separation that does not terminate the status of married couple is not a divorce for purposes of this section.  (2) For purposes of parts 1 to 4 of this article and of section 3203, a surviving spouse does not include any of the following:  (a) An individual who obtains or consents to a final decree or judgment of divorce from the decedent or an annulment of their marriage, which decree or judgment is not recognized as valid in this state, unless they subsequently participate in a marriage ceremony purporting to marry each to the other or live together as a married couple.  (b) An individual who, following an invalid decree or judgment of divorce or annulment obtained by the decedent, participates in a marriage ceremony with a third individual.  (c) An individual who was a party to a valid proceeding concluded by an order purporting to terminate all marital property rights.  (d) An individual who, at the time of the decedent's death, is living in a bigamous relationship with another individual.  (e) An individual who did any of the following for 1 year or more before the death of the deceased person:  (i) Was willfully absent from the decedent spouse.  (ii) Deserted the decedent spouse.  (iii) Willfully neglected or refused to provide support for the decedent spouse if required to do so by law.  (3) For purposes of section 3206, a surviving spouse does not include either of the following:  (a) An individual described in subsection (2)(a) to (d).  (b) An individual who is a party to a divorce or annulment proceeding with the decedent at the time of the decedent's death. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 20, Imd. Eff. Mar. 31, 2017 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.2802 (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 II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)|386-1998-II-8 - Part 8 General Provisions Concerning Probate and Nonprobate Transfers (700.2801...700.2809)|Section 700.2802 - Definitions Relating to Effect of Certain Criminal Acts.

700.2802 Definitions relating to effect of certain criminal acts.Sec. 2802.  As used in this section and sections 2803 and 2804:  (a) "Abuse, neglect, or exploitation" means an act, the commission of which is a felony, under any of the following:  (i) An act that constitutes child abuse under section 136b of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.136b.  (ii) A criminal act that is an offense under chapter XXA of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.145m to 750.145r.   (iii) A violation of section 174a of the Michigan penal code, 1931 PA 328, MCL 750.174a.  (iv) A criminal act that is an offense involving domestic violence as that term is defined in section 27b of chapter VIII of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175, MCL 768.27b.  (v) A criminal act that constitutes abuse, neglect, or exploitation as those terms are defined in section 11 of the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.11.  (b) "Disposition or appointment of property" includes, but is not limited to, a transfer of an item of property or another benefit to a beneficiary designated in a governing instrument.  (c) "Felon" means the individual who was convicted of committing the abuse, neglect, or exploitation.  (d) "Governing instrument" means a governing instrument executed by the decedent.  (e) "Revocable" means, with respect to a disposition, appointment, provision, or nomination, one under which the decedent, at the time of or immediately before death, was alone empowered, by law or under the governing instrument, to cancel the designation in favor of the killer or felon, whether or not the decedent was then empowered to designate himself or herself in place of his or her killer or felon and whether or not the decedent then had the capacity to exercise the power. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 173, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012 Popular Name: EPIC