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MI Comp L § 700.3201 (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3201 - Venue for First and Subsequent Estate Proceedings; Location of Property.

700.3201 Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property. Sec. 3201.  (1) Venue for the first informal or formal testacy or appointment proceeding after a decedent's death is 1 of the following:  (a) The county where the decedent was domiciled at the time of death.  (b) If the decedent was not domiciled in this state, in a county where property of the decedent was located at the time of death.  (2) Venue for a subsequent proceeding that is within the court's exclusive jurisdiction is in the place where the initial proceeding occurred, unless the initial proceeding has been transferred as provided in subsection (3), in section 856 of the revised judicature act of 1961, MCL 600.856, or by supreme court rule.  (3) If the first proceeding described in subsection (1) was informal, on application of an interested person and after notice to the proponent in the first proceeding, the court, upon finding that venue is elsewhere, may transfer the proceeding and the file to the other court.  (4) On motion by a party or on the court's own initiative, a proceeding's venue may be changed to another county by court order for the convenience of the parties and witnesses, for the attorneys' convenience, or if an impartial trial cannot be had in the county where the action is pending.  (5) For the purpose of aiding determinations concerning location of property that may be relevant in cases involving nondomiciliaries, other than a debt evidenced by investment or commercial paper or other instrument in favor of a nondomiciliary, a debt is located where the debtor resides or, if the debtor is a person other than an individual, at the place where the debtor has its principal office. Commercial paper, investment paper, and other instruments are located where the instrument is. An interest in property held in trust is located where the trustee may be sued. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3202 (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3202 - Appointment or Testacy Proceedings; Conflicting Claim of Domicile in Another State.

700.3202 Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state. Sec. 3202.  If conflicting claims as to the decedent's domicile are made in a formal testacy or appointment proceeding commenced in this state and in a testacy or appointment proceeding after notice pending at the same time in another state, the court of this state shall stay, dismiss, or permit suitable amendment in the proceeding in this state unless it is determined that this state's proceeding was commenced before the proceeding elsewhere. The determination of domicile in the proceeding first commenced is determinative in this state's proceeding. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3204 (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3204 - Representation by Conservator or Guardian; Appointment Without Priority; Applicability of Section and MCL 700.3203 to a General or Successor Personal Representative.

700.3204 Representation by conservator or guardian; appointment without priority; applicability of section and MCL 700.3203 to a general or successor personal representative.Sec. 3204.  (1) A conservator of a protected individual's estate or, if there is no conservator, a guardian of a minor or legally incapacitated individual may exercise the same right to nominate, to object to another's appointment, or to participate in determining the preference of a majority in interest of the devisees and heirs that the protected individual or ward would have if qualified for appointment.  (2) Except as provided in sections 3308(1)(f) and 3310, a person who does not have priority prescribed in section 3203(1)(a) to (f), including priority resulting from renunciation or nomination determined under this section or section 3203, shall be appointed only in a formal proceeding. The state or county public administrator must be appointed only in a formal proceeding. Before appointing the state or county public administrator or any other person without priority, the court shall determine that persons having priority have been notified of the proceedings and have failed to request appointment or to nominate another person for appointment, and that administration is necessary.  (3) A person is not qualified to serve as a personal representative if the person is either under the age of 18 or is a person whom the court finds unsuitable in formal proceedings.  (4) A personal representative appointed by a court of the decedent's domicile has priority over all other persons except if the decedent's will nominates different persons to be personal representatives in this state and in the state of domicile. The domiciliary personal representative may nominate another person, who then has the same priority as the domiciliary personal representative.  (5) This section and section 3203 govern priority for appointment of a general personal representative or successor personal representative, but do not apply to the selection of a special personal representative. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2000, Act 54, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 13, Eff. May 7, 2018 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 59, Imd. Eff. Mar. 10, 2020 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3205 (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3205 - Demand for Notice of Order or Filing Concerning Decedent's Estate.

700.3205 Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate. Sec. 3205.  A person who wants notice of any order or filing pertaining to a decedent's estate in which the person has a financial or property interest may file a demand for notice with the court at any time after the decedent's death stating the decedent's name, the nature of the person's interest in the estate, and the address of the person or the person's attorney. If a proceeding is not pending at the time a demand is filed under this section, the person filing the demand must pay the fee required to commence a proceeding. The person filing a demand shall mail a copy of the demand to the decedent's attorney, if known, to the personal representative if one has been appointed, and to the personal representative's attorney. After filing the demand, the person is an interested person entitled to notice as provided in section 1401 and the other provisions of this act. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3206a (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3206a - Designation of Successor Individual as Funeral Representative.

700.3206a Designation of successor individual as funeral representative.Sec. 3206a.  (1) A declarant may designate in the funeral representative designation a successor individual as a funeral representative who may exercise the rights and powers described in section 3206(1) if the first individual named as funeral representative does not accept, is incapacitated, resigns, or is removed.  (2) An individual designated a funeral representative accepts the designation as funeral representative by signing an acceptance of funeral representative, or by acting as the funeral representative.  (3) The authority under a funeral representative designation is exercisable by a funeral representative only after the death of the declarant.  (4) Except as provided in the funeral representative designation, a funeral representative shall not delegate his or her powers to another individual.  (5) On request of the funeral establishment, the funeral representative shall provide a copy of the funeral representative designation to the funeral establishment. History: Add. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3206b (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3206b - Revocation of Funeral Representative Designation.

700.3206b Revocation of funeral representative designation.Sec. 3206b.  A funeral representative designation is revoked by 1 or more of the following:  (a) Unless a successor funeral representative has been designated, any of the following:  (i) The funeral representative's resignation.   (ii) The funeral representative cannot be located after reasonable efforts by the decedent's family or funeral establishment.   (iii) The funeral representative refuses to act within 48 hours after receiving notice of the decedent's death.   (b) The declarant's revocation of the funeral representative designation. The declarant's revocation of the funeral representative designation must be in writing and signed in the manner as provided in section 3206(2).  (c) A subsequent funeral representative designation that revokes the prior funeral representative designation either expressly or by inconsistency. History: Add. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3208 (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3208 - Repealed. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016.

700.3208 Repealed. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016. Compiler's Notes: The repealed section pertained to filing action to challenge presumption.Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3209 (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-2 - Part 2 Venue for Probate and Administration, Priority to Administer, and Demand for Notice (700.3201...700.3209)|Section 700.3209 - Funeral Establishment Not Civilly Liable; Reliance on Funeral Representative Designation.

700.3209 Funeral establishment not civilly liable; reliance on funeral representative designation.Sec. 3209.  (1) A funeral establishment is not required to file a petition under section 3207 and is not civilly liable for not filing a petition under section 3207.   (2) A funeral establishment, cemetery, or crematory may rely on the designation of a funeral representative under section 3206(2), the designation of a person as described in section 3206(3)(a), the order of priority determined under section 3206(3) and (4), or a court order under section 3207 that determines who may exercise the rights and powers under section 3206(1). A funeral establishment, cemetery, or crematory is not a guarantor that a person exercising the rights and powers under section 3206(1) has the legal authority to exercise those rights and powers. A cemetery or crematory may rely on a funeral establishment's representation as to who may exercise the rights and powers under section 3206(1). A funeral establishment, cemetery, or crematory does not have the responsibility to contact or independently investigate the existence of relatives of the deceased, but may rely on information provided by family members of the deceased or by a person other than a family member that the funeral establishment, cemetery, or crematory reasonably believes knows the existence or location of the relatives of the deceased or the funeral representative. As used in this subsection, "information" includes, but is not limited to, an affirmation that reasonable efforts to contact the individual or individuals with the rights and powers under section 3601(1) and to inform the individual or individuals of the death have been made without success.  (3) A funeral establishment, holder of a license to practice mortuary science issued by this state, cemetery, or crematory, or an officer or employee of a funeral establishment, holder of a license to practice mortuary science issued by this state, cemetery, or crematory may rely on sections 3206 and 3207 and this section and the instructions of a person described in section 3206(2) to (9) or a person that the court determines under section 3207 has rights and powers under section 3206(1) regarding funeral arrangements and the handling, disposition, or disinterment of a body and is not civilly liable to any person for the reliance if the reliance was in good faith. History: Add. 2006, Act 299, Imd. Eff. July 20, 2006 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 63, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 2012 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 57, Eff. June 27, 2016 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3302 (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-3 - Part 3 Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings (700.3301...700.3311)|Section 700.3302 - Informal Probate; Duty of Register; Effect of Informal Probate.

700.3302 Informal probate; duty of register; effect of informal probate. Sec. 3302.  Upon receipt of an application requesting informal probate of a will and after making the findings required by section 3303, the register shall issue a written statement of informal probate. Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order in a formal testacy proceeding. A defect in an application or procedure relating to the application that leads to informal probate of a will does not render the probate void. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3303 (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-3 - Part 3 Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings (700.3301...700.3311)|Section 700.3303 - Informal Probate; Proof and Findings Required.

700.3303 Informal probate; proof and findings required. Sec. 3303.  (1) In an informal proceeding for original probate of a will, the register shall determine whether all of the following are true:  (a) The application is complete.  (b) The applicant has made oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true to the best of the applicant's knowledge and belief.  (c) The applicant appears from the application to be an interested person.  (d) On the basis of the statements in the application, venue is proper.  (e) An original, properly executed, and apparently unrevoked will is in the register's possession.  (f) That the application is not within section 3304.  (2) The register shall deny the application if the application indicates that a personal representative has been appointed in another county of this state or, except as provided in subsection (4), if it appears that this or another will of the decedent has been the subject of a previous probate order.  (3) A will that appears to have the required signatures and that contains an attestation clause showing that requirements of execution under section 2502 or 2506 have been met shall be probated without further proof. In other cases, the register may assume execution if the will appears to have been properly executed, or the register may accept a sworn statement of a person having knowledge of the circumstances of execution, whether or not the person was a witness to the will.  (4) Informal probate of a will that was previously probated elsewhere may be granted at any time upon written application by an interested person, together with deposit of an authenticated copy of the will and of the statement probating it from the office or court where the will was first probated.  (5) A will from a place that does not provide for probate of a will after death and that is not eligible for probate under subsection (1) may be probated in this state upon receipt by the register of a properly authenticated copy of the will and a properly authenticated certificate of its legal custodian that the copy filed is a true copy and that the will has become operative under the law of the other place. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3304 (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-3 - Part 3 Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings (700.3301...700.3311)|Section 700.3304 - Informal Probate; Unavailable in Certain Cases.

700.3304 Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases. Sec. 3304.  The register shall deny an application for informal probate if the probate relates to 1 or more of a known series of testamentary instruments, not including a will and 1 or more codicils to that will, the latest of which instruments does not expressly revoke the earlier. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3305 (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-3 - Part 3 Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings (700.3301...700.3311)|Section 700.3305 - Informal Probate; Register Not Satisfied.

700.3305 Informal probate; register not satisfied. Sec. 3305.  If the register is not satisfied that a will is entitled to be probated in informal proceedings because of failure to meet the requirements of section 3303 or 3304 or for another reason, the register may deny the application. A register's denial of informal probate is not an adjudication and does not preclude formal probate proceedings. If the application is denied, the register shall clearly state the reason for denial. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3306 (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-3 - Part 3 Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings (700.3301...700.3311)|Section 700.3306 - Informal Probate; Notice Requirements.

700.3306 Informal probate; notice requirements. Sec. 3306.  (1) Within 28 days after an informal probate is granted, the applicant shall give written information of the probate to the heirs, devisees, a person who demands it under section 3205, and other interested persons. The applicant also shall give information of the probate to the attorney general, public administration division, if the devisees under the will would not be entitled to share in the estate but for the terms of the will and the decedent died without leaving any known heirs.  (2) The information required by subsection (1) must include the applicant's name and address, the name and location of the court granting the informal probate, and the date of the probate. The information must be delivered or sent by ordinary mail to each person entitled to notice whose address is reasonably available to the applicant. There is no duty to give information as required by this section if a personal representative is appointed who is required to give the written information required by section 3705. An applicant's failure to give information as required by this section is a breach of the applicant's duty to a person entitled to notice, but does not affect the validity of the probate. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
MI Comp L § 700.3307 (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-3 - Part 3 Informal Probate and Appointment Proceedings (700.3301...700.3311)|Section 700.3307 - Informal Appointment Proceedings; Delay in Order; Duty of Register; Effect of Appointment.

700.3307 Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of register; effect of appointment. Sec. 3307.  (1) Upon receipt of an application for informal appointment of a personal representative, other than a special personal representative as provided in section 3614, and after making the determinations required by section 3308, the register shall appoint the person whose appointment is sought subject to qualification and acceptance. If the decedent was a nonresident, the register shall delay the order of appointment until 28 days after the death unless the personal representative appointed at the decedent's domicile is the applicant or unless the decedent's will directs that the estate be subject to the laws of this state.  (2) The personal representative's status and the powers and duties pertaining to the office are fully established by informal appointment. An appointment, and the office of personal representative created by the appointment, is subject to termination as provided in sections 3608 to 3612, but is not subject to retroactive vacation. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC