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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 194 of 1947 - State Public Administrator (720.201 - 720.223) › Section 720.219 - State or County Public Administrator; Interest in Estate Property Prohibited.

720.219 State or county public administrator; interest in estate property prohibited.
Sec. 19.
No state public administrator or county public administrator, when appointed fiduciary of any estate by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, acquire any interest in, or bargain for, any property or any benefits incident to such property, which shall or may come into his possession or under his control as such fiduciary, nor shall he acquire any interest in, or bargain for, any property belonging to any other estate being administered by any county public administrator who has been appointed fiduciary thereof by virtue of the provisions of this act. Further, no such fiduciary shall commingle the funds and property of any such estate with his own or with any other property or funds: Provided, however, That such fiduciary may place on deposit in 1 or more bank accounts such funds as come into his possession as such fiduciary but any interest received on such accounts shall be prorated among each such estate contributing to such common bank account and shall not become the personal property of such fiduciary.
History:
1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.219
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 194 of 1947 - State Public Administrator (720.201 - 720.223) › Section 720.220 - State or County Public Administrator; Continuation After Discovery of Heir; Expenses; Receipts Turned Over to State Treasurer.

720.220 State or county public administrator; continuation after discovery of heir; expenses; receipts turned over to state treasurer.
Sec. 20.
Whenever the state public administrator or a county public administrator shall be appointed fiduciary of any estate under the provisions of this act, and it shall subsequently appear or be discovered that the deceased left surviving a husband, wife, or next of kin entitled to a distributive share in such estate, and such heir or next of kin shall, under the provisions of the general probate laws of this state, be competent and willing to administer such estate, the state public administrator or such county public administrator shall nevertheless continue as fiduciary of such estate. When such fiduciary shall be the state public administrator, the judge of probate, before making the order assigning the residue in any such estate and wherein the residue is not assigned to the state of Michigan as an escheated estate, shall first allow and order paid to the said state public administrator out of the corpus of said estate, all of the expenses incurred by such fiduciary in administering said estate, together with such other fees, compensation and allowances as are authorized by the general probate laws of this state and by order of such probate judge to be paid to such fiduciary out of such estate. All monies so paid to the state public administrator shall be forthwith delivered by him to the state treasurer, who in turn, shall place such money to the credit of the general fund of the state.
History:
1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.220
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 194 of 1947 - State Public Administrator (720.201 - 720.223) › Section 720.221 - State or County Public Administrator; Access to Property, Papers and Records.

720.221 State or county public administrator; access to property, papers and records.
Sec. 21.
The state public administrator, or any person specifically designated by him to act in his behalf, shall at all times have access to and the right to inspect any and all property, books, papers and records, in the possession or under the control of any county public administrator or former county public administrator, pertaining to any and all estates on which letters of administration have been issued to said present or former county public administrator by virtue of the provisions of this act, and may require of any such present or former county public administrator a certified or exemplified copy of any petition, inventory, account, order or pleading, original of which has been filed in the probate court in any estate wherein said present or former county public administrator is or was acting as fiduciary, under the provisions of this act.
History:
1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.221
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 194 of 1947 - State Public Administrator (720.201 - 720.223) › Section 720.222 - Retroactive Construction of Act.

720.222 Retroactive construction of act.
Sec. 22.
This act, in all of its provisions, is intended to be retroactive, and it shall be construed as applying retrospectively to all persons, property and estates coming within its purview.
History:
1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.222
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 194 of 1947 - State Public Administrator (720.201 - 720.223) › Section 720.223 - Repeal; Saving Clause.

720.223 Repeal; saving clause.
Sec. 23.
Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1923, being sections 15611 to 15623, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929, is hereby repealed, except that all appointments made thereunder and all letters of administration issued to the state public administrator or to any county public administrator by virtue of said act, shall remain valid and such state public administrator or such county public administrator heretofore appointed as fiduciary of any such estate under the provisions of that act or pursuant to the general probate laws of this state, shall be subject to the provisions of this act. Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal the provisions of Act. No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, and amendments thereto, and any parts of this act inconsistent therewith shall be deemed to modify that act only to that extent.
History:
1947, Act 194, Imd. Eff. June 12, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.223
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Repealed - Act 281 of 1929 - Sterilization of Mental Defectives (720.301 - 720.310)

STERILIZATION OF MENTAL DEFECTIVES
Act 281 of 1929
720.301-720.310 Repealed. 1974, Act 258, Eff. Aug. 6, 1975.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Repealed - Act 206 of 1935 - Debts for Milk and Cream as Preferred Claims (720.401 - 720.402)

DEBTS FOR MILK AND CREAM AS PREFERRED CLAIMS
Act 206 of 1935
720.401,720.402 Repealed. 1978, Act 642, Eff. July 1, 1979.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 44 of 1947 - Missing Persons (720.501 - 720.503) › Section 720.501 - Missing Persons; Finding of Presumed Death; Prima Facie Evidence.

720.501 Missing persons; finding of presumed death; prima facie evidence.
Sec. 1.
A written finding of presumed death, made by the secretary of war, the secretary of the navy, or other officer or employee of the United States authorized to make such finding, pursuant to the federal missing persons act (56 Stat. 143, 1092, and 58 Stat. 679; 50 U.S.C. App. 1001-17), as now or hereafter amended or supplemented, or a duly certified copy of such finding, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this state as prima facie evidence of the death of the person therein found to be dead, and the date, circumstances and place of his disappearance.
History:
1947, Act 44, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.501
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 44 of 1947 - Missing Persons (720.501 - 720.503) › Section 720.502 - Missing, Interned or Captive Persons; Report, Prima Facie Evidence.

720.502 Missing, interned or captive persons; report, prima facie evidence.
Sec. 2.
An official written report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, that a person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, made by any officer or employee of the United States authorized by the act referred to in section 1 or by any other law of the United States to make same, shall be received in any court, office or other place in this state as prima facie evidence that such person is missing, missing in action, interned in a neutral country, or beleaguered, besieged or captured by an enemy, or is dead, or is alive, as the case may be.
History:
1947, Act 44, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.502
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 44 of 1947 - Missing Persons (720.501 - 720.503) › Section 720.503 - Findings, Reports and Records; Signature of Federal Officer Deemed Evidence of Authority; Certified Copy.

720.503 Findings, reports and records; signature of federal officer deemed evidence of authority; certified copy.
Sec. 3.
For the purposes of sections 1 and 2 of this act any finding, report or record, or duly certified copy thereof, purporting to have been signed by such an officer or employee of the United States as is described in said sections, shall prima facie be deemed to have been signed and issued by such an officer or employee pursuant to law, and the person signing same shall prima facie be deemed to have acted within the scope of his authority. If a copy purports to have been certified by a person authorized by law to certify the same, such certified copy shall be prima facie evidence of his authority so to certify.
History:
1947, Act 44, Eff. Oct. 11, 1947 ;-- CL 1948, 720.503
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 29 of 1957 - Destruction of Certain Files and Records (720.551 - 720.551) › Section 720.551 - Destruction of Records; Court Order; Time Period; Applicability of Section to Proceedings Taken for Hospitalization of Child or Youth With Special Health Care Needs.

720.551 Destruction of records; court order; time period; applicability of section to proceedings taken for hospitalization of child or youth with special health care needs.
Sec. 1.
Subject to section 11 of the Michigan history center act, 2016 PA 470, MCL 399.811, a probate court may order the destruction of files and records described in this section if more than 6 years have passed since the last order of the court in the case. This section applies to proceedings taken for the hospitalization of a child or youth with special health care needs under part 58 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.5801 to 333.5879.
History:
1957, Act 29, Eff. Sept. 27, 1957 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 92, Imd. Eff. June 25, 2015 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 181, Eff. Feb. 19, 2018
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.601 - Transfer of Juveniles From One State Institution or Agency to Another.

720.601 Transfer of juveniles from one state institution or agency to another.
Sec. 1.
A person who has been committed by the probate court before January 1, 1998, or the family division of circuit court on or after January 1, 1998 or a court of general criminal jurisdiction to an institution or agency of the state which is authorized to receive juveniles under the direction of the former department of mental health, the department of community health, the department of corrections, the former department of social services, or the family independence agency for the purpose of treatment, or training, or both, may be transferred from that institution to any other institution or agency of the state, if it appears to the satisfaction of the superintendent of the institution to which the person has been committed that the person will substantially benefit from the care and training in the other institution or facility and that the interests of the person and of the state will be best served thereby.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 74, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 413, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
Compiler's Notes:
Section 3 of Act 74 of 1988 provides: “This amendatory act shall take effect June 1, 1988.” This section was amended by Act 177 of 1988 to read as follows: “This amendatory act shall take effect October 1, 1988.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.602 - Transfer of Juveniles; Written Request.

720.602 Transfer of juveniles; written request.
Sec. 2.
Such a transfer may be made only upon a written request by the said superintendent and the approval of the committing judge and of the governing bodies of the institution or agency of the state from which and to which such transfer shall be made, after notice to the parents of the juvenile or to his legal guardian, if he is under guardianship.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.603 - Transfer of Juveniles; Receiving, Training.

720.603 Transfer of juveniles; receiving, training.
Sec. 3.
Any institution to which any such person is transferred, as in this act provided, shall and is hereby authorized to receive, train, and otherwise care for such person in the same manner as other persons committed to that institution.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.604 - Transfer of Juveniles; Parole and Discharge.

720.604 Transfer of juveniles; parole and discharge.
Sec. 4.
While in such institution, he shall be under the laws and rules appertaining thereto, except that his parole and discharge shall continue to be governed by the laws and rules appertaining to the institution or agency to which he was originally committed.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.605 - Transfer of Juveniles; Terms Not Affected by Transfer.

720.605 Transfer of juveniles; terms not affected by transfer.
Sec. 5.
The terms of detention or confinement of a person transferred in accordance with the provisions of this act shall not be extended or increased by reason of any such transfer.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.606 - Transfer of Juveniles; Return to Original Institution.

720.606 Transfer of juveniles; return to original institution.
Sec. 6.
Whenever, for any reason, it shall be found that it is not in the best interests of any person to remain in an institution to which he shall have been transferred as provided for and permitted by this act, and the governing body of such institution or agency so requests, such person shall, after satisfactory arrangements therefor have been completed, be returned to the institution or agency from which he was transferred.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.607 - Transfer of Juveniles; Mittimuses, Processes and Orders to Accompany.

720.607 Transfer of juveniles; mittimuses, processes and orders to accompany.
Sec. 7.
Whenever any person is transferred under the provisions of this act, he shall be accompanied by all mittimuses, processes, orders, supplemental orders, a copy of his medical report, and a written statement covering the history and progress of the person, so far as the same are available or can be ascertained.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 84 of 1949 - Transfer of Juveniles Between Institutions (720.601 - 720.608) › Section 720.608 - Transfer of Juveniles; Expenses, Payment.

720.608 Transfer of juveniles; expenses, payment.
Sec. 8.
All expenses incidental to a transfer under this act shall be borne by the department or agency from which the transfer is made.
History:
1949, Act 84, Eff. Sept. 23, 1949
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.651 - Regional Facilities for Diagnosis and Custody of Certain Minors; Construction and Operation.

720.651 Regional facilities for diagnosis and custody of certain minors; construction and operation.
Sec. 1.
A county or 2 or more contiguous counties, after approval of the state department of social services, may combine together to construct and operate regional facilities for the diagnosis and custody of minors detained under section 14, 15, or 16 of chapter XIIA of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, as amended, being sections 712A.14, 712A.15, and 712A.16 of the Michigan Compiled Laws or under section 27a of chapter IV of the code of criminal procedure, Act No. 175 of the Public Acts of 1927, being section 764.27a of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 77, Eff. Oct. 1, 1988
Compiler's Notes:
Section 3 of Act 77 of 1988 provides: “This amendatory act shall take effect June 1, 1988.” This section was amended by Act 180 of 1988 to read as follows: “This amendatory act shall take effect October 1, 1988.”
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.652 - Family Independence Agency; Survey; Determination; Recommendations; Approval.

720.652 Family independence agency; survey; determination; recommendations; approval.
Sec. 2.
The county board of commissioners of any county or any contiguous counties, by resolution, may authorize the chief judge of the circuit court in the county or in the contiguous counties to request the family independence agency to survey the situation and determine the need for a detention home in the area, or whenever chief judge of the circuit court in a county is requested, in writing, by 1% but not less than 25 electors of the county to initiate proceedings for the organization of the district for the operation of a regional detention home. In either event the chief judge shall be authorized to refer the question to the family independence agency for its recommendations and approval relative to all of the following:
(a) The size of the district or number of counties to be served.
(b) The size and type of buildings to be erected.
(c) The facilities and operating program to be provided in the home.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 414, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.653 - Board of Trustees; Powers.

720.653 Board of trustees; powers.
Sec. 3.
A regional facility created under this act shall be governed by a board of trustees which shall be a body corporate with powers to buy, sell, and dispose of property, real and personal, to erect and maintain buildings and facilities, and to employ all necessary personnel. The board of trustees shall consist of a judge of the family division of the circuit court in each judicial circuit that includes a participating county, 1 member appointed by the county board of commissioners from each of the participating counties, and 1 member appointed from the electors residing in each of the participating counties by the other members of the board of trustees. The board of trustees has the authority to adopt mutually agreeable procedures, rules, and regulations as to administration, financial support, and other necessary regulations. The board of trustees may accept on behalf of, and for the use of, the body corporate any gifts, grants, or bequests given or devised to the facility.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 414, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.654 - Referendum.

720.654 Referendum.
Sec. 4.
The board of trustees of the recommended district shall have the authority to submit the question to the voters of 1 or more contiguous counties, consisting of the counties comprising the recommended district, at any state general election or county-wide primary election, as to whether the regional juvenile detention home district should be created and the voters of the district shall be given the opportunity to vote “yes” or “no” on the approval of the district.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.655 - Taxes for Construction and Operation.

720.655 Taxes for construction and operation.
Sec. 5.
The board of trustees of the district may levy upon the approval of the electors of the district for the purposes heretofore specified, a tax of not more than 1 mill upon each dollar of the state equalized value of the property in each of the counties comprising the regional juvenile detention home area and, from time to time, may submit to the electors of the district at any state general election or county-wide primary election the question of additional assessment or tax for the operation of such homes.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.656 - Capital Outlay and Construction Costs; Apportionment.

720.656 Capital outlay and construction costs; apportionment.
Sec. 6.
Capital outlay and construction costs of facilities of such regional facility shall be borne by the counties comprising the region in the following manner:
(a) Fifty percent of the estimated cost shall be borne by apportioning among the participating counties a percentage of the cost according to the proportion of the county's state equalized valuation bears to the total state equalized valuation of the district.
(b) Fifty percent of the estimated cost shall be apportioned among the participating counties according to the proportion the individual county's school census bears to the total school census of the participating counties.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.657 - Basic Operating Costs; Other Operation Expenses.

720.657 Basic operating costs; other operation expenses.
Sec. 7.
Basic operating costs of such regional facilities, consisting of maintenance, repairs and custodial personnel and amortization of the capital investment shall be borne by participating counties in the same manner as provided in section 6 for capital outlay. All remaining operating expenses of such facilities shall be borne by establishing a per diem cost per child which shall be charged to participating counties according to their child day use of the facility.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.658 - Board of Trustees; Contracts With Nonparticipating Counties, per Diem.

720.658 Board of trustees; contracts with nonparticipating counties, per diem.
Sec. 8.
The board of trustees of any district is authorized to enter into contracts with nonparticipating counties to provide services for the detention and custody of children committed from such counties at a per diem cost established by the board.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.659 - State Social Welfare Department; Supervision, Rules, Standards, Orders, Visitation, Inspection, Records.

720.659 State social welfare department; supervision, rules, standards, orders, visitation, inspection, records.
Sec. 9.
The state department of social welfare shall supervise and inspect local and regional facilities and places of detention for juveniles for the purpose of obtaining facts in a manner pertaining to the usefulness and proper management of such facilities, and in promoting proper, efficient and humane administration thereof, and shall promulgate rules and standards with relation thereto. Any reasonable order with respect to such facility may be enforced through mandamus or injunction by the circuit court of the county where the facility is located, through proper proceedings instituted by the attorney general on behalf of the department. Any superintendent or employee of any facility subject to inspection under the provisions of this act, who shall refuse to admit any duly authorized representative of the department of social welfare for the purpose of visitation and inspection, or who shall refuse or neglect to furnish the information required by the said department, or its duly authorized representative, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The superintendent and staff of each place of detention for juveniles shall keep such records with respect to the operation of such place of detention as shall be prescribed by the department of social welfare.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 720 - Probate › Act 214 of 1963 - Regional Facilities for Delinquent and Neglected Minors (720.651 - 720.660) › Section 720.660 - Repeal.

720.660 Repeal.
Sec. 10.
Section 16a of chapter 12A of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, being section 712A.16a of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is hereby repealed.
History:
1963, Act 214, Imd. Eff. May 17, 1963
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.1 - Definitions.

722.1 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "Minor" means a person under the age of 18 years.
(b) "Parents" means natural parents, if married prior or subsequent to the minor's birth; adopting parents, if the minor has been legally adopted; or the mother, if the minor is illegitimate.
(c) "Emancipation" means termination of the rights of the parents to the custody, control, services and earnings of a minor.
History:
1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.2 - Unemancipated Minors; Parental Rights.

722.2 Unemancipated minors; parental rights.
Sec. 2.
Unless otherwise ordered by a court order, the parents of an unemancipated minor are equally entitled to the custody, control, services and earnings of the minor, but if 1 parent provides, to the exclusion of the other parent, for the maintenance and support of the minor, that parent has the paramount right to control the services and earnings of the minor.
History:
1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.3a - Repealed. 2001, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001.

722.3a Repealed. 2001, Act 110, Eff. Sept. 30, 2001.
Compiler's Notes:
The repealed section pertained to child support after child reaches 18 years of age.
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.4 - Emancipation by Operation of Law or According to Petition Filed by Minor With Family Division of Circuit Court.

722.4 Emancipation by operation of law or according to petition filed by minor with family division of circuit court.
Sec. 4.
(1) Emancipation may occur by operation of law or according to a petition filed by a minor with the family division of circuit court as provided in this act.
(2) An emancipation occurs by operation of law under any of the following circumstances:
(a) When a minor is validly emancipated under the laws of another state.
(b) When an individual reaches 18 years of age.
(c) During the period when the minor is on active duty with the United States Armed Forces.
(d) For the purposes of consenting to routine, nonsurgical medical care or emergency medical treatment to a minor, when the minor is in the custody of a law enforcement agency and the minor's parent or guardian cannot be promptly located. The minor or the minor's parent remains responsible for the cost of any medical care or treatment rendered under this subdivision. An emancipation under this subdivision ends upon the termination of medical care or treatment or upon the minor's release from custody, whichever occurs first.
(e) For the purposes of consenting to his or her own preventive health care or medical care including surgery, dental care, or mental health care, except vasectomies or any procedure related to reproduction, during the period when the minor is a prisoner committed to the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and is housed in a state correctional facility operated by the department of corrections or in a youth correctional facility operated by the department of corrections or a private vendor under section 20g of the corrections code of 1953, 1953 PA 232, MCL 791.220g; or the period when the minor is a probationer residing in a special alternative incarceration unit established under the special alternative incarceration act, 1988 PA 287, MCL 798.11 to 798.18. This subdivision applies only if a parent or guardian of the minor cannot promptly be located by the department of corrections or, in the case of a youth correctional facility operated by a private vendor, by the responsible official of the youth correctional facility.
(3) An emancipation occurs by court order under a petition filed by a minor with the family division of circuit court as provided in sections 4a to 4e.
History:
1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968 ;-- Am. 1972, Act 16, Imd. Eff. Feb. 19, 1972 ;-- Am. 1986, Act 164, Imd. Eff. July 7, 1986 ;-- Am. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1993, Act 257, Eff. Apr. 1, 1994 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 412, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998 ;-- Am. 1998, Act 509, Imd. Eff. Jan. 8, 1999 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2023
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.4a - Petition; Filing; Signature; Verification; Contents; Affidavit; Service on Parents or Guardian; Notice of Hearing.

722.4a Petition; filing; signature; verification; contents; affidavit; service on parents or guardian; notice of hearing.
Sec. 4a.
(1) A minor seeking emancipation shall file a petition for emancipation in the family division of circuit court in the county where the minor resides. The petition shall be signed and verified by the minor, and shall include all of the following information:
(a) The minor's full name and birth date, and the county and state where the minor was born.
(b) A certified copy of the minor's birth certificate.
(c) The name and last known address of the minor's parents, guardian, or custodian.
(d) The minor's present address, and length of residency at that address.
(e) A declaration by the minor indicating that he or she has demonstrated the ability to manage his or her financial affairs. The minor may include any information he or she considers necessary to support the declaration.
(f) A declaration by the minor indicating that he or she has the ability to manage his or her personal and social affairs. The minor may include in this section any information he or she considers necessary to support the declaration.
(2) The petition shall include an affidavit by any of the following individuals declaring that the individual has personal knowledge of the minor's circumstances and believes that under those circumstances emancipation is in the best interests of the minor:
(a) Physician.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Member of the clergy.
(d) Psychologist.
(e) Family therapist.
(f) Certified social worker.
(g) Social worker.
(h) Social work technician.
(i) School administrator.
(j) School counselor.
(k) Teacher.
(l) Law enforcement officer.
(m) Duly regulated child care provider.
(3) A copy of the petition and a summons to appear at the hearing shall be served on the minor's parents or guardian. A notice of hearing shall be sent to the individual who provided the affidavit required under subsection (2).
History:
Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 412, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.4b - Powers of Court.

722.4b Powers of court.
Sec. 4b.
After a petition is filed, the court may do 1 or more of the following:
(a) Assign an employee of the court to investigate the allegations of the petition and to file a report containing the results of the investigation with the court.
(b) Appoint legal counsel for the minor.
(c) Appoint legal counsel for the minor's parents or guardian if they are indigent and if they oppose the petition.
(d) Dismiss the petition if the minor's custodial parent does not consent and is providing support.
History:
Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.4c - Hearing; Issuance of Emancipation Order; Burden of Proof; Retaining Copy of Order; Emancipation Obtained by Fraud Voidable; Appeal.

722.4c Hearing; issuance of emancipation order; burden of proof; retaining copy of order; emancipation obtained by fraud voidable; appeal.
Sec. 4c.
(1) The hearing shall be before a judge or referee sitting without a jury. If the minor requests that the hearing be before a judge, the hearing shall be before a judge and not before a referee.
(2) The court shall issue an emancipation order if it determines that emancipation is in the best interest of the minor and the minor establishes all of the following:
(a) That the minor's parent or guardian does not object to the petition; or if a parent or guardian objects to the petition, that the objecting parent or guardian is not providing the minor with support.
(b) That the minor is at least 16 years of age.
(c) That the minor is a resident of the state.
(d) That the minor has demonstrated the ability to manage his or her financial affairs, including proof of employment or other means of support. "Other means of support" does not include general assistance or aid to families with dependent children administered under the social welfare act, Act No. 280 of the Public Acts of 1939, being sections 400.1 to 400.121 of the Michigan Compiled Laws.
(e) That the minor has the ability to manage his or her personal and social affairs, including, but not limited to, proof of housing.
(f) That the minor understands his or her rights and responsibilities under this act as an emancipated minor.
(3) A minor who petitions the court for emancipation shall have the burden of showing by a preponderance of evidence that emancipation should be ordered.
(4) If the court issues an emancipation order, the court shall retain a copy of the order until the emancipated minor becomes 25 years of age.
(5) An emancipation obtained by fraud is voidable. Voiding such an order does not affect an obligation, responsibility, right, or interest that arose during the period of time the order was in effect.
(6) The minor or a parent or guardian of the minor may file an appeal from the court's grant or denial of an emancipation petition. The appeal shall be filed in the court of appeals.
History:
Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.4d - Petition for Rescission; Service of Copy and Summons; Determinations; Order; Effect of Rescission on Obligations, Rights, or Interests; Appeal.

722.4d Petition for rescission; service of copy and summons; determinations; order; effect of rescission on obligations, rights, or interests; appeal.
Sec. 4d.
(1) A parent of a minor emancipated by court order or a minor emancipated by court order may petition the family division of circuit court that issued the order to rescind the order. If the order of emancipation is entered by the probate court before January 1, 1998, the parent or minor may petition the family division of the circuit court in the county in which the order was entered to rescind the order.
(2) A copy of the petition for rescission and a summons shall be served on the minor or the minor's parents.
(3) The court shall grant the petition and rescind the order of emancipation if it determines 1 or more of the following:
(a) That the minor is indigent and has no means of support.
(b) That the minor and the minor's parents agree that the order should be rescinded.
(c) That there is a resumption of family relations inconsistent with the existing emancipation order.
(4) If a petition for rescission is granted, the court shall issue an order rescinding the emancipation order and retain a copy of the order until the minor becomes 25 years of age.
(5) Rescission of an emancipation order does not alter any contractual obligations or rights or any property rights or interests that arose during the period of time that the emancipation order was in effect.
(6) The minor or a parent of the minor may file an appeal from the court's grant or denial of a petition for rescission of an emancipation order. The appeal shall be filed in the court of appeals.
History:
Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 1996, Act 412, Eff. Jan. 1, 1998
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.4e - Rights and Responsibilities of Emancipated Minor; Obligation and Liability of Parents.

722.4e Rights and responsibilities of emancipated minor; obligation and liability of parents.
Sec. 4e.
(1) A minor emancipated by operation of law or by court order has the rights and responsibilities of an adult, except for those specific constitutional and statutory age requirements regarding voting, use of alcoholic beverages, and other health and safety regulations relevant to him or her because of his or her age. A minor is considered emancipated for the purposes of, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) The right to enter into enforceable contracts, including apartment leases.
(b) The right to sue or be sued in his or her own name.
(c) The right to retain his or her own earnings.
(d) The right to establish a separate domicile.
(e) The right to act autonomously, and with the rights and responsibilities of an adult, in all business relationships, including, but not limited to, property transactions and obtaining accounts for utilities, except for those estate or property matters that the court determines may require a conservator or guardian ad litem.
(f) The right to earn a living, subject only to the health and safety regulations designed to protect those under the age of majority regardless of their legal status.
(g) The right to authorize his or her own preventive health care, medical care, dental care, and mental health care, without parental knowledge or liability.
(h) The right to apply for a driver license or other state licenses for which he or she might be eligible.
(i) The right to register for school.
(j) The right to apply to the medical assistance program administered under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, if needed.
(k) The right to apply for other public assistance, administered under the social welfare act, 1939 PA 280, MCL 400.1 to 400.119b, if needed.
(l) The right, if a parent, to make decisions and give authority in caring for his or her own minor child.
(m) The right to make a will.
(2) The parents of a minor emancipated by court order are jointly and severally obligated to support the minor. The parents of a minor emancipated by court order are not liable for any debts incurred by the minor during the period of emancipation.
History:
Add. 1988, Act 403, Eff. Mar. 30, 1989 ;-- Am. 2023, Act 73, Imd. Eff. July 12, 2023
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.5 - Earnings of Unemancipated Minor.

722.5 Earnings of unemancipated minor.
Sec. 5.
The earnings of an employed unemancipated minor may be paid directly to him unless his parents or his guardian give notice to the employer that future payments should be made to the parents or guardian.
History:
1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 293 of 1968 - Status of Minors and Child Support (722.1 - 722.6) › Section 722.6 - Obligation to Support Not Affected.

722.6 Obligation to support not affected.
Sec. 6.
This act does not affect obligations of support imposed under other laws of this state.
History:
1968, Act 293, Eff. Nov. 15, 1968
Popular Name:
Emancipation of Minors Act
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14) › Section 722.11 - Definitions.

722.11 Definitions.
Sec. 1.
As used in this act:
(a) "McGruff house" or "Michigan community child watch house" means a house, designated by a sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol, as applicable, occupied by a responsible adult, where a child may seek help when he or she faces an emergency such as being bullied, followed, threatened, or hurt while walking or playing in the neighborhood.
(b) "Program", except as used in subdivision (c), means the McGruff house program or Michigan community child watch program.
(c) "Standard McGruff house symbol" or "standard Michigan community child watch symbol" means the standard symbol to designate a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house, adopted pursuant to section 2(1)(b), except that until May 27, 1991, the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol may include a symbol that before and on May 26, 1989 was used by a neighborhood safe house program to designate a neighborhood safe house similar to a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house within that program.
History:
1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14) › Section 722.12 - Duties of Department of State Police; Cooperation of Certain Associations.

722.12 Duties of department of state police; cooperation of certain associations.
Sec. 2.
(1) The department of state police, in cooperation with the Michigan sheriffs' association, the Michigan association of chiefs of police, the crime prevention association of Michigan, and the child watch association shall do all of the following:
(a) Develop guidelines for the establishment and operation of McGruff house and Michigan community child watch programs.
(b) Adopt standard symbols and signs for the McGruff house programs and Michigan community child watch programs as statewide symbols for the programs. The local sponsor may choose either program. The signs for both programs shall be numbered and made available at cost to local law enforcement agencies sponsoring or cooperating with a sponsor of the selected program.
(c) Develop or adopt a model application form for designation of a home as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house.
(d) Make information available to nonprofit organizations, school districts, business entities, and local law enforcement agencies concerning the program.
(e) Publicize the program in as many ways as is reasonably practical.
(f) Cooperate with local law enforcement agencies in conducting background checks on persons who apply to have their homes designated as McGruff houses or Michigan community child watch houses.
(2) The department of state police may promulgate rules pursuant to the administrative procedures act of 1969, Act No. 306 of the Public Acts of 1969, being sections 24.201 to 24.328 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, to implement this act.
History:
1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14) › Section 722.13 - Sponsorship of Program; Conditions to Receiving Numbered Sign Bearing Symbol; Register; Background Check.

722.13 Sponsorship of program; conditions to receiving numbered sign bearing symbol; register; background check.
Sec. 3.
(1) A local law enforcement agency, or a school district, nonprofit organization, or business entity in cooperation with a local law enforcement agency, may sponsor a program.
(2) A program sponsor shall supply a numbered sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol to a person in the community who applies for designation of his or her home as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house, if the person agrees in writing to follow the terms of the program and if the person and any other adult residing in the person's home passes a background check conducted by a local law enforcement agency.
(3) A program sponsor shall keep a register of the McGruff houses and Michigan community child watch houses within the program.
(4) A local law enforcement agency that sponsors a program or agrees to cooperate with a nonprofit organization, school district, or business entity that sponsors a program shall conduct a background check, including a criminal history check, on each person who applies to have his or her home designated as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house and on each adult residing in the person's home.
History:
1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 32 of 1989 - Mcgruff House Program and Michigan Community Child Watch Program (722.11 - 722.14) › Section 722.14 - Mcgruff House/michigan Community Child Watch House Signs; Condition to Display; Sign as Property of Local Law Enforcement Agency; Return of Sign; Violation as Misdemeanor.

722.14 McGruff house/Michigan community child watch house signs; condition to display; sign as property of local law enforcement agency; return of sign; violation as misdemeanor.
Sec. 4.
(1) A person shall not display a sign bearing the standard McGruff house symbol or standard Michigan community child watch symbol so that the sign is visible from the outside of the person's house unless the person's home has been approved as a McGruff house or Michigan community child watch house by a program sponsor.
(2) The McGruff house and Michigan community child watch house signs are the property of the local law enforcement agency that sponsors or cooperates with the sponsor of the program that issued the sign. If the sponsor determines that a person's home no longer qualifies as a McGruff house and Michigan community child watch house, the person shall return the sign to the local law enforcement agency.
(3) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History:
1989, Act 32, Imd. Eff. May 26, 1989 ;-- Am. 1991, Act 127, Imd. Eff. Oct. 18, 1991
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 722 - Children › Act 91 of 1970 - Child Custody Act of 1970 (722.21 - 722.31) › Section 722.21 - Child Custody Act; Short Title.

722.21 Child custody act; short title.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the "child custody act of 1970".
History:
1970, Act 91, Eff. Apr. 1, 1971