Section 700.2511 – Testamentary Additions to Trusts.
700.2511 Testamentary additions to trusts. Sec. 2511. (1) A will may validly devise property to the trustee of a trust established or to be established in any of the following manners: (a) During the testator’s lifetime by the testator, by the testator and some other person, or by some other person, including a funded or […]
Section 700.2512 – Events of Independent Significance.
700.2512 Events of independent significance. Sec. 2512. A will may dispose of property by reference to acts and events that have significance apart from their effect upon the dispositions made by the will, whether they occur before or after the execution of the will or before or after the testator’s death. The execution or revocation […]
Section 700.2513 – Separate Writing Identifying Devise of Certain Types of Tangible Personal Property.
700.2513 Separate writing identifying devise of certain types of tangible personal property. Sec. 2513. Whether or not the provisions relating to a holographic will apply, a will may refer to a written statement or list to dispose of items of tangible personal property not otherwise specifically disposed of by the will, other than money. To […]
Section 700.2504 – Self-Proved Will.
700.2504 Self-proved will. Sec. 2504. (1) A will may be simultaneously executed, attested, and made self-proved by acknowledgment of the will by the testator and 2 witnesses’ sworn statements, each made before an officer authorized to administer oaths under the laws of the state in which execution occurs and evidenced by the officer’s certificate, under […]
Section 700.2505 – Witnesses.
700.2505 Witnesses. Sec. 2505. (1) An individual generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will. (2) The signing of a will by an interested witness does not invalidate the will or any provision of it. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
Section 700.2506 – Choice of Law as to Execution.
700.2506 Choice of law as to execution. Sec. 2506. A written will is valid if executed in compliance with section 2502 or 2503, with the law at the time of execution of the place where the will is executed, or with the law of the place where, at the time of execution or at the […]
Section 700.2501 – Will; Maker; Sufficient Mental Capacity.
700.2501 Will; maker; sufficient mental capacity. Sec. 2501. (1) An individual 18 years of age or older who has sufficient mental capacity may make a will. (2) An individual has sufficient mental capacity to make a will if all of the following requirements are met: (a) The individual has the ability to understand that he […]
Section 700.2502 – Execution; Witnessed Wills; Holographic Wills.
700.2502 Execution; witnessed wills; holographic wills. Sec. 2502. (1) Subject to section 1202, and except as provided in subsection (2) and in sections 2503, 2506, and 2513, a will is valid only if it is all of the following: (a) In writing. (b) Signed by the testator or in the testator’s name by some other […]
Section 700.2503 – Writings Intended as Wills.
700.2503 Writings intended as wills. Sec. 2503. Although a document or writing added upon a document was not executed in compliance with section 2502, the document or writing is treated as if it had been executed in compliance with that section if the proponent of the document or writing establishes by clear and convincing evidence […]