700.3301 Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents. Sec. 3301. (1) An application for informal probate or informal appointment shall be made by an interested person and directed to the register. If an application is not filed within 28 days after the decedent’s death, a person that has a right or cause of action that […]
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 Informal probate is conclusive as to all persons until superseded by an order […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
700.3308 Informal appointment proceedings; proof and required findings. Sec. 3308. (1) In informal appointment proceedings, the register shall determine whether all of the following are true: (a) The application for the personal representative’s informal appointment is complete. (b) The applicant has made oath or affirmation that the statements contained in the application are true to […]
700.3309 Informal appointment proceedings; register not satisfied. Sec. 3309. If the register is not satisfied that a requested informal appointment of a personal representative should be made because of failure to meet the requirements of section 3307 or 3308, or for another reason, the register may deny the application. A register’s denial of informal appointment […]
700.3310 Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements. Sec. 3310. The applicant shall give notice as described by section 1401 of the applicant’s intention to seek an appointment informally to each person having a prior or equal right to an appointment not waived in writing and filed with the court. History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, […]
700.3311 Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases. Sec. 3311. If an application for informal appointment indicates the existence of a possible unrevoked testamentary instrument that may relate to property subject to the laws of this state and that is not filed for probate in this court, the register shall deny the application. History: 1998, Act […]
