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- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2519 · Statutory will.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2601 · Definitions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2602 · Scope; passage of property and after-acquired property.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2603 · Substitute gift.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2604 · Failure of testamentary provision.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2605 · Increase in securities; accessions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2606 · Nonademption of specific devises; unpaid proceeds of sale, condemnation, or insurance; sale by conservator or agent.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2607 · Nonexoneration.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2608 · Ademption by satisfaction.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2701 · Scope.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2702 · Requirement of survival by 120 hours.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2703 · Protection of payors and other third parties.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2704 · Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2705 · Choice of law as to meaning and effect of governing instrument.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2706 · Power of appointment; meaning of specific reference requirement.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2707 · Class gifts construed to accord with intestate succession.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2708 · Definitions regarding beneficiary designation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2709 · Substitute gift.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2710 · Multiple substitute gifts.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2711 · Protection of payors.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2712 · Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2713 · Definitions for survivorship with respect to future interests under terms of trust.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2714 · Survivorship required for gift under trust; substitute gift; applicability of subsection (1).
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2715 · Multiple substitute gifts.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2716 · No substitute taker; lapse.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2717 · Class gifts to “descendants,”“issue,” or “heirs of the body”; form of distribution if none specified.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2718 · Representation; per capita at each generation; per stirpes.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2719 · Worthier-title doctrine abolished.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2720 · Interests in “heirs”.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2721 · Construction as to age of majority.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2723 · Will, trust, or beneficiary designation of decedent who dies after December 31, 2009 and before January 1, 2011; presumption; retroactive effective date; "2010 federal tax relief act" defined.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2801 · Surviving spouse; status.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2802 · Definitions relating to effect of certain criminal acts.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2803 · Forfeiture, revocation, or severance.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2804 · Protection of payors and other third parties.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2805 · Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2806 · Definitions relating to revocation of probate and nonprobate transfers by divorce; revocation by other changes of circumstances.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2807 · Revocation upon divorce; revocation by other changes of circumstances.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2808 · Protection of payors and other third parties.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2809 · Protection of bona fide purchasers; personal liability of recipient.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2901 · Short title of part; definitions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2902 · Right to disclaim; partial disclaimers; limitation on right to disclaim.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2903 · Contents; signature.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2904 · Delivery; timing; appropriate persons.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2905 · Delivery; disclaimer under power of appointment; disclaimer of joint property or fiduciary power.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2906 · Manner of delivery; filing with court.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2907 · Disposition of disclaimed interest; effect on future interest.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2908 · Disposition of disclaimed joint interest, trust interest, and fiduciary power.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2909 · Persons bound; effect of disclaimer.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2910 · Barring right to disclaim.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2911 · Abolition of common law right.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2912 · Effect on existing property interests.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2951 · Definitions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2952 · Validity.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2953 · Form and procedure; requirements.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2954 · Form and procedure; additional recommendations.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2955 · Certificate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2956 · Effect of certificate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2957 · Revocation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2958 · Source and construction.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2959 · Persons authorized to act in relation to international will; eligibility; recognition by authorizing agency.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3101 · Devolution of estate at death; restrictions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3102 · Validity of will by order of probate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3103 · Necessity of appointment for administration.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3104 · Claim against decedent; necessity of administration.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3105 · Proceedings affecting devolution and administration.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3106 · Proceedings within jurisdiction of court; service; jurisdiction over persons.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3107 · Proceedings; scope; independence.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3201 · Venue for first and subsequent estate proceedings; location of property.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3202 · Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3203 · Priority among persons seeking appointment as a general personal representative.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3204 · Representation by conservator or guardian; appointment without priority; applicability of section and MCL 700.3203 to a general or successor personal representative.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3205 · Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent's estate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3206 · Right and power to make decisions about funeral arrangements and handling, disposition, or disinterment of decedent's body; presumption; funeral representative designation; priority; "exercise their rights or powers under subsection (1)" defined; shared rights and powers; family member, personal representative, or nominated personal representative; guardian; special fiduciary or special personal representative; additional persons; reasonable attempt to locate person; effect of section on anatomical gift; person criminally charged with intentionally killing decedent; payment for costs; definitions.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3206a · Designation of successor individual as funeral representative.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3206b · Revocation of funeral representative designation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3207 · Petition; venue; hearing; date; notice; service; funeral establishment as petitioner; factors to be considered in court decision; embalming of decedent's body.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3209 · Funeral establishment not civilly liable; reliance on funeral representative designation.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3301 · Informal probate or appointment proceedings; application; contents.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3302 · Informal probate; duty of register; effect of informal probate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3303 · Informal probate; proof and findings required.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3304 · Informal probate; unavailable in certain cases.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3305 · Informal probate; register not satisfied.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3306 · Informal probate; notice requirements.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3307 · Informal appointment proceedings; delay in order; duty of register; effect of appointment.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3308 · Informal appointment proceedings; proof and required findings.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3309 · Informal appointment proceedings; register not satisfied.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3310 · Informal appointment proceedings; notice requirements.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3311 · Informal appointment unavailable in certain cases.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3401 · Formal testacy proceedings; nature; commencement.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3402 · Formal testacy or appointment; proceedings; petition; contents.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3403 · Formal testacy proceedings; notice of hearing on petition.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3404 · Formal testacy proceedings; written objections to probate.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3405 · Formal testacy proceedings; uncontested cases; hearings and proof.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3406 · Formal testacy proceedings; contested cases; testimony of attesting witnesses.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3407 · Formal testacy proceedings; burdens in contested cases.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3408 · Formal testacy proceedings; will construction; effect of final order in another jurisdiction.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3409 · Formal testacy proceedings; order; foreign will.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3410 · Formal testacy proceedings; probate of more than one instrument.
- Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3411 · Formal testacy proceedings; partial intestacy.