{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.834","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 600.834","heading":"Probate register or deputy probate register; powers in uncontested matter or hearing; entry of judgment prohibited; restriction on powers; orders and acts; trial or hearing of issues.","body":"Sec. 834.\n\nExcept as provided in subsection (2), a probate register or deputy probate register is competent to exercise any of the following powers in an uncontested matter or hearing if authorized by general order of the probate judge or chief probate judge of the county in which the probate register or deputy probate register was appointed:\n\nDetermine whether the petitioner or the petitioner's attorney has complied with the requirements of law and supreme court rules.\n\nTake acknowledgments.\n\nAdminister oaths.\n\nSet hearings.\n\nSign notices, citations, and subpoenas.\n\nTake testimony required by law or supreme court rules in all of the following matters:\n\nAppointment of a fiduciary of an estate of a deceased or minor.\n\nAdmission to probate of a will, codicil, or other testamentary instrument.\n\nDetermination of heirs.\n\nSale, mortgage, or lease of property.\n\nAssignment of residue of an estate or any part of the residue of an estate.\n\nSetting and approval of bonds.\n\nRemoval of fiduciaries.\n\nIssuing of a license to marry, if the issuance of the license is authorized under section 1 of 1897 PA 180, MCL 551.201.\n\nPerform an act or issue an order as specified in the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.1101 to 700.8102, if that act authorizes the probate register to do so.\n\nA probate register or deputy probate register shall not enter a judgment. A probate register or deputy probate register shall not exercise any power provided in subsection (1) if the matter or hearing is:\n\nFor a commitment to, or incarceration in, an institution or facility.\n\nFor appointment of a guardian of a legally incapacitated individual or the appointment of a conservator for a reason other than minority.\n\nFor or involves a developmentally disabled person.\n\nAn order made by a probate register or deputy probate register shall be made over the name of the probate judge for whom the order is made, and the probate register or deputy probate register shall place his or her signature under the name of the judge. An act done or order made by the probate register or deputy probate register authorized under this section shall have the same validity, force, and effect as though done or made by the judge.\n\nUpon the oral or written request of an interested party made before commencement or during the hearing of the proceeding, the proceeding shall be taken immediately before the judge for trial or hearing of the issues.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 600","Act Act-236-of-1961"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-600-834","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"7a0d2ba4d8f48a05c1c7950fe31a7dd7ba070e78bc27c9d9f2372608fe26af70","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8331","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-600.8341"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}