{"data":{"id":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.1201","jurisdiction":"us-mi","citation":"Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.1201","heading":"Purposes; rules of construction.","body":"Sec. 1201.\n\nThis act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which include all of the following:\n\n(a) To simplify and clarify the law concerning the affairs of decedents, missing individuals, protected individuals, minors, and legally incapacitated individuals.\n\n(b) To discover and make effective a decedent's intent in distribution of the decedent's property.\n\n(c) To promote a speedy and efficient system for liquidating a decedent's estate and making distribution to the decedent's successors.\n\n(d) To make the law uniform among the various jurisdictions, both within and outside of this state.","path":["MI Code","Chapter 700","Act Act-386-of-1998"],"source_url":"https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-700-1201","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:31Z","sha256":"a3a18df50f579d6d4b5a0a854efc5b43b1c0ddbd23880133738af24fe22d7d39","source_id":"us-mi","stale":false,"prev":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.1108","next":"us-mi/mich.-comp.-laws-700.1202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}