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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 700.3411

  • Court: means the probate court or, when applicable, the family division of circuit court. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Estate: includes the property of the decedent, trust, or other person whose affairs are subject to this act as the property is originally constituted and as it exists throughout administration. See Michigan Laws 700.1104
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Proceeding: includes an application and a petition, and may be an action at law or a suit in equity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106
     If it becomes evident in the course of a formal testacy proceeding that, though 1 or more instruments are entitled to be probated, the decedent‘s estate is or may be partially intestate, the court shall enter an order to that effect.