Michigan Laws 700.3501 – Supervised administration; nature of proceeding
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(1) Supervised administration is a single in rem proceeding to secure complete administration and settlement of a decedent‘s estate under the court‘s continuing authority that extends until entry of an order approving estate distribution and discharging the personal representative or other order terminating the proceeding.
(2) A supervised personal representative is responsible to the court, as well as to the interested persons, and is subject to directions concerning the estate made by the court on its own motion or on the motion of an interested person.
Terms Used In Michigan Laws 700.3501
- 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
- Person: means an individual or an organization. See Michigan Laws 700.1106
- Personal representative: includes , but is not limited to, an executor, administrator, successor personal representative, and special personal representative, and any other person, other than a trustee of a trust subject to article VII, who performs substantially the same function under the law governing that person's status. See Michigan Laws 700.1106
- Proceeding: includes an application and a petition, and may be an action at law or a suit in equity. See Michigan Laws 700.1106
- Supervised administration: means the proceedings described in part 5 of article III. See Michigan Laws 700.1107
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this part or as otherwise ordered by the court, a supervised personal representative has the same duties and powers as a personal representative who is not supervised.