Michigan Laws 700.3919 – Final distribution to domiciliary representative
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 700.3919
- 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
- Nonresident decedent: means a decedent who was domiciled in another jurisdiction at the time of the decedent's death. 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
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Michigan Laws 700.1107
- Supervised administration: means the proceedings described in part 5 of article III. See Michigan Laws 700.1107
(1) If there is a personal representative of the decedent‘s domicile willing to receive it, a nonresident decedent‘s estate being administered by a personal representative appointed in this state shall be distributed to the domiciliary personal representative for the benefit of the decedent’s successors unless any of the following apply:
(a) By virtue of the decedent’s will, if any, and applicable choice of law rules, the successors are identified under the law of this state without reference to the law of the decedent’s domicile.
(b) After reasonable inquiry, this state’s personal representative is unaware of the existence or identity of a domiciliary personal representative.
(c) The court orders otherwise in a proceeding for a closing order under section 3952 or incident to the closing of a supervised administration.
(2) If subsection (1) is not applicable to an estate, distribution of the decedent’s estate shall be made in accordance with the other provisions of this article.