Michigan Laws 700.4302 – Jurisdiction by act of decedent
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 700.4302
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Foreign personal representative: means a personal representative appointed by another jurisdiction. See Michigan Laws 700.1104
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- 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
In addition to jurisdiction conferred by section 4301, a foreign personal representative is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to the same extent that the representative’s decedent was subject to that jurisdiction immediately before death.