Michigan Laws 700.3205 – Demand for notice of order or filing concerning decedent’s estate
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 700.3205
- Attorney: means , if appointed to represent a child under the provisions referenced in section 5213, an attorney serving as the child's legal advocate in the manner defined and described in section 13a of chapter XIIA of the probate code of 1939, 1939 PA 288, MCL 712A. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
- 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
- Property: means anything that may be the subject of ownership, and includes both real and personal property or an interest in real or personal property. See Michigan Laws 700.1106
A person who wants notice of any order or filing pertaining to a decedent‘s estate in which the person has a financial or property interest may file a demand for notice with the court at any time after the decedent’s death stating the decedent’s name, the nature of the person’s interest in the estate, and the address of the person or the person’s attorney. If a proceeding is not pending at the time a demand is filed under this section, the person filing the demand must pay the fee required to commence a proceeding. The person filing a demand shall mail a copy of the demand to the decedent’s attorney, if known, to the personal representative if one has been appointed, and to the personal representative’s attorney. After filing the demand, the person is an interested person entitled to notice as provided in section 1401 and the other provisions of this act.