Michigan Laws 700.3901 – Successors’ rights in absence of administration
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 700.3901
- Decedent: A deceased person.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Devisee: means a person designated in a will to receive a devise. See Michigan Laws 700.1103
- 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
- Homestead allowance: means the allowance prescribed in section 2402. See Michigan Laws 700.1104
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- 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
- Successor: means a person, other than a creditor, who is entitled to property of a decedent under the decedent's will or this act. See Michigan Laws 700.1107
In the absence of administration, the decedent‘s heirs and devisees are entitled to the estate in accordance with the terms of a probated will or the laws of intestate succession. A devisee may establish title by the probated will to devised property. An individual entitled to property by homestead allowance, exemption, or intestacy may establish title to the property by proof of the decedent’s ownership, the decedent’s death, and the individual’s relationship to the decedent. A successor takes subject to charges for administration, including the creditors’ claims and the surviving spouse’s and dependent children’s allowances, and subject to the rights of others resulting from abatement, retainer, advancement, or ademption.