Michigan Compiled Laws 386-1998-v-2 Part 2 Guardians Of Minors (700.5201...700.5219)

• Section 700.5201 Appointment And Status Of Guardians Of Minor.
  A person may become a minor's guardian by parental appointment or court appointment. The guardianship status continues until terminated, without regard to the location...
• Section 700.5202 Parental Appointment Of Guardian For Minor.
  (1) The parent of an unmarried minor may appoint a guardian for the minor by will or by another writing signed by the parent...
• Section 700.5202a Appointment Of Guardian In Another State As Temporary Guardian.
  (1) If a guardian has not been appointed in this state and a petition for the appointment of a guardian is not pending in...
• Section 700.5203 Objection By Minor Of 14 Years Or Older To Parental Appointment.
  A minor 14 years of age or older who is the subject of a parental appointment may prevent an appointment or cause it to...
• Section 700.5204 Court Appointment Of Guardian Of Minor; Conditions For Appointment.
  (1) A person interested in the welfare of a minor, or a minor if 14 years of age or older, may petition for the...
• Section 700.5205 Court Appointment Of Limited Guardian; Requirements.
  (1) The court may appoint a limited guardian for an unmarried minor upon the petition of the minor's parent or parents if all of...
• Section 700.5206 Review Modification Of Plan; Powers And Duties Of Limited Guardian.
  (1) The court shall review a proposed limited guardianship placement plan filed with the court under section 5205 and shall do 1 of the...
• Section 700.5207 Review Of Guardianship Of Minor.
  (1) The court may review a guardianship for a minor as it considers necessary and shall review a guardianship annually if the minor is...
• Section 700.5208 Petition To Terminate Guardianship Of Minor.
  (1) A minor's parent or parents may petition the court to terminate a guardianship for the minor as follows: (a) If the guardianship is...
• Section 700.5209 Court Action On Petition To Terminate Guardianship Of Minor.
  (1) After notice and hearing on a petition under section 5208 to terminate a limited guardianship, the court shall terminate the limited guardianship if...
• Section 700.5210 Order For Termination Of Guardianship Of Minor.
  Upon receipt of a copy of a judgment or an order of disposition in a child custody action regarding a minor that is sent...
• Section 700.5211 Venue.
  The venue for a guardianship proceeding for a minor is in the place where the minor resides or is present at the time the...
• Section 700.5212 Court Appointment Of Guardian Of Minor; Qualifications; Priority Of Minor's Nominee.
  The court may appoint as guardian a person whose appointment serves the minor's welfare, including a professional guardian described in section 5106. If the...
• Section 700.5213 Procedure For Court Appointment Of Guardian, Temporary Guardian, Or Lawyer-guardian Ad Litem For Minor.
  (1) The petitioner shall give notice of the time and place of hearing of a petition for the appointment of a minor's guardian to...
• Section 700.5214 Consent To Service By Acceptance Of Appointment; Notice.
  By accepting a parental or court appointment as guardian, a guardian submits personally to the court's jurisdiction in a proceeding relating to the guardianship...
• Section 700.5215 Powers And Duties Of Guardian Of Minor.
  A minor's guardian has the powers and responsibilities of a parent who is not deprived of custody of the parent's minor and unemancipated child,...
• Section 700.5216 Compensation; Claim For Burial Expense.
  (1) A guardian is entitled to reasonable compensation for services as guardian and to reimbursement for room, board, and clothing personally provided to the...
• Section 700.5217 Termination Of Appointment Of Guardian.
  A guardian's authority and responsibility terminate upon the guardian's death, resignation, or removal or upon the minor's death, adoption, marriage, or attainment of majority....
• Section 700.5218 Proceedings Subsequent To Appointment; Venue.
  (1) The court at the place where the ward resides has concurrent jurisdiction over resignation, removal, accounting, or another proceeding relating to the guardianship...
• Section 700.5219 Resignation, Removal, And Other Post-appointment Proceedings.
  (1) A person interested in a ward's welfare or, if 14 years of age or older, the ward may petition for the removal of...

Last modified: October 10, 2016