Michigan Compiled Laws 386-1998-i-2 Part 2 Construction And General Provisions (700.1201...700.1214)

• Section 700.1201 Purposes; Rules Of Construction.
  This act shall be liberally construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies, which include all of the following: (a) To simplify...
• Section 700.1203 Supplementary General Principles Of Law Applicable; Construction Against Implied Repeal.
  (1) Unless displaced by the particular provisions of this act, general principles of law and equity supplement this act's provisions. (2) This act is...
• Section 700.1205 Discovery And Remedies For Fraud, Embezzlement, Conversion, Or Withholding Of Assets.
  (1) The court may order a person to appear before the court and be examined upon the matter of a complaint that is filed...
• Section 700.1207 Evidence Of Death Or Status.
  In addition to the rules of evidence in courts of general jurisdiction, the court shall determine death or status in accordance with the following:...
• Section 700.1208 Procedure To Establish Death Of Accident Or Disaster Victim.
  (1) The procedure to establish the death of an individual who is an accident or disaster victim and whose remains have disappeared or are...
• Section 700.1209 Acts By Holder Of Power Of Appointment.
  For the purpose of granting consent or approval with regard to the acts or accounts of a personal representative, including relief from liability or...
• Section 700.1210 Cost-of-living Adjustment.
  (1) The specific dollar amounts stated in sections 2102, 2402, 2404, 2405, and 3983 apply to decedents who die before January 1, 2001. For...
• Section 700.1211 Court Personnel Prohibited From Providing Legal Advice.
  Court personnel shall not provide or offer to provide legal advice or legal counsel to a fiduciary or an interested person and shall not...
• Section 700.1212 Fiduciary Relationship.
  (1) A fiduciary stands in a position of confidence and trust with respect to each heir, devisee, beneficiary, protected individual, or ward for whom...
• Section 700.1213 Reference To Unified Credits, Exemption, Or Deductions.
  If an individual includes a provision in a will, trust document, or beneficiary designation that is designed to reduce federal estate tax liability to...
• Section 700.1214 Fiduciary; Prohibited Conduct.
  Unless the governing instrument expressly authorizes such a transaction or investment, unless authorized by the court, except as provided in section 3713, 5421, or...

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