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Mich. Comp. Laws § 487.711 (2026)

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STATUTORY JOINT ACCOUNT ACT


Act 53 of 1978


487.711 Short title.

Sec. 1.

    This act shall be known and may be cited as the "statutory joint account act".

History: 1978, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Mar. 9, 1978

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2022 · leading case: Est. of Stanley Morris v. Mary Morris (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
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Est. of Stanley Morris v. Mary Morris (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “A statutory joint bank account may be established under the statutory joint account act, MCL 487.711 et seq. Section 5 of the act, MCL 487.”
Est. of Stanley Morris v. Mary Morris (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “In reaching this holding, this Court first concluded in pertinent part that the joint account act, MCL 487.711 et seq. did not apply because there was no evidence that the decedent created a statutory joint account pursuant to the requirements of the joint account act.”
Est. of Stanley Morris v. Mary Morris (Mich. Ct. App. 2018). “In reaching this holding, this Court first concluded in pertinent part that the joint account act, MCL 487.711 et seq. did not apply because there was no evidence that the decedent created a statutory joint account pursuant to the requirements of the joint account act.”
Est. of Robert G Lewis v. Carol L Rosebrook (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “An account subject to this act has the beneficial feature of making explicit what is often left implicit, unstated, or simply unknown.”
In Re Knoblock Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “2 While not implicated here, the Statutory Joint Account Act, MCL 487.711 et seq., allows one or more persons to create an account under its terms by signing an appropriate contract with a financial institution.”
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