ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE
Act 386 of 1998
700.2608 Ademption by satisfaction.
Sec. 2608.
(1) Property a testator gave in his or her lifetime to a person is treated as a satisfaction of a devise in whole or in part only if any of the following are true:
(a) The will provides for a deduction of the gift.
(b) The testator declared in a contemporaneous writing that the gift is in satisfaction of the devise or that its value is to be deducted from the value of the devise.
(c) The devisee acknowledges in writing that the gift is in satisfaction of the devise or that its value is to be deducted from the value of the devise.
(2) For purposes of partial satisfaction, property given during the testator's lifetime is valued as of the time the devisee came into possession or enjoyment of the property or at the testator's death, whichever occurs first.
(3) If the devisee fails to survive the testator, the gift is treated as a full or partial satisfaction of the devise, as appropriate, in applying sections 2603 and 2604, unless the testator's contemporaneous writing provides otherwise.
History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in
3
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 2008–2023 · leading case:
In Re Est. of Stanowski, 758 N.W.2d 534 (Mich. 2008).
In Re Est. of Stanowski, 758 N.W.2d 534 (Mich. 2008).
· cites it 4× “Although I agree that a denial of leave to appeal is appropriate, the existence of what appears to be a written acknowledgment by Lillian Mamo that the value of the Judd Road property would be deducted from her share of the estate compels me to address the trial court's…”
in Re Catherine B Stanowski (Mich. 2008).
· cites it 4× “Although I agree that a denial of leave to appeal is appropriate, the existence of what appears to be a written acknowledgment by Lillian Mamo that the value of the Judd Road property would be deducted from her share of the estate compels me to address the trial court’s…”
In Re Gregory Hall Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
“Hall – Assets + Annuities as of October 13th 2017,’ meets the statutory definition of a contemporaneous writing pursuant to MCL 700.2608(1)(b), as applied to trusts pursuant to MCL 700.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2608(1)(b) — 1 case
In Re Gregory Hall Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2023).
“Hall – Assets + Annuities as of October 13th 2017,’ meets the statutory definition of a contemporaneous writing pursuant to MCL 700.2608(1)(b), as applied to trusts pursuant to MCL 700.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.2608(1)(c) — 2 cases
In Re Est. of Stanowski, 758 N.W.2d 534 (Mich. 2008).
“Although I agree that a denial of leave to appeal is appropriate, the existence of what appears to be a written acknowledgment by Lillian Mamo that the value of the Judd Road property would be deducted from her share of the estate compels me to address the trial court's…”
in Re Catherine B Stanowski (Mich. 2008).
“Although I agree that a denial of leave to appeal is appropriate, the existence of what appears to be a written acknowledgment by Lillian Mamo that the value of the Judd Road property would be deducted from her share of the estate compels me to address the trial court’s…”
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