Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3202 (2026)

Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MI-LEGlegislature.mi.gov JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE

Act 386 of 1998

700.3202 Appointment or testacy proceedings; conflicting claim of domicile in another state.

Sec. 3202.

If conflicting claims as to the decedent's domicile are made in a formal testacy or appointment proceeding commenced in this state and in a testacy or appointment proceeding after notice pending at the same time in another state, the court of this state shall stay, dismiss, or permit suitable amendment in the proceeding in this state unless it is determined that this state's proceeding was commenced before the proceeding elsewhere. The determination of domicile in the proceeding first commenced is determinative in this state's proceeding.

History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000

PopularName Notes:

EPIC

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Nadia Maria Packard v. Paul Thomas Brown (Mich. Ct. App. 2019).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Nadia Maria Packard v. Paul Thomas Brown (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “Yet, despite its expression of disagreement with the probate court’s appointment of plaintiff’s counsel as personal representative for the estate, the trial court did not attempt to remove the personal representative and did not base its denial of plaintiff’s motion for…”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.