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Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3952 (2026)

Formal proceedings terminating administration testate or intestate; order of general protection.

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ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE


Act 386 of 1998


700.3952 Formal proceedings terminating administration testate or intestate; order of general protection.

Sec. 3952.

    (1) A personal representative or an interested person may petition for an order of complete estate settlement. The personal representative may petition at any time, and an interested person may petition after 1 year from the original personal representative's appointment. However, the court shall not accept a petition under this section until the time expires for presenting a claim that arises before the decedent's death.

    (2) A petition under this section may request the court to determine testacy, if not previously determined, to consider the final account, to compel or approve an accounting and distribution, to construe a will or determine heirs, and to adjudicate the estate's final settlement and distribution. After notice to all interested persons and a hearing, the court may enter an order or orders, on appropriate conditions, determining the persons entitled to distribution of the estate, and as circumstances require, approving settlement, directing or approving estate distribution, and discharging the personal representative from further claim or demand of an interested person.

    (3) If 1 or more heirs or devisees were omitted as parties in, or were not given notice of, a previous formal testacy proceeding, on proper petition for an order of complete estate settlement under this section and after notice to the omitted or unnotified persons and other interested persons determined to be interested on the assumption that the previous order concerning testacy is conclusive as to those given notice of the earlier proceeding, the court may determine testacy as it affects the omitted persons, and confirm or alter the previous testacy order as it affects all interested persons as appropriate in the light of the new proofs. In the absence of objection by an omitted or unnotified person, evidence received in the original testacy proceeding constitutes prima facie proof of due execution of a will previously admitted to probate, or of the fact that the decedent left no valid will if the prior proceeding determined this fact.

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

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Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2014–2023 · leading case: In re DeCoste Est., 317 Mich. App. 339 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
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In re DeCoste Est., 317 Mich. App. 339 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016). “The inventory fee must be paid no later than the filing of the petition for an order of complete estate settlement under MCL 700.3952, the petition for settlement order under MCL 700.”
In Re Weingrad Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “310(H), an estate being administered under supervised administration must be closed in accordance with MCL 700.3952, using the procedures specified in MCR 5.”
In Re Schuhmacher Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2022). “3611(1); MCL 700.3952. To that end, the probate court may address these issues, to the extent they remain, on remand.”
in Re Hummer Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “MCL 700.3952(2) provides that an interested party may petition a probate court to compel an accounting and distribution.”
in Re Easterly Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “But because there remains a question regarding Rubino and the appellant’s agreement as it related to the decedent’s law firm, we remand for further proceedings in regard to that issue. Appellant next argues that the probate court erred in allowing an immediate distribution of…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3952(1) — 1 case
In Re Weingrad Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “310(H), an estate being administered under supervised administration must be closed in accordance with MCL 700.3952, using the procedures specified in MCR 5.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.3952(2) — 2 cases
in Re Hummer Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “MCL 700.3952(2) provides that an interested party may petition a probate court to compel an accounting and distribution.”
in Re Easterly Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “But because there remains a question regarding Rubino and the appellant’s agreement as it related to the decedent’s law firm, we remand for further proceedings in regard to that issue. Appellant next argues that the probate court erred in allowing an immediate distribution of…”
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