ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE
Act 386 of 1998
700.5216 Compensation; claim for burial expense.
Sec. 5216.
(1) A guardian is entitled to reasonable compensation for services as guardian and to reimbursement for room, board, and clothing personally provided to the ward, but only as approved by court order.
(2) If a minor dies while under guardianship and a conservator has not been appointed for the minor's estate and if the guardian has possession of any money of the deceased minor, upon petition of the guardian and with or without notice, the court may hear a claim for burial expenses or another claim as the court considers advisable. Upon hearing the claim, the court may enter an order allowing or disallowing the claim or a part of it and may provide in an order of allowance that the claim or a part of it be paid immediately if the payment can be made without injury or serious inconvenience to the minor's estate.
History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
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Notes of Decisions
In Re Wallace Howe Fam. Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“” MCL 700.5216(1). MCL 700.5413 provides: “If not otherwise compensated for services rendered, a visitor, guardian ad litem, attorney, physician, conservator, or special conservator appointed in a protective proceeding is entitled to reasonable compensation from the estate.”
In Re Guardianship of Nmr (Mich. Ct. App. 2026).
“But neither MCL 700.5314 nor MCL 700.1308 imposes a requirement on fiduciaries to investigate and present alternatives to the court, and neither statute addresses compensation for fiduciaries.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.5216(1) — 1 case
In Re Wallace Howe Fam. Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“” MCL 700.5216(1). MCL 700.5413 provides: “If not otherwise compensated for services rendered, a visitor, guardian ad litem, attorney, physician, conservator, or special conservator appointed in a protective proceeding is entitled to reasonable compensation from the estate.”
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