ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE
Act 386 of 1998
700.7204 Venue.
Sec. 7204.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), venue for a proceeding involving a trust is as follows:
(a) For a proceeding under section 7203 involving a registered trust, in the place of registration.
(b) For a proceeding under section 7203 involving a trust not registered in this state, in any place where the trust properly could be registered and, if the trust is created by will and the estate is not yet closed, in the county in which the decedent's estate is being administered.
(c) As otherwise specified by court rule.
(2) If a trust has no trustee and has not been registered, venue for a judicial proceeding for the appointment of a trustee is as follows:
(a) In a county in this state in which a trust beneficiary resides.
(b) In a county in which any trust property is located.
(c) If the trust is created by will, in the county in which the decedent's estate was or is being administered.
(d) As otherwise provided by court rule.
History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 ;-- Am. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010
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Notes of Decisions
Matson v. Kansas Dep't of Corr., 346 P.3d 327 (Kan. 2015).
“0204 (2014) (venue proper in any county where the venue is proper under rules of civil pi'ocedure); Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7204 (2013) (venue for trust may be “[a]s otherwise specified by court rule”); Mont.”
Gary Olszewski v. Kathy J Erdman Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
· cites it 3× “Trust property could be registered is pursuant to MCL 700.7204. The trust does not designate where the trust shall be registered.”
In Re Michael Eyde Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“MCL 700.7204 states: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), venue for a proceeding involving a trust is as follows: (a) For a proceeding under section 7203 involving a registered trust, in the place of registration.”
In Re Michael Eyde Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2022).
“MCL 700.7204 states: (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), venue for a proceeding involving a trust is as follows: (a) For a proceeding under section 7203 involving a registered trust, in the place of registration.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7204(1) — 1 case
Gary Olszewski v. Kathy J Erdman Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“Trust property could be registered is pursuant to MCL 700.7204. The trust does not designate where the trust shall be registered.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.7204(1)(b) — 1 case
Gary Olszewski v. Kathy J Erdman Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2025).
“Trust property could be registered is pursuant to MCL 700.7204. The trust does not designate where the trust shall be registered.”
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