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Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8201 (2026)

Construction of article VII.

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ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE


Act 386 of 1998


700.8201 Construction of article VII.

Sec. 8201.

    (1) Article VII shall be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.

    (2) The following are the underlying purposes and policies of article VII:

    (a) To make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state.

    (b) To permit the continued expansion and development of trust practices through custom, usage, and agreement of the parties.

    (c) To foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in the terms of the trust.

History: Add. 2009, Act 46, Eff. Apr. 1, 2010

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2015–2023 · leading case: in Re Gerald L Pollack Trust, 867 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
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in Re Gerald L Pollack Trust, 867 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). · cites it 7× “” MCL 700.8201(1). Among the purposes and policies of the MTC identified by the Legislature are “[t]o make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state,” MCL 700.”
Papazian v. Goldberg (In Re Mardigian Est.), 917 N.W.2d 325 (Mich. 2018). · cites it 2× “8201(2)(c) (one of the underlying purposes and policies of the Michigan Trust Code (MTC), which is set forth as Article VII of EPIC, is "[t]o foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in…”
Trevor Legassick v. Univ. of Michigan Regents (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 4× “MCL 700.8201(1). (2) The following are the underlying purposes and policies of [the MTC]: (a) To make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state.”
In Re Ralph a Siddell Living Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). · cites it 2× “MCL 700.8201(1) requires the MTC to be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.”
in Re Trelew Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “MCL 700.8201(2)(c) provides that one of the underlying purposes and policies of the MTC is to “foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in the terms of the trust.”
in Re Trelew Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “MCL 700.8201(2)(c) provides that one of the underlying purposes and policies of the MTC is to “foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in the terms of the trust.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8201(1) — 3 cases
in Re Gerald L Pollack Trust, 867 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “” MCL 700.8201(1). Among the purposes and policies of the MTC identified by the Legislature are “[t]o make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state,” MCL 700.”
Trevor Legassick v. Univ. of Michigan Regents (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “MCL 700.8201(1). (2) The following are the underlying purposes and policies of [the MTC]: (a) To make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state.”
In Re Ralph a Siddell Living Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “MCL 700.8201(1) requires the MTC to be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8201(2) — 2 cases
in Re Gerald L Pollack Trust, 867 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “” MCL 700.8201(1). Among the purposes and policies of the MTC identified by the Legislature are “[t]o make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state,” MCL 700.”
Trevor Legassick v. Univ. of Michigan Regents (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “MCL 700.8201(1). (2) The following are the underlying purposes and policies of [the MTC]: (a) To make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8201(2)(a) — 1 case
in Re Gerald L Pollack Trust, 867 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “” MCL 700.8201(1). Among the purposes and policies of the MTC identified by the Legislature are “[t]o make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state,” MCL 700.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8201(2)(b) — 1 case
In Re Ralph a Siddell Living Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2023). “MCL 700.8201(1) requires the MTC to be construed and applied to promote its underlying purposes and policies.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 700.8201(2)(c) — 5 cases
Papazian v. Goldberg (In Re Mardigian Est.), 917 N.W.2d 325 (Mich. 2018). “8201(2)(c) (one of the underlying purposes and policies of the Michigan Trust Code (MTC), which is set forth as Article VII of EPIC, is "[t]o foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in…”
in Re Gerald L Pollack Trust, 867 N.W.2d 884 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015). “” MCL 700.8201(1). Among the purposes and policies of the MTC identified by the Legislature are “[t]o make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state,” MCL 700.”
in Re Trelew Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “MCL 700.8201(2)(c) provides that one of the underlying purposes and policies of the MTC is to “foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in the terms of the trust.”
in Re Trelew Trust (Mich. Ct. App. 2017). “MCL 700.8201(2)(c) provides that one of the underlying purposes and policies of the MTC is to “foster certainty in the law so that settlors of trusts will have confidence that their instructions will be carried out as expressed in the terms of the trust.”
Trevor Legassick v. Univ. of Michigan Regents (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “MCL 700.8201(1). (2) The following are the underlying purposes and policies of [the MTC]: (a) To make more comprehensive and to clarify the law governing trusts in this state.”
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