Michigan · statute · 194 of 1947, Mich. Comp. Laws · 19 active provisions
There shall be a public administrator for the state of Michigan, to be known in this act as the “state public administrator.” The governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the attorney general, 1 of the assistants attorney general to act and hold office during the pleasure of the governor as such state public…
The state public administrator, when he deems it necessary because of the volume or nature of the duties of his office to engage assistance in the performance thereof, may appoint in any county of this state, as county public administrators, thereof and therefor, any person or persons suitable and competent to administ…
Whenever the state public administrator shall file with the probate court of any county a copy, certified by said state public administrator, of the appointment of a county public administrator to act in the county in which the certificate is so filed, then letters of administration may, instead of being issued and gra…
The state public administrator and the duly appointed and acting county public administrators shall have all the powers and authority of a fiduciary now or hereafter conferred by law, and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities in the administering of estates coming under their control by reason of the…
Instead of a separate bond for each estate, the state public administrator shall give a general bond running to the people of the state of Michigan, conditioned for the faithful administration of all estates on which letters of administration may be granted to him, which bond shall be in the penal sum of $10,000.00 wit…
In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of state public administrator from any cause, it shall be the duty of the governor and the attorney general to fill such vacancy forthwith in the manner as in this act provided for appointment of a state public administrator. Upon qualification for such office the succeeding…
In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of county public administrator in and for any county from any cause, the state public administrator may fill such vacancy forthwith and thereupon notify the probate court of the county in which such vacancy occurred of the fact of such vacancy and the name of the county publ…
Whenever the appointment of any county public administrator shall terminate, other than by reason of death or incapacity, it shall be within the discretion of the state public administrator either to permit such county public administrator whose appointment has terminated to proceed with the administration of any estat…
Whenever the state public administrator shall request any county public administrator, whose appointment as such has terminated, to present within a reasonable length of time to the probate court the aforesaid petition, praying that he be permitted to resign his trust, together with his final account as in this act pro…
Whenever a county public administrator whose appointment has terminated shall present to the probate court the final account as in this act provided, or whenever any county public administrator shall have rendered any account in any estate in which he has been appointed fiduciary under the provisions of this act, he sh…
In all estates wherein the county public administrator whose appointment has terminated is acting as special administrator by virtue of the provisions of this act, he shall, upon the request of the state public administrator, forthwith prepare and file final accounts as such special administrator and notice the same on…
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of county public administrator because of the death or incapacity of such county public administrator, the state public administrator, or any county public administrator specifically designated by him, shall petition the probate court, pursuant to the provisions of this act,…
Whenever any county public administrator shall be appointed as a successor fiduciary of any estate pursuant to the provisions of this act, he shall be allowed only a ratable and proportionate fee for this service, the same to be as provided by the general probate laws of this state and as determined by the judge of pro…
Whenever any county public administrator shall have been appointed fiduciary of any estate by virtue of the provisions of this act, and more than 1 year shall have elapsed since the date of issuance of letters of administration to such fiduciary, and said estate shall not have been closed, the said fiduciary shall in w…
If the state public administrator or a county public administrator has been appointed fiduciary of an estate under the provisions of this act and has completely administered the estate and if the residue of the estate has been assigned to the people of the state of Michigan as an escheated estate by the judge of probat…
No state public administrator or county public administrator, when appointed fiduciary of any estate by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, acquire any interest in, or bargain for, any property or any benefits incident to such property, which shall or may come i…
Whenever the state public administrator or a county public administrator shall be appointed fiduciary of any estate under the provisions of this act, and it shall subsequently appear or be discovered that the deceased left surviving a husband, wife, or next of kin entitled to a distributive share in such estate, and su…
The state public administrator, or any person specifically designated by him to act in his behalf, shall at all times have access to and the right to inspect any and all property, books, papers and records, in the possession or under the control of any county public administrator or former county public administrator,…
This act, in all of its provisions, is intended to be retroactive, and it shall be construed as applying retrospectively to all persons, property and estates coming within its purview.