An act to amend 1998 PA 386, entitled “An act to codify, revise, consolidate, and classify aspects of the law relating to wills and intestacy, relating to the administration and distribution of estates of certain individuals, relating to trusts, and relating to the affairs of certain individuals under legal incapacity; to provide for the powers and procedures of the court that has jurisdiction over these matters; to provide for the validity and effect of certain transfers, contracts, and deposits that relate to death; to provide procedures to by 2024 facilitate enforcement of certain trusts; and to repeal acts and parts of acts,” by amending sections 5306 and 5314 (MCL 700.5306 and 700.5314), section 5306 as amended by 2019 PA 170 and section 5314 as amended PA 1, and by adding section 5306b.
Senate Bills 585 and 586 strengthen Michigan’s guardianship and conservatorship laws by requiring professional appraisals before the sale or encumbrance of protected individuals’ property, limiting guardians’ powers, and enhancing judicial oversight, accountability, and transparency to better safeguard the rights and assets of vulnerable individuals.
Co-sponsored by Sens.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Human Services
Reported with substitute S-2
Referred to the Committee of the Whole
Reported with substitute S-3
Substitute S-3 concurred in by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 35 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Discharged from committee
Passed in the House 107 to 0 (details)
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
Motion to give immediate effect
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The motion prevailed by voice vote
