Michigan Compiled Laws
Article II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)
386-1998-II-7 - Part 7 Rules of Construction Applicable to Donative Dispositions in Wills and Other Governing Instruments (700.2701...700.2723)

Section 700.2701 - Scope. - Sec. 2701. In the absence of a finding of a...

Section 700.2702 - Requirement of Survival by 120 Hours. - Sec. 2702. (1) For the purposes of this act, except...

Section 700.2703 - Protection of Payors and Other Third Parties. - Sec. 2703. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 700.2704 - Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient. - Sec. 2704. (1) Section 2702 does not obligate a person...

Section 700.2705 - Choice of Law as to Meaning and Effect of Governing Instrument. - Sec. 2705. The meaning and legal effect of a governing...

Section 700.2706 - Power of Appointment; Meaning of Specific Reference Requirement. - Sec. 2706. If a governing instrument creating a power of...

Section 700.2707 - Class Gifts Construed to Accord With Intestate Succession. - Sec. 2707. (1) An adopted individual or an individual born...

Section 700.2708 - Definitions Regarding Beneficiary Designation. - Sec. 2708. As used in this section and sections 2709...

Section 700.2709 - Substitute Gift. - Sec. 2709. If a beneficiary fails to survive the decedent...

Section 700.2710 - Multiple Substitute Gifts. - Sec. 2710. (1) If, under section 2709, substitute gifts are...

Section 700.2711 - Protection of Payors. - Sec. 2711. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 700.2712 - Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient. - Sec. 2712. (1) A person who purchases property for value...

Section 700.2713 - Definitions for Survivorship With Respect to Future Interests Under Terms of Trust. - Sec. 2713. As used in this section and sections 2714...

Section 700.2714 - Survivorship Required for Gift Under Trust; Substitute Gift; Applicability of Subsection (1). - Sec. 2714. (1) Subject to subsection (2), a future interest...

Section 700.2715 - Multiple Substitute Gifts. - Sec. 2715. (1) If, under section 2714, substitute gifts are...

Section 700.2716 - No Substitute Taker; Lapse. - Sec. 2716. (1) Except as provided in subsection (2), if,...

Section 700.2717 - Class Gifts to “Descendants,”“issue,” or “Heirs of the Body”; Form of Distribution if None Specified. - Sec. 2717. If a class gift in favor of "descendants",...

Section 700.2718 - Representation; per Capita at Each Generation; per Stirpes. - Sec. 2718. (1) If an applicable statute or a governing...

Section 700.2719 - Worthier-Title Doctrine Abolished. - Sec. 2719. The doctrine of worthier title is abolished as...

Section 700.2720 - Interests in “Heirs”. - Sec. 2720. If an applicable statute or a governing instrument...

Section 700.2721 - Construction as to Age of Majority. - Sec. 2721. A provision contained in a governing instrument that...

Section 700.2722 - Honorary Trusts; Trusts for Pets. - Sec. 2722. (1) Except as provided by another statute and...

Section 700.2723 - Will, Trust, or Beneficiary Designation of Decedent Who Dies After December 31, 2009 and Before January 1, 2011; Presumption; Retroactive Effective Date; "2010 Federal Tax Relief Act" Defined. - Sec. 2723. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), for...