Sec. 2717.
If a class gift in favor of "descendants", "issue", or "heirs of the body" does not specify the manner in which the property is to be distributed among the class members, the property is distributed among the class members who are living when the interest is to take effect in possession or enjoyment in the shares each class member would receive under the applicable law of intestate succession if the designated ancestor had died intestate at the time of distribution owning the subject matter of the class gift.
History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000 Popular Name: EPIC
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 700 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code
Act 386 of 1998 - Estates and Protected Individuals Code (700.1101 - 700.8206)
Article II - Intestacy, Wills, and Donative Transfers (700.2101...700.2959)
Section 700.2702 - Requirement of Survival by 120 Hours.
Section 700.2703 - Protection of Payors and Other Third Parties.
Section 700.2704 - Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient.
Section 700.2705 - Choice of Law as to Meaning and Effect of Governing Instrument.
Section 700.2706 - Power of Appointment; Meaning of Specific Reference Requirement.
Section 700.2707 - Class Gifts Construed to Accord With Intestate Succession.
Section 700.2708 - Definitions Regarding Beneficiary Designation.
Section 700.2709 - Substitute Gift.
Section 700.2710 - Multiple Substitute Gifts.
Section 700.2711 - Protection of Payors.
Section 700.2712 - Protection of Bona Fide Purchasers; Personal Liability of Recipient.
Section 700.2715 - Multiple Substitute Gifts.
Section 700.2716 - No Substitute Taker; Lapse.
Section 700.2718 - Representation; per Capita at Each Generation; per Stirpes.
Section 700.2719 - Worthier-Title Doctrine Abolished.
Section 700.2720 - Interests in “Heirs”.
Section 700.2721 - Construction as to Age of Majority.