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MI HB5933

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/21/2020

Primary Sponsor

Sarah Lightner

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Origin

House of Representatives

100th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Allows any individual generally competent to be a witness to serve as a will witness, except as otherwise provided in the section.

  • Signing of a will by an interested witness does not invalidate the will or any of its provisions.

  • Prohibits non-devisees from acting as witnesses to a will; individuals who are devisees under the will cannot serve as witnesses.

  • Voids any devise (bequest of real property) to a devisee who signs as a witness to the will.

  • Makes these restrictions applicable only to wills executed after the effective date of this act, with wills executed before that date remaining unaffected.

Legislative Description

Probate: wills and estates; individuals eligible to witness a will; exclude devisees, and void devises to a devisee who witnesses a will. Amends sec. 2505 of 1998 PA 386 (MCL 700.2505).

Probate: wills and estates

Last Action

Bill Electronically Reproduced 07/21/2020

7/22/2020

Committee Referrals

Judiciary7/21/2020

Full Bill Text

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