ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS CODE (EXCERPT)
Act 386 of 1998
Part 3
JURISDICTION OVER FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES


700.4301 Jurisdiction by act of foreign personal representative.

Sec. 4301.

    (1) A foreign personal representative submits personally to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state in a proceeding relating to the estate by doing any of the following:
    (a) Filing an authenticated copy of appointment as provided in section 4203.
    (b) Receiving payment of money or taking delivery of personal property under section 4201.
    (c) Doing an act as a personal representative in this state that would give the state jurisdiction over an individual.
    (2) Jurisdiction under subsection (1)(b) is limited to the money or value of personal property collected.


History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Popular Name: EPIC





700.4302 Jurisdiction by act of decedent.

Sec. 4302.

     In addition to jurisdiction conferred by section 4301, a foreign personal representative is subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of this state to the same extent that the representative's decedent was subject to that jurisdiction immediately before death.


History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Popular Name: EPIC





700.4303 Service on foreign personal representative.

Sec. 4303.

    (1) Service of process may be made upon the foreign personal representative by registered or certified mail, addressed to the representative's last reasonably ascertainable address, requesting a return receipt signed by addressee only. Notice by ordinary first-class mail is sufficient if registered or certified mail service to the addressee is unavailable. Service may be made upon a foreign personal representative in the manner in which service could have been made under other laws of this state on either the foreign personal representative or the representative's decedent immediately before death.
    (2) If service is made upon a foreign personal representative as provided in subsection (1), the representative is allowed not less than 28 days within which to appear or respond.


History: 1998, Act 386, Eff. Apr. 1, 2000
Popular Name: EPIC




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