March 12, 2013, Introduced by Reps. LaFontaine, Price, Schor, Rutledge, Talabi, Stallworth, Lyons, Haveman, MacGregor and Victory and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
A bill to amend 1961 PA 236, entitled
"Revised judicature act of 1961,"
by amending section 832 (MCL 600.832).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec.
832. (1) The probate judge or chief probate judge clerk
of the probate court shall have possession of the seal, records,
books, files, and papers belonging to the probate court in the
respective
county or probate court district . Each judge shall keep
a
true and correct record of each order, sentence, and decree of
the
court, and of all other official acts made or done by him, and
of
all wills proved therein with the probate thereof, of all
letters
of authority and of all other things proper to be recorded
in
the court.and, in accordance
with supreme court rules, shall
maintain every record created by or filed with the probate court.
(2)
The records, except as otherwise provided by law, may be
inspected
without charge by all persons interested.
(3)
The probate court shall maintain an alphabetical index to
the
records of probate court proceedings in each county.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 97th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 4415(request no.
00299'13).
(b) Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 4412(request no.
00300'13).
(c) Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 4413(request no.
00301'13).
(d) Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 4417(request no.
00302'13).
(e) Senate Bill No. ___ or House Bill No. 4414(request no.
00303'13).