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STATE OF MICHIGAN

PROBATE COURT
COUNTY

PETITION FOR PROBATE
AND/OR APPOINTMENT OF
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

INTESTATE

TESTATE

CASE NO. and JUDGE

Court address

Court telephone no.

In the matter of

First, middle, and last name

, am interested in the estate and make this petition as

Name of petitioner

1. I,

Relationship to decedent, i.e., heir, devisee, child, spouse, creditor, beneficiary, etc.

as defined by MCL 700.1105(c).

2. Decedent information:

Date of death

Time (if known)

Put DOB in Ref. No.
row 1 on MC 97.

Date of birth

Put last 4 digits of SSN in
Ref. No. row 2 on MC 97.

XXX-XX-

Last four digits of SSN

Domicile (at date of death):

City/Township/Village

County

State

Estimated value of estate assets: Real estate: $

Personal estate: $

A death certificate has been issued, and a copy accompanies this petition as a separate document.
No death certificate is available. Attached is alternative documentation of the decedent’s death.

4. As far as I know or could ascertain with reasonable diligence, the names and addresses of the heirs and devisees of the
decedent and other interested persons, the relationship to the decedent, and the ages of any who are minors are:

(Required testimony forms are attached.)

NAME

ADDRESS

RELATIONSHIP
(Heir/Devisee)

AGE
(if minor)*

Street address

City

State

Zip

State

Zip

State

Zip

State

Zip

*If person is a minor, provide the date of birth on form MC 97a and put the Ref. No. from that form in the box above with the age.

Approved, SCAO
Form PC 559, Rev. 12/22
MCL 700.1309, MCL 700.3402, MCL 700.3502, MCR 5.302, MCR 5.308,
MCR 5.310(B)
Page 1 of 3

JIS Code: PFAPetitioner’s name, address and telephone no.Petitioner’s attorney, bar no., address, and telephone no.Petition for Probate and/or Appointment of Personal Representative
Page 2 of 3

(12/22)

Case No.

4. (continued)
Of the interested persons listed above, the following are under legal disability or otherwise represented and presently
have or will require representation:

NAME

LEGAL DISABILITY

REPRESENTED BY
Name, address, and capacity

Name

a. Venue is proper in this county because the decedent was domiciled in this county on the date of death.
b. The decedent was not domiciled in Michigan, but venue is proper in this county because property of the decedent

was located in this county at the date of death.

6. An application was previously filed and a personal representative was appointed informally.

7. A personal representative has been previously appointed in
and the appointment has not been terminated. The personal representative’s name and address are

County,

State

Address

City State Zip

a. The decedent’s will, dated

8.
is/are offered for probate and is/are

, with codicil(s) dated

attached to this petition.

already in the court’s possession.

b. An authenticated copy of the will and codicil(s), if any, probated in

is/are offered for probate, and documents establishing its probate accompany this petition.

petition. The original will is lost, destroyed, or otherwise unavailable, but

its contents are described below. (Attach additional sheets as necessary.)

c. Neither the original will nor an authenticated copy of a will probated in another jurisdiction accompanies the

a copy of the will is attached.

County,

State

9. The decedent’s will was

formally

informally probated on

County.

10. To the best of my knowledge, I believe that the instrument(s) subject to this petition, if any, was/were validly executed
and is/are the decedent’s last will. After exercising reasonable diligence, I am unaware of an instrument revoking the

will or codicil(s).

located in this state as defined under MCL 700.1301.

a. After exercising reasonable diligence, I am unaware of any unrevoked testamentary instrument relating to property

b. I am aware of an unrevoked testamentary instrument relating to property located in this state as defined under

MCL 700.1301, but the instrument is not being probated because

The instrument

is attached to this petition.

is already in the court’s possession.

Name

I REQUEST:

Petition for Probate and/or Appointment of Personal Representative
Page 3 of 3

(12/22)

Case No.

11. I nominate

Name

as personal representative, who is qualified and has the

following priority for appointment:

His/her address is

City

Address

State Zip

12. Other persons have prior or equal right to appointment. They are:

Name

13. The will expressly requests that the personal representative serve with bond.

a. The decedent left a will that directs supervised administration.
b. The decedent left a will that directs unsupervised administration, but supervised administration is necessary for

14.

the protection of persons interested in the estate because (Complete on line below.)

administration is necessary because

c. The decedent died intestate or left a will that does not direct supervised administration, but supervised

15. A special personal representative is necessary because

16. An order determining heirs and that the decedent died
in item 8 is/are valid and admitted to probate.

intestate.

testate and the document(s) stated

17. Formal appointment of the nominated personal representative

with

without

bond.

18. Supervised administration.

19. Appointment of a special personal representative pending the appointment of the nominated personal representative.

I declare under the penalties of perjury that this petition has been examined by me and that its contents are true to the best
of my information, knowledge, and belief.

Date

Petitioner signature

Attorney signature

PC 559, Petition for Probate and/or Appointment of Personal Representative (Testate/Intestate)

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Sourced from www.courts.michigan.gov/Estates-Trusts (2023-03)
Page(s): 3
Fields(s): 121
Average fields per page: 40
Reading Level: Grade 11
LIST Grouping(s): ES-00-00-00-00, ES-02-00-00-00.

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