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MCL 700.1211
Court personnel shall not provide or offer to provide legal advice or legal counsel to a fiduciary or an interested person and shall not complete a form, petition, or document for a fiduciary or interested person. This section does not prohibit the court from providing general information, blank forms, and information concerning the preparation of a form provided by the court.
Examples of frequently asked questions where Court Staff cannot give advice:
- How do I create a will?
- Can you give me the name of a good attorney?
- What is the best way to get my relative’s house in my name?
- As the father, how can I get my child back?
- Can I file a probate case to claim unclaimed money that belonged to a deceased family member that I was guardian of?
- Here’s my situation (fill in the blank), tell me what to do.
- There is unclaimed money/property that belonged to a deceased family member, what do I do to receive the money/property?
Additional information for self-represented litigants:
Self-Represented Litigants (michigan.gov)
Rev. 7/23