MICHIGAN INTESTATE SUCCESSION

UNDER EPIC

Prepared by:  Milton L. Mack, Jr., Chief Judge of Probate, Wayne County Probate Court

Based on a 1979 chart for the RPC created by Douglas J. Rasmussen of Clark Hill, PLC

 

Where a Michigan decedent dies without a Will, the decedent’s real and personal property (other than joint property, insurance, etc.) after payment of debts, taxes, family allowance and exempt property, is distributed to the following, if living .  (F = not living; blank space = never take):

 

SPOUSE

 

CHILD(REN) OR

DESCENDANTS1[1]

 

Of                      Of both

Decedent           Decedent and

Only                  Surviving2[2]

PARENT(S)

BROTHER(S)

SISTER(S)

 

And Descendants

Of Deceased

Brother(s)/Sister(s)1

GRANDPARENT(S)

OR DESCENDANTS1

 

 

 

  Maternal           Paternal

STATE

OF

MICHIGAN

  1)       All

F

F

F

 

 

 

 

  2)  1st $150,000

      + ¾ balance

F

F

¼ balance

 

 

 

 

  3)  1st $150,000

      + ½ balance

F

½ balance

 

 

 

 

 

4)      1st $100,000

+ ½ balance

½ balance

F

 

 

 

 

 

5)          F

All

 

 

 

 

 

6)          F

F

F

All

 

 

 

 

7)          F

F

F

F

All

 

 

 

8)          F

F

F

F

F

½

½

 

9)          F

F

F

F

F

All

F

 

10)      F

F

F

F

F

F

All

 

11)      F

F

F

F

F

F

F

All

 

EPIC Secs. 2102, 2103, 2105

 

 

Note:  Per EPIC Sec. 1210, these amounts are adjusted for inflation annually as follows:

 

DATE OF DEATH:

4/1/00-12/31/00

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Surviving Spouse’s share

 

$150,000

$161,000

$165,000

$168,000

$172,000

$177,000

$183,000

$188,000

$194,000

$201,000

$201,000

Surviving Spouse’s share – children of decedent only

 

  100,000

  107,000

  110,000

  112,000

  115,000

  118,000

  122,000

  126,000

  129,000

134,000

134,000

 

Rev. 2/10

 

[1][1] Descendants take equally here if all are in same degree of kinship; if unequal, those of remote degree(s) take by right of representation. – i.e., per capita at each generation

2[2] Applies as long as one or more surviving descendants are descendants of both decedent and surviving spouse.