Title 720, PROBATE

Sec. 1. A person who has been committed by the probate court before January 1, 1998, or the family division of circuit court on or after January 1, 1998 or a court of general criminal jurisdiction to an institution or agency of the state which is authorized to receive juveniles u…

Sec. 2. Such a transfer may be made only upon a written request by the said superintendent and the approval of the committing judge and of the governing bodies of the institution or agency of the state from which and to which such transfer shall be made, after notice to the paren…

Sec. 3. Any institution to which any such person is transferred, as in this act provided, shall and is hereby authorized to receive, train, and otherwise care for such person in the same manner as other persons committed to that institution.

Sec. 4. While in such institution, he shall be under the laws and rules appertaining thereto, except that his parole and discharge shall continue to be governed by the laws and rules appertaining to the institution or agency to which he was originally committed.

Sec. 5. The terms of detention or confinement of a person transferred in accordance with the provisions of this act shall not be extended or increased by reason of any such transfer.

Sec. 6. Whenever, for any reason, it shall be found that it is not in the best interests of any person to remain in an institution to which he shall have been transferred as provided for and permitted by this act, and the governing body of such institution or agency so requests, …

Sec. 7. Whenever any person is transferred under the provisions of this act, he shall be accompanied by all mittimuses, processes, orders, supplemental orders, a copy of his medical report, and a written statement covering the history and progress of the person, so far as the sam…

Sec. 8. All expenses incidental to a transfer under this act shall be borne by the department or agency from which the transfer is made.

Sec. 1. There shall be a public administrator for the state of Michigan, to be known in this act as the “state public administrator.” The governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the attorney general, 1 of the assistants attorney general to act and hold office during th…

Sec. 2. The state public administrator, when he deems it necessary because of the volume or nature of the duties of his office to engage assistance in the performance thereof, may appoint in any county of this state, as county public administrators, thereof and therefor, any pers…

Sec. 4. Whenever the state public administrator shall file with the probate court of any county a copy, certified by said state public administrator, of the appointment of a county public administrator to act in the county in which the certificate is so filed, then letters of adm…

Sec. 6. The state public administrator and the duly appointed and acting county public administrators shall have all the powers and authority of a fiduciary now or hereafter conferred by law, and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities in the administering of est…

Sec. 7. Instead of a separate bond for each estate, the state public administrator shall give a general bond running to the people of the state of Michigan, conditioned for the faithful administration of all estates on which letters of administration may be granted to him, which …

Sec. 9. In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of state public administrator from any cause, it shall be the duty of the governor and the attorney general to fill such vacancy forthwith in the manner as in this act provided for appointment of a state public administrator. U…

Sec. 10. In case of a vacancy occurring in the office of county public administrator in and for any county from any cause, the state public administrator may fill such vacancy forthwith and thereupon notify the probate court of the county in which such vacancy occurred of the fac…

Sec. 11. Whenever the appointment of any county public administrator shall terminate, other than by reason of death or incapacity, it shall be within the discretion of the state public administrator either to permit such county public administrator whose appointment has terminate…

Sec. 12. Whenever the state public administrator shall request any county public administrator, whose appointment as such has terminated, to present within a reasonable length of time to the probate court the aforesaid petition, praying that he be permitted to resign his trust, t…

Sec. 13. Whenever a county public administrator whose appointment has terminated shall present to the probate court the final account as in this act provided, or whenever any county public administrator shall have rendered any account in any estate in which he has been appointed …

Sec. 14. In all estates wherein the county public administrator whose appointment has terminated is acting as special administrator by virtue of the provisions of this act, he shall, upon the request of the state public administrator, forthwith prepare and file final accounts as …

Sec. 15. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of county public administrator because of the death or incapacity of such county public administrator, the state public administrator, or any county public administrator specifically designated by him, shall petition the proba…

Sec. 16. Whenever any county public administrator shall be appointed as a successor fiduciary of any estate pursuant to the provisions of this act, he shall be allowed only a ratable and proportionate fee for this service, the same to be as provided by the general probate laws of…

Sec. 17. Whenever any county public administrator shall have been appointed fiduciary of any estate by virtue of the provisions of this act, and more than 1 year shall have elapsed since the date of issuance of letters of administration to such fiduciary, and said estate shall no…

Sec. 18. If the state public administrator or a county public administrator has been appointed fiduciary of an estate under the provisions of this act and has completely administered the estate and if the residue of the estate has been assigned to the people of the state of Michi…

Sec. 19. No state public administrator or county public administrator, when appointed fiduciary of any estate by virtue of the provisions of this act, shall directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, acquire any interest in, or bargain for, any property or any benefits inc…

Sec. 20. Whenever the state public administrator or a county public administrator shall be appointed fiduciary of any estate under the provisions of this act, and it shall subsequently appear or be discovered that the deceased left surviving a husband, wife, or next of kin entitl…

Sec. 21. The state public administrator, or any person specifically designated by him to act in his behalf, shall at all times have access to and the right to inspect any and all property, books, papers and records, in the possession or under the control of any county public admi…

Sec. 22. This act, in all of its provisions, is intended to be retroactive, and it shall be construed as applying retrospectively to all persons, property and estates coming within its purview.

Sec. 23. Act No. 15 of the Public Acts of 1923, being sections 15611 to 15623, inclusive, of the Compiled Laws of 1929, is hereby repealed, except that all appointments made thereunder and all letters of administration issued to the state public administrator or to any county pub…

Sec. 1. A county or 2 or more contiguous counties, after approval of the state department of social services, may combine together to construct and operate regional facilities for the diagnosis and custody of minors detained under section 14, 15, or 16 of chapter XIIA of Act No. …

Sec. 2. The county board of commissioners of any county or any contiguous counties, by resolution, may authorize the chief judge of the circuit court in the county or in the contiguous counties to request the family independence agency to survey the situation and determine the ne…

Sec. 3. A regional facility created under this act shall be governed by a board of trustees which shall be a body corporate with powers to buy, sell, and dispose of property, real and personal, to erect and maintain buildings and facilities, and to employ all necessary personnel.…

Sec. 4. The board of trustees of the recommended district shall have the authority to submit the question to the voters of 1 or more contiguous counties, consisting of the counties comprising the recommended district, at any state general election or county-wide primary election,…

Sec. 5. The board of trustees of the district may levy upon the approval of the electors of the district for the purposes heretofore specified, a tax of not more than 1 mill upon each dollar of the state equalized value of the property in each of the counties comprising the regio…

Sec. 6. Capital outlay and construction costs of facilities of such regional facility shall be borne by the counties comprising the region in the following manner: (a) Fifty percent of the estimated cost shall be borne by apportioning among the participating counties a percentage…

Sec. 7. Basic operating costs of such regional facilities, consisting of maintenance, repairs and custodial personnel and amortization of the capital investment shall be borne by participating counties in the same manner as provided in section 6 for capital outlay. All remaining …

Sec. 8. The board of trustees of any district is authorized to enter into contracts with nonparticipating counties to provide services for the detention and custody of children committed from such counties at a per diem cost established by the board.

Sec. 9. The state department of social welfare shall supervise and inspect local and regional facilities and places of detention for juveniles for the purpose of obtaining facts in a manner pertaining to the usefulness and proper management of such facilities, and in promoting pr…

Sec. 10. Section 16a of chapter 12A of Act No. 288 of the Public Acts of 1939, being section 712A.16a of the Compiled Laws of 1948, is hereby repealed.