SENATE BILL No. 1244

 

 

May 18, 2004, Introduced by Senator CROPSEY and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1998 PA 386, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Estates and protected individuals code,"                                   

                                                                                

    (MCL 700.1101 to 700.8102) by adding section 3619.                          

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

1       Sec. 3619.  Upon petition to the court by an interested                     

                                                                                

2   person, the court may appoint a personal representative to                  

                                                                                

3   supervise the disposition of the body of a decedent who had                 

                                                                                

4   insufficient assets to pay for a funeral or burial and who died             

                                                                                

5   intestate and without heirs or a person with a power of attorney            

                                                                                

6   to make disposition decisions.  The duties of this personal                 

                                                                                

7   representative may include, but are not limited to, making                  

                                                                                

8   arrangements with a funeral home and determining the disposition            

                                                                                

9   of the body by burial or cremation.