HOUSE BILL NO. 5933

July 21, 2020, Introduced by Rep. Lightner and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

A bill to amend 1998 PA 386, entitled

"Estates and protected individuals code,"

by amending section 2505 (MCL 700.2505).

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 2505. (1) An Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will.

(2) The Except as otherwise provided in this section, the signing of a will by an interested witness does not invalidate the will or any provision of it.

(3) An individual, other than a devisee, generally competent to be a witness may act as a witness to a will.

(4) The signing of a will by a devisee voids any devise to the devisee.

(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not apply to a will executed before the effective date of the amendatory act that added subsection (3).