This page contains links to information you need to know about Decedent Estates and Wills.
Disposition of Small Estates (Brochure #3; file size 60k)- Depositing Your Will for Safekeeping (Brochure #4; file size 74k)
- What You Should Know About Your Estate (Brochure #5; file size 61k)
- Planning to Administer a Decedent's Estate (Brochure #8; file size 28k)
- Gross Estate Fee Schedule (file size 133k)
- Oakland County Probate Court Notices regarding Gross Estate Fees
- Notice Regarding Fees (GEF & Motions) [July 2004] (file size27k)
- Notice to the Public [November 2005] (file size 11k)
- Inventory Fee Notice [February 2006] (file size 7k)
- Notice in Regards to the Change in Calculation of Inventory Fees (aka Gross Estate Fees) [November 2006] (file size 9K)
- COLA-Cost of Living Adjustment
- Probate Court Filing Fees (file size 16k)
- Authorization to Release Will Held for Safe Keeping (PC 548)
- Deceased Estates: Formal
- Deceased Estates: Informal/Unsupervised
- Deceased Estates: Small Estate
- Personal Representative Notice to the Friend of the Court (PC modified form; file size 18k)
Frequently Asked Questions - complete list
Information & Instructions
- General Information Sheet for the Opening of a Decedents Estate (PEMH 1024; file size 13k)
- Closing a Decedent's Estate (file size 55k)
- Instructions for Filing a Petition and Order for Assignment (PEMH 1025; file size 14k)
- Information Sheet for Procedure/ Responsibilities Following the Filing of a Petition (PEMH 1034; file size 26k)
- Inventories, Annual Accounts and Reports (Brochure #9; file size 28k)
- Basic Instructions for Filing an Account (file size 19k)
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