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In any event, where it is accepted that payment is due, the executor can seek to pay you (the creditor) from the deceased's estate. There is normally a six-month period from the deceased's death for creditors to advise the executor of any sums due to them from the estate.
Statutes say that probate should be finished within one year, but special circumstances may cause it to go longer.
Filing a claim against an estate is a fairly simple process: In the claim, you'll state under oath that the debt is owed and provide details on the amount of the debt and any payments the decedent made. If you have written documentation, you can attach it to your claim.
This process can be used to distribute all the property in the estate. It does have the risk of having a creditor try to collect the decedent's debt from heirs for up to 63 days after the order is signed.
Creditors have six years to bring an action for unpaid debts but a personal representative will not want to wait that long before distributing the estate. Any liability will accrue even if the personal representative was unaware of the unpaid debt or liability at the date of distribution of the estate.
Michigan has a statute of limitations of six years, which applies to all types of debts. This means that if a debt is more than six years overdue or hasn't been paid in more than six years, creditors cannot take legal action.
An estate cannot be closed in less than five months from filing. The estate's creditors must be notified of the decedent's death. They are given a four-month period to file their claims against the estate.
Fully documented claims (including documents of ID and personal representative documents) must be received within 30 years of the date of death.
A claim for reasonable financial provision must be made within six months after probate or letters of administration have been issued, although the court can extend this period in certain circumstances (eg if the applicant has not made an earlier claim because of negotiations with the executors or administrators).