Personal Property at Hospital, Nursing Home, Etc.

MCL 700.3981 provides that a hospital, convalescent or nursing home, morgue or law enforcement agency holding cash not exceeding $500 and wearing apparel of a decedent may deliver the cash and wearing apparel to a person furnishing identification and an affidavit that the person is the spouse, child, or parent of the decedent and that an estate of the decedent is not pending. These documents are given to the person holding the property and are not filed with the probate court.