The probate court in this minor guardianship proceeding did not have the legal authority to order and enforce sibling visitation, Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled, reversing the probate court’s orders to that effect.

In this dispute over trust proceeds, the probate court correctly altered the decedent’s “special needs trust” to direct that the proceeds go to the decedent’s estate rather than to the trust’s residuary beneficiary, the Michigan Court of Appeals has ruled.