Form PC 601, Memorandum of Conference to Correct Deficiency – Michigan

Form PC 601, Memorandum of Conference to Correct Deficiency, is the Michigan State Court Administrative Office (SCAO) form that records a conference held to correct a deficiency by a fiduciary, including the nature of the deficiency and the duties the fiduciary must perform within a stated number of days.

The printed form is headed "State of Michigan, Probate Court, County" and "Circuit Court – Family Division," with a file number and an "In the matter of" line. It cites MCR 5.203 in its footer and carries the SCAO code MOC.

The form has six numbered items:

• Item 1: date of conference.
• Item 2: name of fiduciary, type of fiduciary, name of attorney and name of surety.
• Item 3: persons present.
• Item 4: nature of deficiency.
• Item 5: the number of days within which the fiduciary shall perform the listed duties.
• Item 6: who conducted the conference (deputy register, register, clerk or judge).

A boxed NOTICE TO FIDUCIARY warns that failure to perform the duties listed in item 5 may result in suspension, that a special fiduciary may be appointed, and that contempt of court proceedings may be brought. Below a line marked "Do not write below this line – For court use only," the form lists the copies mailed to the fiduciary, the attorney of record and the sureties, with a date and a "By" line.

The form is built around a conference held to correct a deficiency by a fiduciary in a Michigan probate court matter or a circuit court family division matter. The people it names are:

• The fiduciary named in item 2, with the type of fiduciary, who receives the notice that failing to perform the item 5 duties may lead to suspension, appointment of a special fiduciary, or contempt proceedings.
• The person who conducts the conference, identified in item 6 as a deputy register, register, clerk or judge.
• The attorney and the surety, if any, named in item 2. The court-use block shows copies mailed to the fiduciary, the attorney of record and the sureties.
• Other persons present, listed in item 3.

The form does not say who must prepare it and does not describe any exclusions or representative-signing rules; it has no signature line for the fiduciary. Questions about whether a conference is called for in a particular matter go to the court handling the file, with MCR 5.203 as the rule cited on the form.

The form is completed in connection with a conference to correct a deficiency; item 1 records the date of that conference. Item 5 then sets the period for the fiduciary's response: it begins "Within ___ days, the fiduciary shall" and the duties are listed after it. The form prints no separate filing deadline of its own, so the timing that matters is the number of days entered in item 5. The notice on the form states what may follow if the listed duties are not performed: suspension, appointment of a special fiduciary, and contempt of court proceedings.

The form names no filing channel, portal or address. It is a record of a conference in a court file, identified by the file number and county printed at the top. What it does show is how copies are handled:

• Court-use block: under "Do not write below this line – For court use only," the form has check boxes for copies mailed to the Fiduciary, the Attorney of Record and the Sureties, plus a Date and a By line.
• Where to get the PDF: the SCAO publishes the form at https://www.courts.michigan.gov/4a0e06/siteassets/forms/scao-approved/pc601.pdf.

Ask the court that holds the file how it wants the completed form delivered or placed in the file. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the court's own channels.