If a person dies and leaves a small estate, there is a simplified process that can be used to distribute their property. Decedent lived outside of Michigan and left an estate within this county to be administered. 3.Keep copies for your own record. This video will guide you in filling out form PC 556 which is a petition in order for assignment. As such, wage assignments are not within the scope of the federal wage garnishment law. The law spells out how a person's property can and must be distributed when that person dies. Michigan law (MCL 700.3982) allows small estates to be probated using an expedited process that does not require a personal representative to be appointed.