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If the petition that the hearing is on is for the Personal Representative (not you) to resign, you not appearing should not affect the way the court decides the petition, but if you are the Personal Representative and you petitioned for removal, you need to appear or your petition may well be dismissed.

Although unmentioned in your question, a reasonable assumption is that your father and mother made their wills together. When the first spouse dies, it is quite common for people to leave their entire estate to the surviving spouse. Upon death of the surviving spouse, typical parents leave their entire estate to their children. So, you want to get a copy of your father's will from which you might learn whether you were specifically mentioned and omitted if your mother had died first. If so, that may be what her will says, too. If your mother makes a will that omits you from inheriting her estate, there is little you can do, especially if the will mentions you as a son or adopted son. If she makes no will, you would inherit her estate under Michigan intestacy law.

You have until the foreclosure auction is conducted, which will not be until the lender has posted a notice of sale after having posted a notice of default in payment. Notice are very clear, and sale does not occur for months.