In re Estate of Thomas P. Harkema — Post Death EDRO Modifications; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, December 2, 2016
In re Estate of Sabry Mohamed Attia — Unsigned Wills – Oral Wills – Admissibility / Burden of Proof; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, November 18, 2016
In re Estate of James V. Ward, Jr. — Stepson Inheriting (Not Equitable Adoption) / Adverse Party Receiving Attorney Fees; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, October 28, 2016
In re Lamarche Estate — Medicaid Repayment / Notice – Necessary; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, October 18, 2016
In re Estate of Bonnie J. DeCoste — Indigent Heirs / Gross Inventory Filing Fee; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, October 5, 2016
In re Estate of John H. Kuflewski — Joint Account – Survivorship; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, September 28, 2016
Estate of Stanley Morris v Mary Morris — Joint Accounts – Survivorship – Proofs / Involuntary Dismissal / Statutory Joint Accounts; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, September 8, 2016
In re Conservatorship of Mary Janet Faulkner Huston — Necessity Guardian Ad Litem on Modification of Conservatorship – None; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, August 30, 2016
In re Estate of Larry E. Hutchinson Living Trust — Proceeds of Sale / Termination of Trust – Prohibition / Disposition of Assets; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, August 1, 2016
In re Estate of Catherine Klein — Protecting Real Estate from Medicaid Lien Post Mortem / Necessity to Follow Administrative Proceedings / Exhaust Remedy; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, July 25, 2016
In Re Rayola A. Banfield Irrevocable Trust — Non-Attorney for Trust Gets Fees / Lack of Effect of Failure to Notify / Trust Prevails in Naming Successor / Effect of Court Error in Assessing Attorney Fees; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, June 28, 2016
In Re Massie Family Trust — Attorney Fees – Sloan differentiation / Qualified Trust Beneficiary / Duty to keep Informed / Surcharge / Harmless Error / Reimbursement for costs Advanced by Fiduciary; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, June 21, 2016
In Re Estate of Lyle Seth Peterson — Spousal Rights – Loss / Willfully Absent – Meaning / Harris Partially Overruled – New Threshold; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, June 6, 2016
In Re McCarver Estate — Holographic Will / Grounds for Clearly Erroneous Ruling / Effect of Notarization; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, May 31, 2016
In Re Estate of Kenneth James Koehler — Effective Illegitimacy on Intestate Inheritance Ascending and Descending / Inheriting from a Posthumous Child / Death When Offspring are In Utero; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, May 23, 2016
In Re Guardianship of Alexander Victor Bibi and Nadia Francis Wallace, also known as Nadia Bibi, Minors — Res Judicata / Collateral Estoppel / Comity; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, May 16, 2016
In Re Otto William and Margaret Anne Meyer Revocable Trust — Mistake of Law / Mistake of Fact / Ambiguity / Right of Invasion – Right to Amend; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, May 2, 2016
Angela M. Robinson, Et Al. v Munger & Associates, PLLC, Et Al. — Collateral Estoppel – Elements, Difference from Res Judicata, Effect of Ruling Judges Action in “Case Within Case;” STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, April 26, 2016
In Re Richard L. McClish Revocable Trust — Dismissal as a Sanction; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, April 6, 2016
In Re Span Estate — In Terrorem Clause / Security for Costs / Appeals Standard – Discovery / Slight Differences – Ambiguities / Relief from Judgment / Right to Amend Pleadings; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, March 30, 2016
In Re Estate of John Irving Lett — Divorce and Insurance / Failure to Cancel Policy / Pre-Divorce vs. Post-Divorce / Statute on Divorce and Insurance / Possible New Grounds for Trust Contest – Stress / Interpreting Statutes and contracts – Plain Meaning; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, March 23, 2016
In Re the Wanda G. Van Alstine Revocable Trust — Summary Disposition v. Bare Presumption / Failure to Answer / Request for Admissions; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, March 9, 2016
In Re Estate of Douglas W. Baltrip — Standing to Open an Estate– Wrongful Death Asset / Laches / No Notice Required When Judge Reconsiders Her Own Opinion; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, March 1, 2016
In Re Beverly J. LaForest Living Trust & Beverly J. LaForest Family Trust— Limitation of Action – Pleading / Reversal of Facts – Credibility / Gift vs. Taking / Self-Dealing; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, February 11, 2016
In Re Awad Estate— Attorney Fees / In re Sloan – Distinguished; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, February 4, 2016
In Re Robert Stout Revocable Trust, Robert Stout Testamentary Trust, and the Dolores M.A. Stout Trust Agreement— Remedy for Breach / Right of Fiduciary to Demand a Release / Right of Trustee to Recover Overpayment; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, January 28, 2016
In Re Schwein Estate— Absurd and Nonsensical Result / Right of Personal Representative to Assert a Claim – Conflict of Interest / Presumption of Gratuity of Services by Family Member / Statute of Limitations and Periods of Limitations within EPIC / Effect of First Party Action for Attendant Care Benefits; STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, January 20, 2016