Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 1, 2009 Marilyn Kelly,
Chief Justice
138460 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman
SUSAN TKACHIK, Personal Representative of Diane M. Hathaway,
the Estate of JANET ELAINE MANDEVILLE, Justices
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v SC: 138460
COA: 280879
Macomb Probate Court:
03-178658-CZ
FRANK MANDEVILLE, JR.,
Defendant-Appellee.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the February 5, 2009
judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED. The parties shall
include among the issues to be briefed whether, when a husband has abandoned his wife
for the year and a half preceding her death, and the wife alone has made mortgage, tax,
and insurance payments on property held as tenants by the entirety, the wife (or her
estate) may receive contribution for the husband’s share of these payments.
I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
September 1, 2009 _________________________________________
s0901 Clerk