Fllok v. Mezo

In this matter of first impression we are asked to decide whether the probate court, in the routine settlement of a decedent’s estate, has the jurisdiction to hold conveyances of real and personal property void as a fraud on creditors pursuant to § 9(1) of the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act. MCL 566.19; MSA 26.889. The probate court answered this question in the affirmative and the circuit court affirmed. We reverse.

Frank Mezo, Sr., died on April 21, 1977. His surviving spouse filed a petition for commencement of proceedings in probate court for Sanilac County on October 19, 1977, listing…