Tkachik v. Mandeville

Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan Chief Justice: Justices: Opinion Marilyn Kelly Michael F. Cavanagh Elizabeth A. Weaver Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway FILED JULY 27, 2010 STATE OF MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT SUSAN TKACHIK, Personal Representative of the Estate of JANET MANDEVILLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v No. 138460 FRANK MANDEVILLE, JR., Defendant-Appellee. BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH MARKMAN, J. This case presents a relatively narrow question, one that is accessible to both the lay and legal reader: whether a husband who has abandoned his wife for…