In Re Webb H Coe Marital & Residuary Trusts

Respondent Phyllis Jane Finney, personal representative of the Estate of Hazel M. Coe, appeals by right the probate court’s order granting petitioners-appellees’ motion for summary disposition upon finding that the language in Hazel Coe’s will was more than a “general direction” that all taxes associated with her estate be paid by the estate. We affirm.

FACTS

When Webb H. Coe, husband of Hazel M. Coe, died in 1978, he established through estate planning a Marital Trust and a separate Residuary Trust for the benefit of respondent Phyllis J. Finney, their daughter, and petitioners Richard Green,…