In re Nale Estate

Respondent appeals as of right the probate court’s grant of petitioner’s petition for forfeiture and revocation of benefits. Respondent argues that the probate court improperly construed MCL 700.2803, Michigan’s “slayer statute,” as preventing her, as one convicted of the voluntary manslaughter of the decedent, from receiving benefits from the decedent’s estate. We affirm. This appeal has been decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).

I. FACTS

Respondent’s husband, Michael Stephen Nale (the “decedent”), was stabbed to death on September 13, 2007. Respondent was charged with…