In Re Blanchard Estate

391 Mich. 644 (1974)

218 N.W.2d 37

In re BLANCHARD ESTATE

BLANCHARD

v.

BLANCHARD

No. 7 January Term 1974, Docket No. 54,525.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 21, 1974.

Rehearing denied June 25, 1974.

Liberson, Fink, Feiler, Crystal & Burdick, P.C., for plaintiff.

Eliot Charlip, for defendants.

M.S. COLEMAN, J.

FACTS

Virginia and Frederick Blanchard were married on November 15, 1949. In 1952, Fred executed a will designating Virginia as executrix and primary beneficiary.

The Blanchards were divorced in 1960. A property settlement was made. Virginia maintains that the couple remained "on close terms"…