Legal Opinion
In Re Finlay Estate
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided September 8, 1986No. Docket 86826PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtM. J. Kelly, P.J.
This is a case involving a contested will. Petitioners are the sisters of decedent, Linda L. Finlay, and her only heirs at law. Respondents are decedent’s unadopted stepchildren from a former marriage and beneficiaries of the decedent’s estate under the terms of a will executed by the decedent on May 13, 1978. By order of August 2, 1985, the probate court summarily held that the will had been revoked by the decedent’s divorce from respondents’ father and appointed Patricia Thomas as the personal representative of decedent’s intestate estate. We reverse.
The decedent, Linda Finlay, married John…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- In Re Humphrey EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1985
- In Re Brown's EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1949
- In Re Sutherby EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- In Re Cunningham EstateMichigan Court of Appeals · 1983
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Finlay EstateMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
- Hershberger v. LuzaderIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
- Thomas v. FinlayMichigan Supreme Court · 1988
- In re JarrellMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988