Sotelo v. Grant Township

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from the trial court’s opinion and order finding that plaintiffs’ division of property violated the Land Division Act (lda), MCL 560.101 et seq., and granting summary disposition in favor of defendant. We reverse and remand. This appeal is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).

FACTS

The facts underlying this appeal are not in dispute and were summarized by the trial court in its opinion:

Prior to July 15, 1999, the land involved in this dispute was divided into two adjacent parcels in the Township of Grant: Jeffrey and Susan Sotelo owned a…