Opinion
Docket No. 151998. COA No. 321174.
03-23-2016
In re ESTATE OF CLIFFMAN. Phillip Carter, Elmer Carter, David Carter, and Doug Carter, Appellants, v. Richard D. Persinger, Personal Representative of the Estate of Gordon John Cliffman, Betty Woodwyk, and Virginia Wilson, Appellees.
Order
On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the June 9, 2015 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered. We direct the Clerk to schedule oral argument on whether to grant the application or take other action. MCR 7.305(H)(1). The parties shall file supplemental briefs within 42 days of the date of this order addressing whether MCL 600.2922(3)(b) allows stepchildren of a decedent to make a claim for damages where the natural parent predeceased the decedent, and if so, whether this Court should overrule In re Combs Estate, 257 Mich.App. 622, 669 N.W.2d 313 (2003). The parties should not submit mere restatements of their application papers.