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IN RE BORROUGHS ESTATE

Docket No. 133884.

194 Mich. App. 196 (1992)

486 N.W.2d 113

In re BORROUGHS ESTATE (POINDEXTER v CHAMBERS)

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided May 5, 1992, at 9:05 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller & Berg, P.C. (by Carole Chase-Klein), for the petitioner.

Benjamin Whitfield, Jr., for the respondents.

Before: GRIBBS, P.J., and SAWYER and FITZGERALD, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

This appeal is brought by Jeannette Poindexter, who claims to be the common-law wife of the deceased, Robert Burroughs. Mr. Burroughs died intestate, and probate proceedings were commenced in 1989. The appellees are the siblings and the children of the deceased siblings of Robert, and they claim to be his sole heirs.

In 1990, the probate court denied Jeannette's claim of a valid common-law marriage under the laws of Texas. On September 11, 1990...

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