IN RE ESTATE OF AUSTIN

Docket No. 176636.

553 N.W.2d 632 (1996)

218 Mich. App. 72

In re ESTATE OF Lillian AUSTIN, deceased. Lee A. GREER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Theodore COLBERT and Cynthia Colbert, Respondents-Appellants, and John J. Grech, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lillian Austin, deceased.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided July 30, 1996, at 9:15 a.m.

Released for Publication September 27, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freeman McKenzie, P.C. by Robert L. Goldenbogen, Mount Clemens, for Lee A. Greer.

William A. Wyss, Mount Clemens, for Theodore and Cynthia Colbert.

Before TAYLOR, P.J., and MURPHY and E.J. GRANT, JJ.


TAYLOR, Presiding Judge.

Respondents appeal as of right from a June 1, 1994, order granting attorney fees in the amount of $13,950.50 to petitioner. We affirm.

On March 10, 1993, petitioner submitted a document to the Macomb County Probate Court, claiming that it was decedent's last will and testament. The document, entitled "Power of Attorney," purported to grant petitioner a power of attorney to handle decedent's estate and provided that "if i [sic] exspire...

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