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IN RE COMBS

Docket No. 237358.

669 N.W.2d 313 (2003)

257 Mich. App. 622

In re Ellen COMBS, Deceased. Elaine V. Hamilton, Personal Representative of the Estate of Ellen Combs, Deceased, Appellee, v. Eloise Elser and Louise Michael, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Released for Publication September 18, 2003.

Decided July 24, 2003, at 9:00 a.m.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens & Hayes (by Joseph W. Hayes), Coldwater, for the estate of Ellen Combs.

Patrick K. Rocchio, Coldwater, for Eloise Elser and Louise Michael.

Before: WHITBECK, C.J., and WHITE and DONOFRIO, JJ.

WHITBECK, C.J.

Appellants Eloise Elser and Louise Michael appeal as of right an order distributing the proceeds from a wrongful death action to decedent Ellen Combs' children. Because we conclude that appellants are not "children of the deceased's spouse" under M.C.L. § 600.2922(3)(b), we affirm. We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).

I. Basic Facts And Procedural History

Ellen Combs was involved in an automobile...

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