IN RE ESTATE OF REISMAN

Docket No. 252172.

702 N.W.2d 658 (2005)

266 Mich. App. 522

In re ESTATE OF Samuel G. REISMAN, Deceased. Shelley N. Paine and E. Michael Reisman, Petitioners-Appellees, v. Jack Kaufman, Respondent-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided May 24, 2005, at 9:30 a.m.

Released for Publication August 3, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butzel Long (by Michael P. Witzke and Amy L. Glenn), Bloomfield Hills, for Shelley N. Paine and E. Michael Reisman.

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP (by John H. Martin and John J. Bursch) and Ishbia & Gagleard, P.C. (by Michael J. Weisberg), Grand Rapids, Birmingham, for Jack Kaufman.

Before: MURPHY, P.J., and WHITE and SMOLENSKI, JJ.


SMOLENSKI, J.

Respondent Jack Kaufman, the personal representative of Samuel Reisman's estate, appeals as of right from an opinion and order holding that Samuel Reisman's exercise of a limited power of appointment granted to him in a marital trust was invalid. We reverse and remand. This case is being decided without oral argument pursuant to MCR 7.214(E).

I. Basic Facts and Procedural History

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