IN RE KOEHLER ESTATE

Docket Nos. 322996, 322997.

888 N.W.2d 432 (2016)

314 Mich.App. 667

In re KOEHLER ESTATE.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided March 24, 2016, at 9:00 a.m.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Butzel Long (by Mark T. Nelson , Ann Arbor and Amy Glenn , Bloomfield Hills), for Sherry Bierkle.

Kemp Klein Law Firm, Troy (by Richard Bisio and Joseph P. Buttiglieri ), for Ernest Umble.

Before: SHAPIRO, P.J., and O'CONNELL and GLEICHER, JJ.


The law of intestate succession flows from parent-child relationships. What happens when an unmarried father dies before his child is born and no evidence exists that he would have willingly supported his child or openly acknowledged the child as his own? Does nature or nurture establish the familial link for inheritance purposes? We...

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