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IN RE LEGGETT ESTATES

Docket Nos. 72968, 72969. (Calendar No. 7).

424 Mich. 77 (1985)

378 N.W.2d 467

In re LEGGETT ESTATES FITHIAN v. PAPALINI

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided December 5, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dahlberg, Mallender & Gawne (by J. Donald McLeod and Howard A. Serlin) for the plaintiff.

Beier, Howlett, Hayward, McConnell, McCann, Jones, Kingsepp & Shea (by James L. Howlett) for the defendants.

LEVIN, J.

In 1936, John and Grace Leggett executed wills with pour-over trust provisions, leaving trust income to their daughter, Wilhelmina Leggett Ferrando, for life, with the remainder to her "issue."1 In 1939, John died, and in 1944, Grace died. Wilhelmina received the trust income until her death in 1981. The question is whether Vasanti Ferrando Fithian, who was adopted by Wilhelmina in 1940...

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