25-002823 recon.pdf

Neal Bloomfield, Petitioner V Township Of Chikaming, Respondent · 25-002823-TT

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STATE OF MICHIGAN

 

GRETCHEN WHITMER 

GOVERNOR 

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS 

LANSING

MARLON I. BROWN, DPA 

DIRECTOR 

 

 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL · 611 W. OTTAWA ST., LANSING, MI 48933 · 517-335-9760 

PO BOX 30232, LANSING, MI 48909 · Other Carriers: 2407 N. GRAND RIVER AVE., LANSING, MI 48906 

Neal Bloomfield, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioner, 

SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket No. 25-002823 

 

Chikaming Township, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L. Halm 

 

ORDER GRANTING RESPONDENT’S MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION 

 

ORDER SETTING ASIDE RESPONDENT’S DEFAULT 

 

On February 5, 2026, Respondent filed a motion requesting that the Tribunal reconsider 

the Order for Default Hearing entered in this case on December 16, 2025.1 In the 

motion, Respondent states there was an oversight on the assessor’s part due to 

personal reasons. Respondent asks for forgiveness and allowance to move forward 

with the attached answer and stipulation to follow. 

 

The Tribunal has considered the motion and the case file and finds that Respondent 

failed to demonstrate a palpable error relative to the Order for Default Hearing that 

misled the Tribunal and the parties and that would have resulted in a different 

disposition if the error was corrected.2 Nevertheless, Respondent has filed the required 

answer and motion, and thereby complied with the Tribunal’s orders, as required by 

TTR 237. As such, the Tribunal finds good cause to grant reconsideration and set 

Respondent’s default aside.3 Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that Respondent’s Motion for Reconsideration is GRANTED. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent’s default is SET ASIDE. 

 

 

Entered: February 19, 2026 

 

 

By _____________________________ 

ejg/am 

 

 

 

1 Respondent filed a Motion to Set Aside Default but was required to file a Motion for Reconsideration due 

to the entry of the Order for Default Hearing. The filed motion was construed accordingly. 

2 See MCR 2.119(F)(3). A palpable error is one that is “easily perceptible, plain, obvious, readily visible, 

noticeable, patent, distinct, or manifest.” Luckow v Luckow, 291 Mich App 417, 426 (2011) (quotation 

marks and citation omitted). 

3 TTR 261(1) states that “the tribunal may order a rehearing or reconsideration of any decision or order 

upon its own initiative or motion filed within 21 days after the entry of the decision or order sought to be 

reheard or reconsidered.” Id.

MTT Docket No. 25-002823 

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PROOF OF SERVICE 

 

I certify that a copy of the foregoing was sent on the entry date indicated above to the 

parties or their attorneys or authorized representatives, if any, utilizing either the mailing 

or email addresses on file, as provided by those parties, attorneys, or authorized 

representatives. 

 

By: Tribunal Clerk

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