24-003277 amend sever.pdf

Jane Griffith, John Griffith, Petitioners Vs. Township Of Allouez, Respondent · 25-002713-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 

John Griffith and Jane Griffith, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioners, 

 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket No. 24-003277 

 

Allouez Township, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L. Halm 

 

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONERS’ MOTION TO AMEND 

 

ORDER SEVERING 2025 TAX YEAR AND ASSIGNING IT TO 

DOCKET NUMBER 25-002713 

 

On July 3, 2025, the parties filed a joint motion requesting that the Tribunal permit 

Petitioners to amend the petition filed in this case to include tax year 2025. 

 

The Tribunal has considered the motion and the case file and finds that the Motion to 

Amend was timely filed, included the necessary information and filing fee, and otherwise 

met all requirements set forth in MCL 205.737 and MCL 205.735a. Due to the stage in 

which this case is at, however, and in the interest of judicial efficiency, the 2025 tax year 

shall be severed from this case and assigned to a new docket number. 

 

Severance is also appropriate given that 20 parcels are currently pending in this appeal 

for the 2024 tax year, and the Motion to Amend only includes 14 parcels. The Tribunal 

notes that although the Motion to Amend indicates that several parcels were settled and 

withdrawn pursuant to a 2023 Consent Judgment, said Consent Judgment was entered 

in a separate docket and had no effect in the instant appeal.1 If the 2024 assessments 

for those parcels are no longer in dispute, Petitioners are required to file a motion to 

withdraw the parcels from this appeal. Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Amend is GRANTED. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioners’ assessment appeal for the 2025 tax year is 

SEVERED and ASSIGNED to Docket No. 25-002713. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioners shall file a petition for the 2025 tax year 

within 21 days of entry of this Order. The petition shall note the docket number 

assigned by the Tribunal for the 2025 tax year and if filed utilizing the Tribunal’s e-filing 

system, must be filed on the assigned 2025 docket as a “Severed Petition.”2 

 

1 See Docket No. 23-002895. 

2 Alternatively, the petition may be downloaded from the Tribunal’s website and mailed to the Tribunal via 

United States Postal Service at: Michigan Tax Tribunal, PO BOX 30232, Lansing, MI 48909. The petition

MTT Docket No. 24-003277 

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Failure to comply with this Order may result in Petitioners being held in default, as 

provided by TTR 237. 

 

 

Entered: July 14, 2025 

 

By _____________________________ 

ejg/sb 

 

 

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 

 

 

 

 

 

may also be delivered to the Tribunal via overnight carrier (UPS, FedEx, or DHL) at: Michigan Tax 

Tribunal, 2nd Floor MTT, 2407 N. Grand River Avenue, Lansing, MI 48933.

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