23-002958 25-003057 SAD Consolidate.pdf

Mary Ann Lamkin, Petitioner V Township Of Hamburg, Respondent · 25-003057-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 

Mary Ann Lamkin, 

MICHIGAN TAX TRIBUNAL 

 

Petitioner, 

SMALL CLAIMS DIVISION 

 

v 

 

MTT Docket Nos. 23-002958 & 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 25-003057 

 

Hamburg Township, 

 

Presiding Judge 

Respondent. 

 

Patricia L. Halm 

 

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO SET ASIDE DEFAULT IN DOCKET 

NO. 25-003057 

 

ORDER OF CONSOLIDATION 

 

ORDER CONTINUING ABEYANCE IN DOCKET NO. 23-002958 

 

On November 20, 2025, Petitioner filed a motion in Docket No. 25-003057 requesting 

the Tribunal set aside the default entered in the case on September 11, 2025. 

 

On December 8, 2025, Respondent filed a response opposing the motion. 

 

The Tribunal has considered the motion, the response, and the case file and finds that 

Petitioner was held in default because they did not pay the petition filing fee, complete 

the entire petition, or submit a copy of the notice giving rise to the appeal. Petitioner 

responded but failed to fully cure the default, and the Tribunal entered an order 

extending the time to cure on November 7, 2025. Having now filed the amended 

petition, motion, and motion fee, Petitioner has complied with the Tribunal’s orders as 

required by TTR 237. As such, the Tribunal finds good cause to grant the motion and 

set aside the default. 

 

The Tribunal further finds that it may order a consolidation of cases upon a finding of 

substantial and controlling common questions of fact or law.1 The noted dockets 

present common questions of fact and law and the parties in each of the cases are the 

same. As such, the Tribunal finds that consolidation is appropriate and will facilitate the 

efficient administration of justice. Therefore, 

 

IT IS ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Set Aside Default is GRANTED. 

 

IT IS ORDERED that Docket Nos. 23-002958 and 25-003057 are CONSOLIDATED. 

 

 

1 See MCR 2.505(A). See also MCL 205.737(5), allowing for inclusion of subsequent-year assessments 

in a Small Claims hearing held after the March Board of Review for the subsequent tax year.

MTT Docket Nos. 23-002958 & 25-003057 

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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all future pleadings and documents filed in these 

dockets shall refer to the consolidated case as Docket No. 23-002958. 

 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Docket No. 23-002958 (and through consolidation, 

Docket No. 25-003057) remains in abeyance pending resolution of Lamkin v Hamburg 

Twp, Livingston County Circuit Court Case No. 17-0029463-CH. The parties shall notify 

the Tribunal in writing within 28 days of the final resolution of that case as to the need 

for further proceedings in this matter. 

 

 

Entered: December 18, 2025 

 

 

By _____________________________ 

bw/gc 

 

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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