Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan October 19, 2005 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh 127564 Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, KRISTINE COWLES, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, and KAREN B. PAXSON, Intervening Plaintiff-Appellee, v SC: 127564 COA: 229516 Kent CC: 98-006859-CP BANK WEST, f/k/a BANK WEST FSB, Defendant-Appellant.

_________________________________________/ On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the August 5, 2004 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is GRANTED.

I, Corbin R. Davis, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.

October 19, 2005 _________________________________________ d1012 Clerk