Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  January 13, 2017                                                                                     Stephen J. Markman,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.
                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
  154913(16)                                                                                        Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein
  MICHAEL SULLIVAN,                                                                                         Joan L. Larsen,
           Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                        Justices
                                                                    SC: 154913
  v                                                                 COA: 334273
                                                                    Livingston CC: 14-006162-DO
  DENISE SULLIVAN,
             Defendant-Appellant.
  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of plaintiff-appellee to extend the time
  for filing his answer to the application for leave to appeal is GRANTED. The answer
  will be accepted as timely filed if submitted on or before January 27, 2017.




                           I, Larry S. Royster, 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.
                                 January 13, 2017
                                                                               Clerk
