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John R. Ceci

Wills & Probate, Estate Planning, Divorce, Bankruptcy
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  22 Years

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Charles G. Hodgson

Bankruptcy, Real Estate, Trusts, Corporate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  22 Years

Nancy C. Nawrocki

Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Family Law, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  38 Years

Angelique Marie Neal

Tax, Gift Taxation
Status:  In Good Standing           

Jon Thomas Emaus

Trusts, Contract, Credit & Debt, Wrongful Death
Status:  In Good Standing           

Monika Nickol Burrell

Medicare & Medicaid, Estate Planning, Estate, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  10 Years

Samuel Guy Theis

International Tax, Gift Taxation, Non-profit, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  25 Years

Christopher J. Berry

Veterans' Affairs, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Civil & Human Rights
Status:  In Good Standing           

Andrea M. Banfield

Estate Planning, Estate, Family Law, Divorce & Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  25 Years

Glenn R. Matecun

Medicare & Medicaid, Trusts, Estate Planning, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           

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LEGAL TERMS

DISINHERIT

To deliberately prevent someone from inheriting something. This is usually done by a provision in a will stating that someone who would ordinarily inherit prope... (more...)
To deliberately prevent someone from inheriting something. This is usually done by a provision in a will stating that someone who would ordinarily inherit property -- a close family member, for example -- should not receive it. In most states, you cannot completely disinherit your spouse; a surviving spouse has the right to claim a portion (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's estate. With a few exceptions, however, you can expressly disinherit children.

UNIFORM TRANSFER-ON-DEATH SECURITY ACT

A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using... (more...)
A statute that allows people to name a beneficiary to inherit stocks or bonds without probate. The owner of the securities can register them with a broker using a simple form that names a person to receive the property after the owner's death. Every state but Texas has adopted the statute.

TITLE COMPANY

A company that issues title insurance.

HEIR APPARENT

One who expects to be receive property from the estate of a family member, as long as she outlives that person.

PREDECEASED SPOUSE

In the law of wills, a spouse who dies before the will maker while still married to him or her.

CERTIFICATION OF TRUST

See abstract of trust.

GENERATION-SKIPPING TRUST

A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income fro... (more...)
A trust designed to save on estate tax. The trust principal is preserved for the trust maker's grandchildren, with his or her children receiving only income from the trust. Because the children (the middle generation) never legally own the property, it isn't subject to estate tax at their death. See generation-skipping transfer tax.

BEQUEATH

A legal term sometimes used in wills that means 'leave' -- for example, 'I bequeath my garden tools to my brother-in-law, Buster Jenkins.'

QDOT TRUST

A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spo... (more...)
A trust used to postpone estate tax when more than the amount of the personal federal estate tax exemption is left to a non-U.S. citizen spouse by the other spouse. QDOT stands for qualified domestic trust.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

In re Kostin Estate

In Docket No. 272767, respondent Camille A. Kent appeals as of right the probate court's judgment and order following a bench trial, interpreting a will and trust, determining heirs and devisees, and determining title to property after decedent Juanita Kostin's death in 2004. ...

In re Nestorovski Estate

723 Payne, Broder & Fossee (by Andrew J. Broder) and Underwood & March (by Lauren M. Underwood), Bingham Farms, for the petitioner. ... Kemp Klein Law Firm, PC (by Alan A. May and Debra Nance), Troy, for the respondent. ... Before: SAAD, CJ, and BORRELLO and ...

In re Rudell Estate

During her lifetime, the decedent owned a certain parcel of residential real property located at 1170 Chesterfield in Birmingham, Michigan (the property). In 1982, the decedent properly transferred ownership of the property to the trust. According to the complaint filed in this matter, the ...