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Jay D. Mukerji

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Personal Injury, Lawsuit & Dispute, Real Estate, Car Accident, Estate Planning

Experienced attorney Jay Mukerji is a civil law and personal injury attorney practicing under the trade name Arbor Law PLLC in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Wi... (more)

Thomas S. Piotrowski Lawyer

Thomas S. Piotrowski

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Criminal, Estate, Felony, White Collar Crime, Misdemeanor

Thomas Piotrowski is an experienced and aggressive litigator who handles cases in and around the Detroit metro area. Since graduating cum laude from t... (more)

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Debra S. Keehn

Mediation, Estate Planning, Divorce, Juvenile Law
Status:  In Good Standing           

Christopher Sevick

Medicare & Medicaid, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Business Organization
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  18 Years

Dennis O. McLain

Transportation & Shipping, Social Security -- Disability, Wills & Probate, Family Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  49 Years

William A. Lamb

Estate Planning, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Elder Law, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           

Suzanne R. Fanning

Estate Planning, Estate, Guardianships & Conservatorships, Elder Law
Status:  In Good Standing           

Elizabeth Ann Dahl Macgregor

Contract, Trusts, Business, Estate
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  19 Years

Paul R. Fransway

Litigation, Intellectual Property, Gift Taxation, Administrative Law
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  47 Years

Daniel J. Cramer

Trusts, Gift Taxation, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  46 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE

The person or institution who takes over the management of trust property when the original trustee has died or become incapacitated.

PROBATE COURT

A specialized court or division of a state trial court that considers only cases concerning the distribution of deceased persons' estate. Called 'surrogate cour... (more...)
A specialized court or division of a state trial court that considers only cases concerning the distribution of deceased persons' estate. Called 'surrogate court' in New York and several other states, this court normally examines the authenticity of a will -- or if a person dies intestate, figures out who receives her property under state law. It then oversees a procedure to pay the deceased person's debts and to distribute her assets to the proper inheritors. See probate.

IRREVOCABLE TRUST

A permanent trust. Once you create it, it cannot be revoked, amended or changed in any way.

SURROGATE COURT

See probate court.

IN TERROREM

Latin meaning 'in fear.' This phrase is used to describe provisions in contracts or wills meant to scare a person into complying with the terms of the agreement... (more...)
Latin meaning 'in fear.' This phrase is used to describe provisions in contracts or wills meant to scare a person into complying with the terms of the agreement. For example, a will might state that an heir will forfeit her inheritance if she challenges the validity of the will. Of course, if the will is challenged and found to be invalid, then the clause itself is also invalid and the heir takes whatever she would have inherited if there were no will.

LETTERS TESTAMENTARY

The document given to an executor by the probate court, authorizing the executor to settle the estate according to either a will or the state's intestate succes... (more...)
The document given to an executor by the probate court, authorizing the executor to settle the estate according to either a will or the state's intestate succession laws.

QTIP TRUST

A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the... (more...)
A type of trust for wealthy married couples that allows a surviving spouse to postpone estate taxes. A QTIP trust allows the surviving spouse to make use of the trust property tax-free. Taxes are deferred until the surviving spouse dies and the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries, who were named by the first spouse to die.

DEED OF TRUST

See trust deed.

SPRINKLING TRUST

A trust that gives the person managing it (the trustee) the discretion to disburse its funds among the beneficiaries in any way he or she sees fit.

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 ...