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What Happens When You Inherit a House with a Mortgage?
February 9th, 2022
Inheriting property can be complicated, both emotionally and financially. This is especially true when your inheritance is a house. You are likely still dealing with the loss of your loved one, and now must make decisions about what happens to their…
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How a Ladybird Deed Can Protect Your Home From Probate
April 2nd, 2021
Avoiding probate is a priority for many people, and understandably so; they don’t want their family, already grieving their loss, to be confronted with administrative difficulties in settling their estate. Estate planning tools, such as living trus…
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When to Hire a Probate Lawyer
February 11th, 2021
If someone close to you has died and their will puts you in charge of administering their estate, you have probably been told that the first thing you should do is hire a probate lawyer. Similarly, if a loved one has died without a will in Michigan,…
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Do I Need a Death Certificate to Open an Estate in Michigan?
April 23rd, 2020
A guide to alternative documents you can use to open an estate in Michigan when there is no death certificate.
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Who Can Be Appointed a Personal Representative in a Probate Case?
January 31st, 2020
A personal representative is the person in charge of overseeing and distributing the property owned solely by a deceased person, or decedent, at their death through the probate process. (Property owned jointly with others, or held in a trust, does no…
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What Information Should The Personal Representative Give Estate Beneficiaries
June 15th, 2018
What Information Should a Personal Representative Provide to Estate Beneficiaries? Frustrated heirs will often contact me, frustrated at the lack of information they have received in a probate estate. Unfortunately, estate heirs and devisees don̵…
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