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by Mike Lichterman | Nov 18, 2018 | Elder Law, Guardianship / Conservatorship
Guardianship and Conservatorship is a topic that is becoming more frequent. In short, a guardianship is when someone (the guardian) is appointed by a county probate court to be in control of another individual’s “person”. That other individual is...
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by Mike Lichterman | Oct 23, 2018 | Estate Planning, Trusts
Over the years, I have seen an increase in the number of contested probate matters – that is, family and/or friends not getting along, or people taking advantage of others based on their position of power in someone’s estate planning documents. In many of the cases,...
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by Mike Lichterman | Oct 10, 2018 | Real Estate Law
Many of us have heard the phrase “robbing Peter to pay Paul” in reference to a situation where you shouldn’t take money previously allocated for one expense only to spend it on another expense. Michigan has a statute that codifies this saying, called the Michigan...
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by Mike Lichterman | Sep 16, 2018 | Real Estate Law
As law firm who handles a lot of real estate law matters, our office represents numerous contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in the construction industry. They are a great group of hard-working, trustworthy people. Because of our many relationships, we are often...
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by Mike Lichterman | Aug 26, 2018 | General Civil Law
One question I (Joel) frequently receive is “can’t we just put a lien on their property?” While that may be a good idea, you must have a legal right to place a lien on someone else’s property. If you don’t have a legal right to place a lien on someone else’s property,...
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