COA Harmonizes Intestacy Laws Involving Non-Resident Decedent

By Doug Chalgian on September 18, 2021

  This new published case is about calculating the spousal intestate share in a case where the decedent was not a Michigan resident, but where an estate is...

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Creditor’s Rights Questions Arise while Winding Up Medical Practice

By Doug Chalgian on March 24, 2021

  Dr. Lewerenz died.  His office manager, acting as the personal representative of his estate, wound up his medical practice (a single member LLC).  In the course of...

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Michipremes Ponder the Space between Absent and Divorced

By Doug Chalgian on August 1, 2018

  The Michigan Supreme Court has ventured back into probate law, this time to explain the rules for determining what it takes to prove that one spouse was...

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The Fix Is In

By Doug Chalgian on May 11, 2018

In the process of probate administration, there are certain “allowances” that are paid “off the top” before creditors and beneficiaries get what they have coming.   Among those is...

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Doug Chalgian

About The Author: Doug Chalgian

I am an estate planning, probate litigating, elder law attorney. This is a blog for clients and professional colleagues. In it I offer my ideas about the state of the law and the practice of law. I believe we are living through a unique period during which the law (which is traditionally slow to change) and society are attempting to evolve to address the explosion of people living long lives. I find these developments fascinating and enjoy being involved in this evolution.