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...
Fun with Scrivener’s Error, Collateral Estoppel and Res Judicata
By Doug Chalgian on March 20, 2021
This unpublished opinion explores the differences between res judicata and collateral estoppel, while touching on the limits to using an affidavit of scrivener’s error to clear title...
Slippery PR gets Squeezed in Jurisdictional Crevice
By Doug Chalgian on March 11, 2021
In Mitan v Farmington Square Condo Association (click on the name to read the case) odd issues and odd facts drive an Oakland County Circuit Court and...
6th Circuit says Trust on Hook for Millions
By Doug Chalgian on November 17, 2019
Larry is the settlor of a revocable Trust. Larry personally guarantees a loan for hundreds of millions of dollars, and signs the guarantee individually and as trustee of...
Judge Jails Trustee/P.R.
By Doug Chalgian on June 26, 2019
A new unpublished case offers a helpful refresher on contempt proceedings in the context of trust and estate administration. “Vera” was removed as co-trustee and co-personal representative of...
Opinion puts Fees of Former PR’s (and their Attorneys) at Risk
By Doug Chalgian on October 27, 2018
If you are a lawyer who handles probate estate administration, you will want to take note of this unpublished Court of Appeals opinion. The gravamen of this decision...
PR Appointment for Estate with No Assets
By Doug Chalgian on October 20, 2018
Here’s a case that’s worth filing away for those who do probate litigation and estate administration. It’s unpublished, but addresses an issue that comes up not infrequently. The...
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 “willfully...
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...
Fighting Over Rosa Parks’ Coat
By Doug Chalgian on March 22, 2018
The Michigan Court of Appeals released what will presumably be the final statement on litigation involving the estate of Rosa Parks, the deceased civil rights icon who died...
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