East Lansing elder law and probate firm with offices in Battle Creek, Jackson, Saginaw, Southfield, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids. Helps fiduciaries with inventories, accountings and creditor claims, and its litigation team handles will and trust contests over undue influence, capacity and breach of fiduciary duty, guardianships and elder financial exploitation.

Since 2002Serves 8 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

Saginaw firm on Court Street serving Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and Flint along with Saginaw, Bay, Isabella, Tuscola, Huron, Genesee and Shiawassee counties. Manages the distribution of assets in Michigan probate estates, with fees based on probatable assets. Its probate litigation attorneys handle will contests, power-of-attorney abuse and disputes among beneficiaries or heirs.

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Saginaw firm in the Great Lakes Bay Region, established by Jake Shinners in 1975. Appoints and assists personal representatives, notifies heirs and interested parties, files with the probate court and the local newspaper and distributes assets, and helps trustees administer a trust from a single distribution to years of care for minor children. Also drafts wills, trusts and long-term-care plans.

Since 1975Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawTax Planning