Trust Administration Attorneys in Ingham County, Michigan

9 trust administration firms have an office in Ingham County, Michigan. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Ingham County office and its phone.

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Practice Area

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning12 Tax Planning4 Special Needs Planning4 Asset Protection4 Medicaid Planning9

Settling an estate

Trust Administration9 Probate11 Probate Litigation8 Trust Litigation6

Capacity and care

Elder Law8 Conservatorship8 Guardianship9

Firm Type

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9 firms

Butzel Long

123 W Allegan Street, Suite 400, Lansing, MI 48933

Detroit firm, in practice since 1854, with estate offices in Detroit, Troy, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Grand Rapids and southwest Michigan. Represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in estate, trust, guardianship and conservatorship administration, will contests, trust litigation, fiduciary tax returns and estate tax audits, including estates over $100 million.

Since 1854Serves 7 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-517-372-6622

Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC

1019 Trowbridge Road, East Lansing, MI 48823

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

1-517-332-3800

Cuzydlo Law Group, PLLC

2147 Commons Parkway, Okemos, MI 48864

Okemos law office of Charles R. Cuzydlo serving families in Lansing and Okemos. Guides personal representatives through probate and trust administration, from valuing assets and paying creditors to distributing to beneficiaries, and represents clients in probate litigation over wills, trusts or asset distribution. Also handles guardianships for minors and incapacitated adults.

Solo PracticeServes 1 countyEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationGuardianshipAsset Protection

1-517-940-6434

Crenshaw Peterson & Associates PC

2157 Commons Parkway, Okemos, MI 48864

Okemos estate planning and elder law office of attorney Tara Peterson, meeting clients from Ingham, Clinton, Eaton and six other mid-Michigan counties in person or by Zoom. Handles estate administration in and out of probate court, including formal and informal probate and trust administration. Also plans for Medicaid and VA benefits when a family faces long-term care costs.

Solo PracticeServes 9 countiesVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawMedicaid Planning

1-517-347-2100

Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C.

313 S Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48933

Lansing firm tracing its origins to 1902, with a Trusts and Estates group in Lansing, Grand Rapids, Holland, Southfield and Detroit serving families, family businesses and fiduciaries throughout Michigan. The group handles trust and estate administration and trust and estate litigation, alongside gift tax, business succession, and Medicaid and elder law planning.

Since 1902Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-517-371-8100

Fraser Trebilcock Davis Dunlap & Cavanaugh, P.C.

124 W Allegan Street, Suite 1000, Lansing, MI 48933

Lansing firm in the Boji Tower, tracing its practice to 1883 and the Michigan member of SCG Legal. Its trusts and estates team works with personal representatives and trustees through probate and trust administration, represents beneficiaries and fiduciaries in estate and trust disputes, and handles guardianship and conservatorship petitions and Medicaid planning.

Since 1883Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+7

1-517-482-5800

The Gallagher Law Firm, PLC

6025 N. Hagadorn Road, East Lansing, MI 48823

East Lansing firm with a second office in Mt. Pleasant, practicing in the probate courts of Ingham, Clinton, Eaton, Isabella and other mid-Michigan counties. Represents personal representatives, trustees and beneficiaries in probate and trust administration, from marshalling assets to notice to creditors and estate taxes. Also litigates will contests, trust disputes and undue influence claims.

Serves 10 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+4

1-517-853-1500

Hamilton Law, PLC

120 North Washington Square, Suite 300, Lansing, MI 48933

Kalamazoo firm with offices in Battle Creek, Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Traverse City. Handles probate and estate administration, trust administration, and guardianship and conservatorship petitions, alongside wills, living trusts, and Medicaid planning. Publishes flat fees, including a set price for an uncontested probate case.

Serves 8 countiesFree consultationVirtual consultationsEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawConservatorship+2

1-517-333-4373

Kershaw, Vititoe & Jedinak, PLC

120 North Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48933

Downtown Monroe firm one block from the Monroe County Courthouse, with a by-appointment Lansing office. Handles probate and estate administration and guides trustees through inventories, appraisals, fiduciary tax returns and notices to creditors. Its trial attorneys represent personal representatives and executors in will contests and other probate litigation.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationConservatorship+3

1-734-636-0960

Probate in Ingham County

Probate Court Record

Ingham County Probate Court

Ingham County

Phone

1-517-483-6300

probatecourtrecords@ingham.org

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Office

313 West Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, MI 48933

Website

Court website →

Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

Court forms packet

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How to file probate in Ingham County →

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Ingham County

Gormley Law Offices, PLC

101 E Grand River Avenue, Fowlerville, MI 48836

Fowlerville office on East Grand River Avenue, led by John L. Gormley, serving Livingston, Ingham and Shiawassee counties. Handles probate and trust administration, probate litigation over will contests, disputes among heirs and an executor's handling of an estate, and conservatorship and guardianship petitions. Initial consultations are free.

Serves 3 countiesFree consultationEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+3

1-517-219-9301

Neumann Law Group

250 Monroe Ave NW, Suite 400, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Multi-practice firm with Michigan offices in Grand Rapids, Traverse City and Detroit, appearing in the Grand Traverse County Probate Court and the surrounding Northern Michigan courts. Represents personal representatives, heirs and beneficiaries through Michigan probate, guides trustees through trust administration, and handles will challenges and disputes over a personal representative.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationConservatorship+3

1-616-717-5666

Pezzetti, Vermetten, Popovits & Umulis, P.C.

600 E. Front St., Suite 102, Traverse City, MI 49686

Downtown Traverse City multi-practice firm representing individuals throughout Michigan, and financial institutions across the state, the Midwest and the country. Handles probate and estate administration and trust administration, and offers guardianships and conservatorships, alongside wills, trusts, special needs trusts and Medicaid planning.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateElder LawConservatorship+4

1-231-929-3450

Thav, Ryke & Langan

24725 W. 12 Mile Road, Suite 110, Southfield, MI 48034

Southfield and Grand Rapids probate firm assisting clients statewide and out-of-state heirs with Michigan probate matters. Handles decedent estate administration, including small estates, intestate and high-debt estates and ancillary probate, along with trust administration, will contests, trust and fiduciary litigation, heir and creditor disputes, and guardianships and conservatorships.

Serves the whole stateEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-800-728-3363

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Ingham County, Michigan

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Trust Administration Firms Serving Ingham County

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Trust Administration Attorneys in Ingham County, Michigan