Trust Litigation Attorneys in Kent County, Michigan

8 trust litigation firms have an office in Kent County, Michigan. Each listing carries the firm's practice areas, its Kent County office and its phone.

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Planning ahead

Estate Planning15 Tax Planning5 Special Needs Planning7 Asset Protection2 Medicaid Planning9

Settling an estate

Trust Administration10 Probate15 Probate Litigation9 Trust Litigation8

Capacity and care

Elder Law7 Conservatorship9 Guardianship9

Firm Type

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8 firms

Butzel Long

300 Ottawa Avenue NW, Suite 620, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

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

1-616-988-5600

Cunningham Dalman, P.C.

940 Monroe Avenue NW, Suite 253, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Holland firm with a Grand Rapids office, serving Zeeland, Hudsonville, Allegan and West Michigan. Administers estates with or without a will, assists trustees with trust administration, obtains guardianship and conservatorship orders, and represents beneficiaries and fiduciaries in will and trust contests and breach-of-fiduciary claims.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+6

1-616-392-1821

Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC

2040 Raybrook Street SE, Suite 205, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

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

1-616-336-5098

Foster Swift Collins & Smith, P.C.

1700 East Beltline NE, Suite 200, Grand Rapids, MI 49525

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

1-616-726-2200

Keilen Law, PLC

607 Cascade W. Pkwy SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Kalamazoo firm with a Grand Rapids office, handling probate administration in Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and across Michigan. Brings and defends will and trust contests and breach of fiduciary duty claims against trustees and personal representatives. Drafts wills, trusts, special needs trusts, and Medicaid plans, with a fixed price quote for estate plans.

Serves the whole stateFree consultationEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationSpecial Needs Planning+3

1-616-498-4952

Kuiper Kraemer, PC

6660 Old 28th Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

Grand Rapids firm serving Grand Rapids, Cascade Township and nearby West Michigan communities. Assists executors, personal representatives and beneficiaries through Michigan probate, and litigates will contests, trust disputes, blended-family disputes and petitions to remove a trustee. Also sets up guardianships and conservatorships and transfers property outside probate by deed.

Since 2005Serves 1 countyEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationTax Planning+3

1-616-537-1016

Miller Johnson

45 Ottawa Avenue SW, Suite 1100, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Grand Rapids firm with offices in Kalamazoo and Detroit, regularly representing clients before the Michigan probate courts. Its Private Client group administers estates of decedents of all sizes, handles will contests, claims against estates and contested trusts, and prepares fiduciary and estate tax returns. A group member led the Kent County Bar Association Probate and Estate Section.

Serves 3 countiesEstate PlanningProbateProbate LitigationTrust LitigationElder Law+6

1-616-831-1700

Thav, Ryke & Langan

6255 28th Street Southeast, Suite B, Grand Rapids, MI 49546

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

Probate in Kent County

Probate Court Record

Kent County Probate Court

Kent County

Phone

1-616-632-5440

probatecourt@kentcountymi.gov

Hours

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

Office

180 Ottawa Avenue Northwest, Suite 2500, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

Website

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Filing in person

Walk-ins accepted

Self-represented filing

Allowed

Self-help forms

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How to file probate in Kent County →

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Trust Litigation Firms Serving Kent County

McCurdy, Wotila & Porteous, P.C.

120 W Harris Street, Cadillac, MI 49601

Cadillac firm with a Reed City office and over 50 years of service, citing one of the largest estate administration practices in northwest Michigan. Helps personal representatives and trustees with intestate estates, unusual assets such as oil and gas rights, post-death tax planning, will and trust contests, and breach of fiduciary duty claims. Also handles guardianships and conservatorships.

Serves 2 countiesEstate PlanningTrust AdministrationProbateProbate LitigationTrust Litigation+5

1-231-775-1391

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

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Trust Litigation Attorneys in Kent County, Michigan