Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Michigan

Help. My mom just passed away. We have the one and only origianal WILL that my mom and dad drew up that listed each other as beneficiaries and the remaining person passes, everything remaining was to be split equally between my sister and my self. We filed a Quitclaim deed on the house With Rights of Survivorship before my mom passed away. Both my sister and myself agree on everything that is to be split according to my mom's wishes. My mom does not have money..about 2,000 in a joint account that has our name on it and we have been using to pay off her bills. Also, there is some stock that is in her name only..not alot, about 4,000 worth and an old Olds with Blue book value of 1200.00. She does not own valuable "worldly "possessions, just her furniture which is dated, Costume jewlery, nick nacks picked up at Walmarts, K-marts, etc. My uncle is pressing us to file with probate ASAP and saying this is going to be a lenghty process and very complicated. We don't see how. Do we have to go through probate?

Both my sister and myself are older and we don't understand the pressure he is putting on us.

Your help is greatly appreciated


Asked on 2/22/11, 10:57 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Timothy Klisz Klisz Law Office, PLLC

That's a bunch of hooey! Call me to discuss. (313)402-0853. Tim Klisz

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Answered on 2/22/11, 11:08 am
John Tatone John R. Tatone & Associates PLC

If your names are on everything as joint owners or beneficiaries, you probably do not need to go through the probate process. Even if you do, there is a simplified probate procedure that is very simple and will not take alot of time. Please contact me at johntatone.com or 888-988-LAWS (5297) to discuss in more detail.

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Answered on 2/22/11, 12:04 pm


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