Trust Litigation Attorneys in Greater Detroit

There are many reasons why a person would transfer personal or business assets to a trust rather than continue ownership in one's own name: avoiding probate at death, minimizing exposure to estate taxes, or providing for the care of a vulnerable dependent. Problems can arise in the funding and administration of trusts either before or after the death of the settlor, however, and the advice of an experienced probate lawyer can help ensure that your rights are protected or presented for resolution in court when necessary.

If you are involved in trust litigation as a beneficiary, trustee, or personal representative of a decedent's estate in Michigan, contact an experienced probate attorney at Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. in Troy. We can advise you about your rights, responsibilities and legal options no matter what your relationship to the trust in question might be.

The following are examples of the kinds of problems that can arise in the formation or administration of a trust, and that might need to be resolved through probate court:

• Issues of competence, undue influence or duress at the time the settlor created the trust or during the administration of a living trust
• Charges of waste or improper asset administration against the trustee
• Disputes between a trust's income beneficiaries and the asset beneficiaries
• Problems resulting from the failure to properly or completely transfer title to assets into trust during the life of the settlor
• Allegations of fraud, misappropriation or self-dealing against the trustee

Our experience with Michigan trust litigation can help guide you toward a favorable resolution of any problem relating to the formation of a trust or the management of trust assets. Depending on the circumstances of your situation, we can seek the reformation of a trust to make its terms fit new unanticipated realities, the removal or replacement of the trustee, or a detailed accounting of the trustee's management of trust assets so that any improper transactions can be accurately identified and quantified. We can also contest or defend the ownership of assets in trust in disputes between a trustee and the personal representative of a decedent's estate.

We represent settlors, trustees and beneficiaries in trust litigation throughout Michigan. We can also serve the needs of persons who live out of state and hold an interest in a Michigan trust in any capacity. For additional information about the scope of our trust litigation practice, contact Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. in Troy.