Spousal trust

I am not sure I understand your question. A spouse's trust within your trust? Or does each spouse have their own trust? Generally, with a revocable...

Can I sue a lawyer?

The "more to this" might be important. It is not clear what the trust specifies in the event of the beneficiary's passing. It is possible that...

Can my sister force me to give her power of attorney of stocks that is in both our names and also in a family living trust?

Probably not. You have not really provided enough information to understand what is going on in your situation. Since you have received a summons,...

Does this mean anything

Your lease needs to be reviewed, in my opinion, to determine whether this can be done. Some leases allow termination by one party or the other. If...

I agree with Attorneys Lawrence and Paquette. Michigan has three types of standard probate proceedings: informal unsupervised, formal unsupervised...

Is it a criminal act for a son to be given POA over his Mother and then proceed to spend all her money on himself?

Possibly. The question would be how to prove this and whether or not the State would be interested in pursuing an action. There could also possible...

Public administrator in Michigan.

A public administrator is an attorney that gets appointed by the courts, (typically in probate matters), to act when there is a contested matter...

Is there a specific length of time a company can hold a credit on a customers account due to returned materials?

I would need to research this, but I do not believe you can require this. See here, in relation to the Michigan Consumer Protection Act:...

What legal issues might I run afoul of with a durable power of attorney?

You do not use a POA for an estate. A POA terminates upon death. So there is ZERO liability associated with acting under your father's POA, and you...

Why would on a formal accounting document the attorney would omit the penalties for not submitting taxes etc in a timely manner?

In addition to Mr. Pearcy's suggestion, it is also possible that the penalties and fines were paid by the attorney or the executor and did not come...