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Back in February I posted an update on real estate legislation in Michigan, including Senate Bill  788, a proposed bill that would provide that an owner of an interest in real property would generally owe no legal duty to a trespasser. You can see that proposed Bill Here   The Senate Judiciary Committee is MeetingContinue reading “Michigan Senate Bill: Owner of Real Property Owes No Duty to Trespasser”

A few of my blog posts have discussed the pitfalls of relying on universal legal forms like those provided through Legal Zoom.   the ABA Journal has posted what seems to be a legal victory for Legal Zoom – the South Carolina Supreme Court has declared that Legal Zoom’s document service is not the “unauthorizedContinue reading “Universal Legal Forms: A Win for Legal Zoom?”

I previously wrote a blog post about how businesses should be careful to read their contracts, particularly those tiny printed “Terms and Conditions”. You can read that blog post here   An update in General Mill’s policies, prompted by Court rulings, was posted through the ABAJournal provided another illustration of this point. See that articleContinue reading “Business law – Tricky Terms and Conditions (part 2) – General Mills Product Eliminates Right To Sue in Their Legal Terms.”

Real estate law is complicated.   I am just going to throw that out there.   Particularly when dealing with a mortgagor (borrower’s) rights associated with the redemption period at a foreclosure sale.   I. Purchasers at Foreclosure Sales – what do they own? In general, if a third party is the bidder at a foreclosureContinue reading “Real Estate Professionals: New Michigan Law Can Extinguish Redemption Rights”

I recently met with some business owner clients.  There is no simple way around it, they were in a serious mess.   Facts:   Clients own several businesses. They most recently purchased a business that had a lot of potential for growth. With the business, client assumed the employees of the business.  All signs were thatContinue reading “Question For Businesses: How Can You Trust your Employees?”

Investment Property Owners/Managers must be active at the State Capitol.   On March 18 House Bill 5415 was proposed.  You can check it out here   As far as proposed legislation goes, this is probably the most uncomplicated bill I have seen in a long time.   It would provide that  a “Demand For Possession”Continue reading “Michigan Real Estate Law Update: Evict by E-mail?”

  I had a client call me recently.  His father passed away and left him and his siblings a large amount of real estate to share equally. My client wanted me to draft some deeds since  he and his siblings all “had already decided who gets what” What my client was referring to, is thatContinue reading “Estate planning, Real Estate, Family and… Any Place For Lawyers?”

I recently met with a client at my office – her mother recently passed away.   My client had no siblings, she alone was scrambling to figure out what she needed to do to wrap up her mother’s estate. Mother had died without any estate plan, the largest asset that mother owned was her home.Continue reading “The Words You Use In Real Estate Documents: They Matter.”