Chebbani Law

Estate Planning & Probate Attorneys in Dearborn, Michigan

A family's legal needs can change significantly over time. Parents may need to decide who would care for their children if something happened to them. An older adult may want someone they trust to make financial or medical decisions during incapacity. After a death, a personal representative or trustee may suddenly be responsible for administering assets and making distributions to beneficiaries.

Chebbani Law assists Dearborn-area families with these situations through an estate and probate practice that includes estate planning, trust and probate administration, guardianships, conservatorships, and related tax and asset-protection planning. Attorneys Elaina Chebbani and Maya Chebbani work with clients on both advance planning and the legal responsibilities that can arise after a death.

Planning for Children, Incapacity, and Inheritance

Estate planning involves more than deciding who eventually receives property. For parents of minor children, a will can provide instructions concerning guardianship. Powers of attorney and healthcare directives can address who will make important decisions if an individual becomes unable to act independently.

Chebbani Law prepares wills and a range of trusts, including revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, and special needs trusts. Depending on a client's circumstances and objectives, a trust can also provide a structure for controlling how assets are managed and ultimately distributed.

The firm also advises on charitable giving, estate-related tax considerations, and asset-protection strategies. Its work with business entities and nonprofit organizations can be relevant when an estate plan involves business interests, charitable organizations, or more complicated asset structures.

When a Family Is Responsible for an Estate or Trust

The death of a family member can place substantial responsibilities on the person appointed to settle the estate or manage a trust. Those responsibilities can include identifying and valuing property, addressing debts and other obligations, providing required information or accountings, and eventually distributing assets to the appropriate beneficiaries.

Chebbani Law represents personal representatives and beneficiaries in probate matters and assists trustees and beneficiaries with trust administration. Elaina Chebbani's experience includes both probate administration and litigation as well as the administration of significant probate and trust assets.

The firm's work is therefore not limited to preparing plans before death. It also encompasses the practical legal process of carrying those plans out afterward.

Guardianships and Conservatorships When Independent Decision-Making Becomes Difficult

Sometimes a family reaches a point when a loved one can no longer adequately manage personal or financial matters and existing planning documents do not resolve the situation. Guardianship or conservatorship proceedings may then become necessary.

Chebbani Law assists with establishing guardianships and conservatorships and advises people serving in those roles about their legal responsibilities. The firm also handles disputes involving guardianships and conservatorships when family members or other interested parties disagree about how a vulnerable person's affairs should be handled.

Estate and Probate Disputes

Even carefully structured estates and trusts can become contentious. Questions may arise over a will, the actions of a personal representative or trustee, distributions to beneficiaries, accountings, or other aspects of an estate or trust.

Chebbani Law handles probate and trust-related litigation in addition to administration. That combination allows the firm to assist families with routine administration while also representing clients when disagreements develop during the process.

Based on West Warren Avenue in Dearborn, Chebbani Law serves clients locally and elsewhere in Metro Detroit.

Practice Areas

• Estate Planning

• Wills

• Revocable Living Trusts

• Irrevocable Trusts

• Special Needs Trusts

• Powers of Attorney

• Advance Healthcare Directives

• Trust Administration

• Probate Administration

• Probate & Trust Litigation

• Guardianships

• Conservatorships

• Estate Tax Planning

• Asset Protection

• Charitable Planning