Easter Law
Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan
Easter Law helps individuals and families with estate planning, probate, and trust matters in Port Huron and throughout St. Clair County.
Estate Planning Attorneys in Port Huron, Michigan
Estate planning gives individuals and families an opportunity to make important decisions before a death or other major life event creates an immediate need for answers. A plan created years ago may also need another look after changes involving marriage, divorce, children, property, or other family circumstances.
Easter Law, PLLC provides estate planning services from its Port Huron office. Led by attorney Michelle Easter, the firm combines estate planning with a broader practice that includes divorce and family law, civil litigation, mediation, and property division.
Putting an Estate Plan in Place
Easter Law assists clients with estate planning based on their individual circumstances and objectives.
For someone who has never created an estate plan, the process provides an opportunity to consider how personal and financial affairs should be handled in the future and to put those intentions into appropriate legal documents.
Estate planning is not limited to people with unusually large estates. Family relationships, property, and the individual's own preferences can all create reasons to establish a plan rather than leaving important decisions unaddressed.
The firm's estate-planning services are available to individuals and families seeking to establish those arrangements with the assistance of a local Port Huron attorney.
Revisiting an Estate Plan After Family Changes
An estate plan does not necessarily remain appropriate indefinitely.
Marriage, divorce, changes involving children, and other developments within a family can affect decisions made when an earlier plan was created. Changes in property and personal circumstances can provide additional reasons to reconsider existing arrangements.
Easter Law's broader family-law practice gives the firm experience working with clients during significant changes in family relationships. Estate planning provides an opportunity to consider whether earlier decisions continue to reflect the client's present circumstances and intentions.
Reviewing an existing plan after a major change can help identify arrangements that no longer match the individual's current family situation.
Estate Planning Within a Family-Focused Practice
Easter Law handles estate planning alongside an established family-law practice.
This combination can be particularly relevant because family circumstances frequently influence estate-planning decisions. Changes involving spouses, children, property, and other relationships may affect what someone wants an estate plan to accomplish.
The firm's other services include divorce, child custody and other family-law matters, property division, civil litigation, and mediation.
Estate planning adds a forward-looking component to that broader practice, allowing clients to establish legal arrangements for the future as well as seek representation for legal issues they are currently facing.
Michelle Easter
Michelle Easter is the owner of Easter Law. She earned her law degree from Thomas M. Cooley Law School, graduating cum laude, and is admitted to practice in Michigan and before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Her legal background includes work with Lakeshore Legal Aid in Port Huron and a clerkship with the State of Michigan's Bureau of Employment Relations.
Before entering the legal profession, Easter spent more than 15 years in corporate management. She now practices in estate planning as well as the firm's family-law and other civil matters.
Attorney Abby Maedel also practices with Easter Law. A Port Huron-area native, Maedel earned her law degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Her local experience includes clerkships with the St. Clair County 31st Circuit Court and 72nd District Court in Port Huron.
Meeting With Clients in Port Huron or at Home
Easter Law is located at 803 10th Avenue, Suite A in Port Huron.
The firm also offers at-home consultations, providing another meeting option for clients who are unable or prefer not to travel to the Port Huron office.
Practice Areas
Estate Planning
Divorce
Family Law
Child Custody
Property Division
Civil Litigation
Mediation