Alan A. May summarizes the latest cases in Probate.Â
Appellant sought to change venue in both a guardianship and conservatorship based on its ward moving from Oakland to Macomb County. The Court, sua sponte, set up a removal proceeding without appointing a Guardian Ad Litem.
The 37th annual fundraising dinner will celebrate literacy and the accomplishments of the Council’s students and volunteers. This year’s keynote speaker is bestselling author and Detroit native Curtis Chin.
Kemp Klein is honored to announce that twenty-four of our attorneys have been recognized in the DBusiness Magazine 2026 Top Lawyers list. Inclusion is based entirely on a lawyer’s reputation, expertise, and standing within the legal community as recognized by their peers.
Kemp Klein announces the promotion of Austin W. Probst to Class A Shareholder and Matthew W. Frank and William E. Haines II to Class B Shareholders.
Kemp Klein Attorneys Joseph P. Buttiglieri and Robert S. Zawideh successfully represented the the plaintiffs in a case in which they were disinherited. This was a complex will contest involving a solitary man who died with no wife or children.

Using a Joint Marital Trust to Minimize Capital Gains Taxes. Practitioners should understand at the outset that no case, published ruling, or private letter ruling directly validates the intentional springing of the Delaware Tax Trap for this purpose. This is an aggressive position that depends on state powers-of-appointment law, on careful drafting, and on a willingness to defend the ‘acquired from the decedent’ requirement of §1014(b)(9).

Appellant sought to change venue in both a guardianship and conservatorship based on its ward moving from Oakland to Macomb County. The Court, sua sponte, set up a removal proceeding without appointing a Guardian Ad Litem, asked how many other cases there were where a change of venue was requested by this petitioner.

Kemp Klein Attorneys Joseph P. Buttiglieri and Robert S. Zawideh secured a $4.2 million settlement for disinherited plaintiffs in a will dispute involving an estate valued at approximately $21 million. After litigation, the parties agreed to a 60/40 division of the estate, with 40% allocated to a group excluded from the final will. Arbitration and mediation resulted in a substantial recovery for the disinherited nieces.
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