Daily Briefs

 Free seminar presented by the Oakland County Probate Court

The Citizens Alliance for the Oakland County Probate and Circuit Courts will conduct a free seminar titled “Removing the Mysteries of Probate Court” at the Auburn Hills Senior Services Department on Wednesday, April 23, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.  

This program is designed to enlighten and educate senior citizens and their families so that they may make informed decisions regarding their estate planning and understand the probate process. The Auburn Hills Senior Services Department is located at 1827 N. Squirrel Road in Auburn Hills.    
 
The seminar will provide attendees with information on wills, trusts, powers of attorney, how to begin probate proceedings, when to consider use of guardianships and conservatorships and how “avoiding probate” could cause more harm than good.

Panelists will include Jill Koney Daly, probate register for the Oakland County Probate Court, and attorney Sara Rubino of Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras, & Mayoras PC in Troy. Materials will be available and adequate time will be available for questions. 

To register for this free seminar, contact the Auburn Hills Senior Services Department at 248-370-9353.  

The “Removing the Mysteries of Probate Court” seminar, developed by The Citizens Alliance for the Oakland County Probate and Circuit Courts, has reached thousands of citizens over the past 20 years.  For information regarding other dates and locations for this seminar, contact Karen Koshen, Court Resource and Program specialist for the Oakland County Circuit and Probate Courts, at 248-858-0296 or koshenk@oakgov.com.
 

Wayne County Register of Deeds hours through the month of May

The Wayne County Register of Deeds will be closed:

• April 18 (Good Friday) At 12:00 noon
• April 25 (Furlough Day)
• May 9 (Furlough Day)
• May 23 (Furlough Day)
• May 26 (Memorial Day)
 

LAD to conduct free outreach clinic in Southfield May 2

 
Legal Aid and Defender Association Inc. (LAD) will conduct a free outreach clinic on civil legal services for income-eligible residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties, including the city of Detroit, from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday, May 2, at Southfield Human Services, 26080 Berg Road in Southfield.
Attendees are asked to register before 10 a.m. as a LAD attorney will assist only those persons who have done so by that time.
For additional information, contact Stacey Felder, paralegal at LAD’s Oakland County office in Pontiac, at 248-253-1548, ext. 4005.

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