Joint & Mutual Wills

Mutual and Joint Will Attorney in Detroit

From our office in Farmington Hills, just outside of Detroit, we at The Prince Law Firm provide guidance and information to clients in a wide variety of estate planning matters. Our firm is fluent in the language of the estate laws in Michigan and can effectively explain your options for establishing estate planning documents. Two types of will that may be explored are called joint wills and mutual wills. If you are seeking the establishment of a joint will, mutual will or other type of will, contact a lawyer at our firm today.

Joint Wills

Contrary to its name, a joint will is a single document executed by more than one person, such as a husband and wife. This affects a relation to each signatory's property on his or her death unless the will is cancelled throughout their lifetime. Though is it a solo document, the joint will is a separate distribution of property by each executor and will be treated appropriately on admission to probate.

Mutual Wills

Mutual wills are two or more wills that are reciprocally binding, so that after the first death the survivor's ability to dispose of his or her property is restricted by the terms of agreement (will) he or she made with the deceased. Typically, these types of wills have played a significant role in guaranteeing that property passed to children of a marriage rather than a widow or widower's spouse in a situation where the has been a remarriage.

Contact an Estate Planning Lawyer

Regardless of the type of estate that you have, large or small, we can help you create the proper documents in order to protect your assets, property and legacy for the future. Call or e-mail our firm to find out if joint will, mutual will or other type of will is the right solution for you.

From our offices near Detroit, our probate litigation attorneys and estate planning lawyers assist clients from communities throughout southeast Michigan and the Tri-county area, including Livonia, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe, Southfield, Troy, Farmington Hills, Royal Oak, West Bloomfield, Novi, Warren, Sterling Heights, Mount Clemens, Shelby, Utica, and Ann Arbor; Oakland County, and Wayne, Washtenaw, and Macomb counties.