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John A. Obee Retirement Announcement

February 15, 2017

Dear clients, friends and colleagues:

After 39 years serving the legal community and 15 years as a partner at Wood, Kull, Herschfus, Obee & Kull, P.C., John Obee has announced that he will be retiring from private legal practice. Beginning March 1, 2017, John will no lo...

Michigan Domestic Asset Protection Trusts

January 25, 2017

Michigan will allow asset protection trusts beginning February 5, 2017. The purpose of a domestic asset protection trust (“DAPT”) is to shield one’s assets from claims of creditors. Previously, trusts could be used to protect assets after the death of the grantor and...

Michigan Abolishes Dower Interests in Real Estate

January 18, 2017

For years Michigan has been one of the only States to recognize the common-law interest known as dower. Dower rights had come to be no more than a pitfall for unwary lawyers and laypeople. Dower gave married women only, a 1/3 life estate interest in all lands owned by...

Court of Appeals Decision on Bibi V. Wallace Released

May 24, 2016

On May 3, 2016, the Court of Appeals, in a published Opinion, agreed that Ms. Shensky’s client was not prohibited from filing a Petition requesting that she be appointed Guardian of a Minor. The Court agreed that a previous Order from a Canadian Court was only a tempor...

John Obee Receives Ford Freedom Award 2013

May 15, 2013

The 15th Annual Ford Freedom Awards were presented this May by Ford Motor Company and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American Histroy. The Ford Freedom Award program celebrates and pays tribute to the lives and legacies of African Americans who have made treme...