Kenneth V Zichi

Helping Livingston County residents navigate the legal system for 30 years. I focus on Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning and Probate, with a significant portion of my practice also concerning Real Estate and general civil litigation. If you have questions or issues with your home, a cabin up north, or want to insure your family is cared for after you are gone, I'd be happy to meet with you, perhaps bust some myths, and certainly insure YOUR and your family's needs are met. Call for an appointment today!

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

J.D.

1983 - 1986

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

A.B. | History / Communications

1977 - 1981

Honors: LS&A Honors College 1977-1979

Owner

Kenneth V . Zichi J.D.

1991 - Current

Mayor

City of Williamston (Michigan)

2000 - 2010

Newsroom Seminar, WNEM TV/AM - Saginaw MI

March 15, 2013

State Bar of Michigan - Law & Media committee

An hour-long seminar addressing some of the common practical and substantive difficulties journalists encounter in covering the legal system in Michigan.

State Bar of Michigan

Member

1986 - Current

estate and probate section Michigan bar

member

1986 - Current

Law and Media committee - State Bar of Michigan

member

2010 - 2015

Michigan

Since 1986

• Free Consultation
  Telephone [(810) 299-5222] or office conferences, 20 minutes or less. Longer conferences may incur a minimal fee.
• Contingent Fees

Elder Law

Estate Planning

Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills

Real Estate Law

Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law

Insurance Claims

Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance

Landlord Tenant

Evictions, Housing Discrimination, Landlord Rights, Tenants' Rights

Q. Does a warranty deed include both the real property and all personal property? Brother trying to pull a fast one? (Mi)

April 1, 2023

A: I concur — deeds cover real estate only unless there are SPECIFIC written documents that say otherwise. You need to have your own attorney contact your brother (and his attorney) right away before the property ‘disappears’.

Q. We want to buy a HOA property adjacent to us. What do we do to buy? HOA board want us to find out all steps to buy.

March 30, 2023

A: Want to buy it as in 'and remove it from the HoA'? Want to buy it and keep it IN the HoA? Want to fraudulently report it as 'not a sale' so the HoA doesn't have to pay capital gains tax? While the last one is 'shady and likely to end you up in hot water legally, the answer to your question depends on what you are trying to do. The BEST answer I can offer in a public forum is 'hire yourself a real estate attorney who can read all the bylaws and rules of the HoA and the organizing documents so you can get real advice. Anything offered 'on the internet' is going to be an off the cuff generalization that is as likely to be wrong as right, and should NOT be something you rely on. Get that local legal representation and advice. It won't be "cheap" but it will be far less expensive than you think, and WILL provide some real guidance. Don't be 'penny wise and pound foolish' about this -- local legal representation and advice is far less expensive than charging forward and ending up in a mess! Good luck.

Q. If there is a guardianship (full) order in place that lists a father but he isn't on the birth certificate what happens

March 27, 2023

A: If the government is going to be on the hook you bet your booty the government is going to be trying to get the father to pay support. To do that they will need to prove paternity in some way. (You don’t have to pay to support some stranger’s kids after all and momma’s baby, pappa’s maybe as we used to say.) So the answer is ‘they’ll be doing those things at the same time not first or second’. The support petition will include a provision for assuming (or proving) paternity (if there is a challenge.)