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January 7, 2019
toledo probate lawyers

Probate Vs. Non-Probate Assets

When it comes to estate planning, the probate process is, perhaps, one of the most feared and most misunderstood parts of the process. The costs and the time frame of the probate court are often feared by those who are setting up their estate plans, causing […]
November 20, 2014

We specialize in Municipal Law

An active part of law practice at Heban, Murphree & Lewandowski, LLC is in the specialized area of municipal law. Are you a local township, village, or city administrator or official-looking for outside counsel and advice regarding matters of municipal law? The attorneys at HML are […]
January 22, 2014

Probate and Elder Law Seminar

On December 6, 2013, Kevin Heban, Kent Murphree, and John Lewandowski spoke at the Toledo Bar Association’s annual Probate and Elder Law Seminar. The firm’s topic was “Pitfalls of probate avoidance techniques and estate litigation.” The attorneys of HML discussed the vast array of litigation commonly found […]
December 6, 2013

Breach of Fiduciary Duty

In the context of personal representatives (executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees), a fiduciary is an individual in whom another (the will-maker, trustor, court) has placed the utmost trust and confidence in to manage an estate or a trust. Fiduciary is from Latin fiducia, meaning “trust,” a […]
August 30, 2013

Ohio Guardianships

A guardian is an individual, a corporation, or an association appointed by a probate court to be legally responsible for another person and/or their estate when that person is unable to manage his or her own affairs because of a mental disability or because they are […]
July 16, 2013

Heban, Murphree & Lewandowski, LLC, Successful In Ohio Supreme Court

The attorneys of Heban, Murphree & Lewandowski, LLC, successfully argued in the Ohio Supreme Court that a decree of foreclosure may not be unilaterally dismissed after the entry of a final judgment. In a case that reached the state’s highest court via a conflict amongst various […]