Patricia Gormely Prince
Member
Email: pgp@probateprince.com

Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Wills; Trust Law; Living Wills; Advance Directives; Powers of Attorney; Charitable Giving; Charitable Trusts and Foundations; Decedents Estates; Probate; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Ancillary Probate; Contested Wills; Trusts and Estates; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Guardianship; Conservatorship; Elder Law; Incompetency Proceedings; Taxation; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation; Fiduciary Income Tax; Probate Taxation; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Mediation; Arbitration.

Admitted: 1979, Michigan; 1981, U.S. Tax Court

Law School: Wayne State University, J.D., 1979

College: Oakland University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1975

Member: State Bar of Michigan (Former Council Member, Probate and Estate Planning Section; Editor, Probate and Estate Planning Journal, 1991-1992; 2000-2001; Chair, Publications, 1992-1993; Section Chairperson, 1997-1998; Member, Taxation Section); American Bar Association (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); Estate Planning Council of Detroit.

Biography: Author: "Determination of the Taxable Estate," Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 1991; Ch. 2, "Revocable Grantor Trusts & the Taxable Estate," Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts, 2d Ed., Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2006. Co-Author: "Termination of Trusts," Michigan Probate and Estate Planning Journal, Volume 9 #2, Spring 1990; "What is the Standard of Disclosure for Prenuptial Agreements in Michigan?" Michigan Bar Journal, February 1990, Volume 69, No. 2. Supplement Author, Lawyers Cooperative Publishing, Michigan Probate. Co-Editor and Author: "Taxation of Decedents' Estates," ICLE, 1994; Ch. 8, "Breach of Fiduciary Duties," Michigan Probate Litigation, A Guide to Contested Probate Matters, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2005 ICLE, 1998; Ch. 2, "Trustees Duties & Liabilities," Trust Administration in Michigan, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 2005; "EPIC: Extending Probate Claims Procedures to Decedents Revocable Living Trust," Michigan Bar Journal, Volume 79, No. 3. Consultant, Callaghan's Michigan Pleading and Practice, Part V, Probate Practice. Mediation Panelist and Chair, Wayne County Probate Court, 1992-2001. Certified Civil Mediator under Michigan Court Rule 2.411.

Born: Detroit, Michigan, November 7, 1950

ISLN: 904305690