This past Sunday’s Detroit Free Press featured an article, written by business columnist Susan Tompor, about “Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!” and how families can learn from celebrity estate fights. Here’s part of it:
What can you learn about estate planning from TMZ.com, the celebrity gossip site?
Plenty. Errors involving celebrity estates can motivate everyday families to talk ahead of time about who gets Mom’s blown-glass collection — long before things get overblown.Or at least that’s the theory being promoted by Troy attorneys Danielle B. and Andrew W. Mayoras.
“The reality is we’re a celebrity-based culture, for better or worse,” said Danielle, an estate planning attorney.
The couple, both partners at Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras in Troy, popped up last year on TV’s “Rachael Ray Show” — you can see the interview on YouTube.com — to talk about their book, “Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights!”
Andrew also has a blog, www.probatelawyerblog.com, that tracks the twists and turns in celebrity estate battles, such as the struggle