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Michael Cherewka
Law Office of Michael Cherewka
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With my background in accounting as well as law, I can share my unique background and experience when working with individuals, families and small and mid-size businesses in the areas of estate planning, taxation, corporations and business planning, business acquisitions and sales, succession planning, business exit strategies and real estate.
Practice Areas
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions
- 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, Residential Real Estate
- Tax Law
- Business Taxes, Estate Tax Planning, Income Taxes, Property Taxes, Sales Taxes, Tax Appeals, Tax Planning
- Probate
- Probate Administration
- Elder Law
Fees
- Free Consultation
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
- Pennsylvania
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- U.S. Supreme Court
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Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
Professional Experience
- Owner
- Law Office of Michael Cherewka
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- Owner of law firm dedicated to Estate Planning, Trusts and Estates Administration, Business Planning for small to mid-tier businesses including choice of entity, acquisitions and sales, business exit strategies and succession planning
Education
- Dickinson School of Law
- J.D.
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- Honors: cum laude Woolsack Society
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- Bucknell University
- B.S. | Accounting
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- Honors: cum laude Delta Mu Delta Omicron Delta Kappa College Register
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Awards
- Distinguished Service Award
- American Heart Association
Professional Associations
- Pennsylvania State Bar
- Member
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- Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
- Member
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- Elder Care Matters Alliance
- Member
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- Wealth Counsel
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Publications
Articles & Publications
- Strictly Business
- Quantum Press
Speaking Engagements
- How To Close An Estate, Mechanicsburg , Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute
- Handling Real Estate Transactions From Start to Finish, Harrisburg , Pennsylvania
- National Business Institute
Certifications
- Pennsylvania Real Estate Broker License
- Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs
Websites & Blogs
- Website
- Cherewka Law
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136 Questions Answered
- Q. What steps to take to obtain information and assets from deceased father's estate?
- A: You will definitely want to meet with a local attorney that focuses on estate administrations. Some research will be necessary to see if your step-mother actually probated a Will or opened as Estate as would be required in most cases. If there was a Will you are entitiled to see it and possibly compel probate. If there was no Will then you (and you siblings if any) could compel an intestate estate admnistration.
- Q. How to update a deed for a home in PA after parents passed away without wills?
- A: As you describe the deed you are a joint tenant with right of survivorship with your parents. That being the case to clear up title to the property you should file PA Inheritance Tax returns for both of your parents' estates. You most likely would owe PA Inheritance Tax at time of death of your father (you owned a 1/3 interest in the property at the time of his death). At the time of your mother's death you would be subject to PA Inheritance Tax on 1/2 of the property value as joint owner. Whether any tax would be due depends on whether you were the only heir, what other assets you inherited and what estate expenses there were (and debts, funeral expenses, etc) that might offset ... Read More
- Q. Is the estate responsible for gas and credit card bills, or do we pay them out of pocket?
- A: if the estate is in probate then there is a process that needs to be filed to provide notice to all creditors and also to review claims of creditors to determine their validity and in this case possibly to determine if the estate is solvent enough to pay all creditors. if the deed is a surviviorship deed then the real estate is not a part of the probate estate. it is not likely that the credit card company can just file a lien against the house. there are a lot of issues that need to be reviewed by an experienced probate attorney for this estate and for your husband's interest in the real estate.
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