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Michael Cherewka

Michael Cherewka

Law Office of Michael Cherewka
  • Business Law, Estate Planning, Real Estate Law ...
  • Pennsylvania
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Biography

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
Current
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Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
Member
- Current
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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
Legal Answers
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 the tax on the house. Updating the deed itself is usually a fairly simple transaction, but to do this all right you should meet with an experienced probate and real estate attorney. ... 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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624 North Front Street
Wormleysburg, PA 17043
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Telephone: (717) 232-4701
Telephone: (717) 232-4701