This seminar is conducted by our Estate Planning Attorneys who specialize in estate planning, estate and trust administration, asset protection planning, special needs planning, and probate avoidance. The target audience for this seminar are those individuals who have an estate plan or are considering creating an estate plan. Topics include:

-What is probate court and how do I avoid it?

-Using a trust vs. a will

-How does a trust work?

-Is your trust “funded?”

-How to avoid probate with a trust and powers of attorney.

-Death and taxes – what should I be worried about?

-What is a Ladybird Deed and how does it work?

-How do I protect special needs and disabled beneficiaries?

This seminar is conducted by our Elder Law Attorneys who specialize in Medicaid Planning techniques, which allow for the protection of assets against long-term care costs. Our attorneys who specialize in Elder Law discuss techniques that can be employed to protect assets in the event a loved one is in an assisted living facility or skilled nursing home (Crisis Planning). We also discuss what can be now to prepare for the possibility of nursing home or assisted living facility confinement in the future (Advance Planning). Topics include:

-If you need long-term care, how will it be paid for?

-How can you preserve assets if you and/or your spouse require long-term care?

-Does Medicare cover the costs of nursing home care?

-What is Medicaid and what are the key eligibility criteria?

-What does Medicaid cover?

-How can you avoid the Michigan Estate Recovery program if the State helps pay for your long-term care?

-Ladybird Deeds

This seminar is conducted by our Estate Planning Attorneys who specialize in estate planning, estate and trust administration and probate avoidance. The target audience for this seminar are those individuals who have created an estate plan and those who are responsible for administering someone else’s estate plan. Topics include:

-What steps are required of your successors if you become incapacitated or pass away.

-What does a person acting as your patient advocate need to know?

-What does a person acting under your financial power of attorney need to know?

-What does your successor trustee need to know?

-What is a fiduciary and what are a fiduciary’s duties?