MICHIGAN ESTATE PLANNING

T his is the first in a series of Blogs on Estate Planning Tools.  Estate Planning is a process.  The documents we lawyers prepare for clien...

I have spent a lot of time thinking about how to best approach this subject.  No matter how I do, or what I say, it is likely to sound like ...

G ood Estate Planning requires a “team” of professional advisors. The skills and knowledge required to properly assist clients becomes incre...

T here is no “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” or “UL” rating for Attorneys, Insurance and Financial advisors. And, to make matters more...

W hen I started advising clients in the early 80's, talking to families of “average” means about trusts was unique, at least in my p...

C lients often think "estate planning" is either broader or narrower than it is. Estate planning is not financial planning (altho...