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Our Virtual Estate Planning Process

Our Proven Process for Estate Planning

At Rutkowski Law Firm, we treat every client like family. Whether you need a simple will or a full trust and estate planning strategy, we’ll walk beside you every step of the way.

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Initial Consultation

  • Discuss your family goals and concerns in more detail
  • Get your questions answered
  • Determine which type of plan best meets your needs
  • Make a decision and sign the fee agreement

Design Meeting

  • Design plan with an attorney
  • Provide and review requested documentation
  • Finalize decisions on structure, appointments, and beneficiaries

Professional Partnership Meeting

  • Discuss estate planning & asset protection strategy with advisors
  • Ensure planning goals align with financial goals
  • Discuss funding strategy

Review & Signing Meeting

  • Answer any questions
  • Make necessary changes if needed
  • Review and execute estate plan

Trust Funding Meeting

  • Review & discuss all accounts and assets being funded into your trust
  • Review & submit signed financial institution request forms

Annual Review

  • Review plan and discuss significant life events
  • Discuss changes in the law
  • Make updates to documents if necessary
  • Retitle new or changed assets
Michael Rutkowski helping a Michigan family avoid probate.

Estate Planning for Michigan Families

Don't leave your family with a useless binder.

Most firms hand you a template and expect you to do the work. We provide a Done-For-You process that handles Trust Funding and Asset Protection.

We specialize in protecting your home from the 5-Year Medicaid Look-Back, ensuring your house stays in your family and out of the state's hands. Plan now so you never become a burden to those you love.

Pick a time for your call

Choose a day and time below and our customer success team will call you then. It takes about 15 minutes, there is no cost, and no legal preparation is required.

What to expect: this is a short phone call (about 15 minutes) with our customer success team, not a Zoom meeting or a meeting with an attorney. We'll learn what you need and schedule your consultation, in person at one of our offices or by Zoom, at a time that works for you.

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Where We Serve Michigan Families

Serving all of Michigan by video

Rutkowski Law Firm's offices are in Troy and Rochester, but we work with families everywhere in Michigan, from Ann Arbor to Marquette. Every meeting can happen over Zoom, and a virtual notary handles the signing. So you can work with the team behind more than 400 Google reviews, rated 4.8 stars, without ever making the drive.

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