Rutkowski Law Firm helps Michigan families plan for care, protect their home and savings, and look after a parent who needs help. We meet in person at our Troy and Rochester offices, and by video from anywhere in Michigan.
Trusts, wills and documents that protect your home and family.
Wills, trusts and other documents that protect your home and savings and name clear decision-makers.
(revocable trust)
A living trust keeps your home and savings out of probate court.
(last will and testament)
A will directs who inherits your estate, but on its own it doesn't avoid probate.
Michigan recognizes four types of power of attorney, and the right combination can keep your family from needing a guardianship.
A Lady Bird deed lets your home skip probate while you keep full control during your lifetime.
A plan that keeps your family out of court.
Planning for nursing home and long-term care costs.
Protect your home and savings from nursing home costs.
Urgent planning for a parent already going into care, or after a hospitalization or sudden decline.
Plan for future care needs while protecting your home, savings and care options.
Guardianship, elder law and veterans benefits.
Guardianship covers a loved one's care and conservatorship covers their money, handled together as one flat-fee case.
Medicaid planning, avoiding guardianship and protecting assets from long-term care costs.
VA pensions and Aid & Attendance for long-term care, for veterans and military families.
Protecting your home and savings from lawsuits and creditors.
Protect your home and savings from lawsuits, creditors and nursing home costs.
Whether you need a will, trust, asset protection plan or are in need of medicaid crisis planning, our team is here to help! We are dedicated to providing you with the best legal representation possible. Call us today to book your consultation.
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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 help you plan around the 5-Year Medicaid Look-Back, so your house can stay in your family and out of the state's hands. Plan now so you never become a burden to those you love.
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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Under Michigan law, signing estate planning documents requires understanding your property, family, and the document at the time of signing, even with memory loss.
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Yes, someone with dementia can sign a power of attorney in Michigan if they understand the authority granted at signing during a lucid interval.
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Michigan Medicaid crisis planning may still protect family savings and the home after nursing home admission.
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