A trust that actually keeps your family out of probate.
Most Michigan estate planning attorneys hand you a binder and a to-do list. At Rutkowski Law Firm, we put your house and accounts into your trust ourselves — we record the deed, retitle the accounts, send the beneficiary forms — and confirm it in writing. Nothing is left for you or your kids to finish.
Estate planning, Medicaid planning and elder law for Michigan families.
Truly an outstanding experience working with the Rutkowski Law Firm to do our estate planning. Their commitment to quality customer experience shines through and we felt comfortable with everyone with whom we spoke. Love their virtual process, saves time and makes it so easy and stress free. Relived our planning is done and our kids wo t have to worry.
Highly recommend, fair cost for excellent estate plan. The firm set-up our Trusts and Will in 2018 with one of the attorneys at an affordable cost for a very comprehensive documents. Just had the 2nd follow up review (at no costs) with Mike Rutkowski who was very thorough and clear in addressing all our questions and concerns. The documents created initially was so robust that no legal updates needed yet so far since no changes in beneficiaries took place. "Normal" future family changes (additional kids and grand children) were predicted and covered that made maintaining the document is relatively easy and at no additional cost. Also been getting news letters that keep me educated of estate planning related topics. Thank you Mike for helping us protecting our family's future when we can no longer do it. Appreciate you.
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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 protect your home from 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.
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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.
