The Michigan Estate Planning Guide is a unique publication that explains the estate planning process in terms easily understood by the layperson. Written in Question and Answer format, The Michigan Estate Planning Guide is an excellent primer for the beginner as well as a handy resource for the more advanced planner. The author, P. Mark Accettura, calls upon his twenty-plus years of experience as an estate-planning attorney and law professor to provide an insightful and concise explanation of the estate planning process. No other publication offers the general public the scope and death of information contained in The Michigan Estate Planning Guide; all geared to MICHIGAN residents. The book contains a detailed Index and Glossary, and serves as the text for various paralegal and financial planning courses throughout Michigan. Consists of twenty chapters, including: Chapter 12: What is the most I can leave estate tax free to my children? Chapter 13: Are there special estate planning considerations where there has been a second marriage?; Chapter 14: What special provisions are available for disabled children?; and Chapter 19: Do I have to exhaust my assets before Medicaid will pay my nursing home costs?

Presents an introduction to estate planning, offering information on such topics as wills, legal aspects, probate, trusts, taxes, insurance, and retirement money for the state of Michigan.

Make a complete estate plan for yourself without a lawyer. Over 75 pages of forms, checklists and instructions. Includes tow kinds of wills, guardian appointments, trusts for pets, gifts, joint property, life, disability and long term care insurance, retirement benefits, funeral and burial instructions, organ donations, durable power of attorney, living will, designation of patient advocate and more.