Americans breathed a collective sigh of relief when Congress enacted the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (“ATRA”) earlier this month, thereby keeping the U.S. from plunging over the “fiscal cliff.” ATRA dealt with a surprising number of…
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It’s long been the law in Michigan that someone who “feloniously and intentionally” kills another cannot inherit from the person he or she killed. On October 1, 2012, this law will be expanded to also prevent people convicted of abuse, neglect…
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Scarcely a day goes by around here that someone in the office doesn’t mention durable powers of attorney. Before you start thinking that our water cooler conversations must be really boring, remember that we are a law office, where things like powe…
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In his recent email blast, Duane Reynolds of our office wrote about Michigan’s new “estate recovery” program, the purpose of which is to recover Medicaid benefits paid to individuals over the age of 55. Michigan’s program became effective Jul…
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