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Draft a Spousal Lifetime Access Trust

New How-To Kit

The spousal lifetime access trust (SLAT) is a popular tool for estate planning attorneys to help minimize a client's estate tax by having the client gift assets to a trust for the benefit of their spouse or other family members. This new How-To Kit walks you through drafting and creating a SLAT and provides options for sample language to include in the SLAT.

January Case Summaries

New Legal Update

ICLE's opinion summary for January has 11 court of appeals summaries covering cases in several areas of the law, including civil litigation, criminal law, family law, negligence/torts/no-fault, and real property. Make sure to check back each month for a Legal Update to assist you in staying current with all published Michigan Supreme Court and Court of Appeals opinions.

The Fiduciary Exception to Privilege

New Top Tips in Ten Minutes

It is critical for probate and estate planning attorneys to fully grasp the fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege. If you are representing a fiduciary of an estate, review this new set of Top Tips in Ten Minutes to understand more about the history of the fiduciary exception in Michigan and correctly apply the current law to your case.

Interrogatories Regarding Experts and Surveillance

New Form

Interrogatories are a helpful tool for information gathering in no-fault first-party cases. Use this new sample form in the ICLE Formbank if you are a plaintiff's attorney and need to determine the anticipated testimony of a defendant's expert witnesses and learn of any surveillance conducted on the plaintiff or their care providers.

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