ICLE | Michigan Trust Code Center

The Michigan Trust Code is the first major change in Michigan probate law since EPIC in 2000. The MTC was effective April 1, 2010. ICLE has the resources to get you up to speed.

Read the Law | Hear from the Experts with On-Demand Webcasts | Update Your ICLE Books | Missed the Probate Institute?

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STEP 1: Read the Law

Read the MTC
Familiarize yourself with the New MTC. Read the clean or redlined version and review the conversion tables.
Clean Version | Redlined Version | Conversion Tables

Read a Quick Summary
We've compiled a simple list of the top changes to help you navigate the code.
View Top Changes

Read an In-Depth Article
A Closer Look at the Michigan Trust Code: What’s New—What’s In—What’s Next, by Mark K. Harder, from the Winter 2009 issue of the Probate and Estate Planning Journal.
Available Now! A Closer Look at the Michigan Trust Code: What’s New—What’s In—What’s Next

Quiz Yourself
How much do you know about the new MTC? Test your knowledge on what's changing with the new Michigan Trust Code and how it will affect your practice.
Take the quiz now

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STEP 2: Hear from the Experts with On-Demand Webcasts

Watch Short Webcasts: Conversations with the Commentator
Hear from Mark K. Harder, Reporter for the MTC Drafting Committee, and other drafters about key features of the new law and practice implications.
Fee: $39/seminar | Free to Partners
View Available On-Demand Webcasts

Two Half-Day Webcasts
Watch The New Michigan Trust Code and the 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Document (focused on MTC issues).
Fee: $165/seminar | Free to Partners
Available Now! The New Michigan Trust Code | 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents

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STEP 3: Update Your ICLE Books

Available Now
Estates and Protected Individuals Code with Reporters' Commentary—includes new Michigan Trust Code.
Michigan Estate Planning Handbook—text and forms revised for the MTC.
Michigan Probate Litigation: A Guide to Contested Matters—updated for the MTC.
Michigan Probate Sourcebook—everything you need in one place.
Michigan Probate Benchbook—the book the judges use.
Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts—new MTC edition.
Trust Administration Under the Michigan Trust Code—new MTC edition.

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STEP 4: Missed the Probate Institute?
Over 800 lawyers attended the 50th Annual Probate Institute.
Missed the Institute? Order the Handbook!

Michigan Trust Code Committee
Chairperson Mark K. Harder Warner Norcross & Judd LLP Holland		Douglas G. Chalgian Chalgian & Tripp Law Offices PLLC East Lansing
Daniel E. Cogan Hooper Hathaway Price Beuche & Wallace PC Ann Arbor		John R. Dresser Dresser Dresser Haas & Caywood PC Sturgis
J. David Kerr Kerr Law Firm PLLC Mount Pleasant		Marilyn A. Lankfer Varnum LLP Grand Rapids
Douglas A. Mielock Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC Lansing		James P. Spica Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP Detroit
Teresa Schafer Sullivan JPMorgan Chase Bank NA Bloomfield Hills		Michael A. Shields Lewis Reed & Allen PC Kalamazoo
Marlaine C. Teahan Fraser Trebilcock Davis & Dunlap PC Lansing		Robert P. Tiplady II Dykema Ann Arbor
Not Pictured John Sharp Strobl & Sharp PC Bloomfield Hills Robert M. Taylor Lennon Miller O'Connor & Bartosiewicz PLC Kalamazoo Prof. Lawrence W. Waggoner University of Michigan Law School Ann Arbor

> Affordable Ways to Get Ready for the New MTC from ICLE

The Partnership Get many of these seminars FREE in the ICLE Partnership, including all eight installments of Michigan Trust-Code Preview: Conversations with the Commentator.		The Online Library Access expert analysis & advice from 48 books, including all 11 new or updated titles covering the new Michigan Trust Code, added automatically as they are available.		The Probate & Estate Planning Certificate Program Earn a certificate of completion through this systematic training program and learn everything you need to know about the new Michigan Trust Code.
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