ICLE | Michigan Trust Code Center

The Michigan Trust Code is the first major change in Michigan probate law since EPIC in 2000. The MTC is a set of default rules for trusts, which will go into effect April 1, 2010. You'll want to review your existing client trust documents to determine whether to draft around these rules. ICLE has the resources to get you up to speed in four simple steps.

Get Started Now | Take an In-Depth Look at the Code | Update Your Practice | Make Sure You Got it Right

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NOVEMBER 2009
STEP 1: Get Started Now
Familiarize yourself with what’s coming and learn what you will need to address to be ready for April 1, 2010.

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

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

See the Top Changes
The MTC demystified, we've compiled a simple list of the top changes to help you navigate the code.
View Top Changes

Watch Conversations with the Commentator
Be ready to implement the changes with advice from Mark K. Harder, MTC Reporter and author of the Commentary, and other committee members during a series of eight one-hour webcasts, Michigan Trust-Code Preview: Conversations with the Commentator.
FREE to ICLE Partners
View Available On-Demand Webcasts

Attend a Full Day of the MTC
Two timely seminars in one day! Attend The New Michigan Trust Code and the 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents, January 21, 2010, in Grand Rapids or February 16, 2010, in Plymouth. The state's foremost experts on the trust code guide you through the marquee changes in the code.
FREE to ICLE Partners
Register Today! The New Michigan Trust Code | 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents

Just for Fun
Adam Weiner details the history of the MTC to the tune of Bob Dylan's The Times They Are a-Changin'. A funny look at the changes in Michigan trust law. Courtesy of Michele C. Marquardt
Watch the Video: Windows Media Player | Real Player

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JANUARY 2010
STEP 2: Take an In-Depth Look at the Code
Get a comprehensive look at the code and start getting your head around all the changes and what they mean for your practice.

What to Expect:

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 edition of the Probate and Estate Planning Journal
Conversations with the Commentator continues
A full day of MTC seminars, The New Michigan Trust Code and the 19th Annual Drafting Estate Planning Documents
Estates and Protected Individuals Code with Reporters' Commentary, Includes the Michigan Trust Code

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COMING MARCH 2010
STEP 3: Update Your Practice
Understand the practical applications of the changes and get tools to make those changes.

What to Expect:

Michigan Estate Planning Handbook—updated edition coming in March
Michigan Revocable Grantor Trusts—new edition coming in April
Trust Administration Under the Michigan Trust Code—new edition coming in April
Conversations with the Commentator continues
Free forms including a letter to your existing clients about updating their documents

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COMING MAY 2010
STEP 4: Make Sure You Got it Right
Check in with the experts and discuss the changes with your colleagues to make sure you understand it all and have addressed everything important.

What to Expect:

50th Annual Probate & Estate Planning Institute, May 6-8, 2010 in Acme or June 18-19, 2010 in Plymouth

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 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 Foster Zack PC Okemos		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.		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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