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Special Needs Trusts
Updated Form
When Medicaid regulations and the policy on how to interpret them changes, a special needs trust can be in danger of losing its exempt status under 42 USC 1396p(d)(4)(A). This recently updated sample petition in the ICLE Formbank will help you revise and restate a special needs trust to comply with changes in Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid regulations.
AI Update
New Legal Update
The Michigan Legislature recently passed legislation regulating and penalizing certain AI-generated content: the Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act, 2025 PA 11 (eff. Aug 26, 2025), and amendments to the Michigan Campaign Finance Act and the Michigan Election Law. Check out the latest Legal Update in the ICLE AI Series to learn more.
 
No-Fault Updates
New Legal Update
Your Partnership includes a quarterly series of Legal Updates summarizing all published Michigan no-fault opinions and public acts, with links to the full text of each. The latest edition, which covers August 2025 to October 2025, includes Michigan Court of Appeals cases addressing personal protection insurance, payments or reimbursements to medical providers for Medicare services, and more.
 
Petition for Judgment of Parentage
New Form
The Michigan Family Protection Act includes the Assisted Reproduction and Surrogacy Parentage Act (ARSPA), MCL 722.1701 et seq., effective April 2, 2025. The ICLE Formbank now includes this brief to accompany a petition for judgment of parentage under Part 2 of the ARSPA, as well as a sample verified petition and judgment.
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Approaching the Bench
Matthew J. Franson | 08/01/2025
Hon. Andrew W. Kowalkowski was appointed judge for the 44th District Court in April 2022. Before his appointment to the bench, Judge Kowalkowski was an administrative law examiner for the Michigan Department of State, and before that, he was a...

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FinCEN Exempts U.S.-Based Companies and Individuals from CTA Reporting

FinCEN Pauses Enforcement on Beneficial Ownership Reporting Amid Litigation and Rule Changes

Medicaid Asset Limit Increases

Cannabis Law Conference Highlights

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Meet Our Contributors
Steven A. Harms
Rochester Hills
Steven A. Harms retired from his firm, Muller Muller Richmond Harms & Myers, PC, in 2014. He practiced in the area of retail and commercial collection law. Mr. Harms was a frequent lecturer on collection topics and coauthored "International Commercial...
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New Edition
Plan with confidence. Make Michigan Estate Planning Handbook your go-to resource for step-by-step guidance on drafting wills and trusts, tax considerations, trust administration, and much more. Included in the Premium Partnership.