Michigan Estate Planning and Probate

Asset Protection, Business Law, Real Estate and Elder Law

The Law Office of Jerome P. Reif, P.C.

Attorney Jerry Reif Legal Solutions for a Changing World

     Comprehensive estate planning involves more than just traditional wills and trusts, but also includes wealth management, protection and distribution, asset protection, succession planning for the family business, elder law and probate. Saginaw Estate Planning Attorney Jerry Reif will help you select and implement the legal plans appropriate for your unique estate planning, asset protection or family business objectives.

Our Mission

To provide peace of mind through creative wealth counseling, business succession, and estate planning by designing plans that are individually suited to your needs, you can understand, reduce or eliminate estate, income and gift taxes, avoid probate costs and prevent will contests, create a family legacy, and plan for you in the event of disability.

Life & Estate Planning Services

Fundamental Estate Planning

There are many legal strategies involved in estate planning, including wills, revocable living trusts, irrevocable trusts, durable powers of attorney, and health care documents.
The estate planning process
 

Estate Tax (or Inheritance Tax) Planning

The federal estate tax is an excise tax levied on the transfer of a person's assets after death. Legal planning to avoid or minimize federal estate taxes is both a prudent and an important aspect of comprehensive estate planning.
Federal estate tax minimization
 

Michigan Probate and Estate Administration

Probate and estate administration are the processes through which estate assets are transferred after death when plans to avoid probate were not implemented. We can help make the process easier, more efficient, and provide peace of mind during a difficult time.
Michigan probate and estate & trust administration
 

Michigan Business Law

We assist clients starting a business in choosing which business entity (or entities) is best for their situation. We also help business owners with the legal issues involved in transferring a business, whether through a sale or exchange or to the next generation of a family business.
Estate planning challenges for business owners
 

Asset Protection for Professionals and Business Owners

Asset protection involves making prudent decisions today to protect yourself, your business, and your assets from loss due to lawsuits, creditors or bankruptcies. This type of legal planning is especially prudent for professionals and business owners.
Asset protection for professionals and business owners
 

Elder Law & Senior Housing Options

Elder law is another aspect of estate planning, focusing on the needs of families and individuals as they age: senior housing and home care, long-term (or nursing home) care, guardianships and health care documents, and Medicare, and Michigan Medicaid.
Michigan elder law services
 

Real Estate Law & the Tax-Free 1031 Exchange

We represent both buyers and sellers in structuring real estate transactions, including commercial real estate and farm land and transactions involving corporations and limited liability companies (LLCs). Anyone who is thinking about selling a business or investment property should consider a 1031 Exchange, to avoid the capital gains tax that would otherwise be levied in an outright sale.
Michigan real estate law and 1031 exchange
 

Saginaw Michigan Estate Planning Attorney Jerry Reif assists clients with Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts, Revocable Living Trusts, Michigan Probate and Estate Administration, Michigan Business Law, Asset Protection and Business Succession Planning, Michigan Real Estate Law and the Tax-Free 1031 Exchange in the City of Saginaw, and throughout Saginaw County and the surrounding area.