Your state's pack. New issue every Monday. Bookmark it. I built this for the Michigan T&E solo who knows EPIC cold but still loses an afternoon a week tracking the moving Medicaid pieces.
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Three developments I think actually matter to a Michigan T&E solo. Each has a read that lands on your practice specifically — and each comes with a reachable citation so you can verify it yourself before you use it with a client.
Under MCL 400.112g, MDHHS recovers only from assets that pass through probate — Michigan has not adopted expanded recovery.
This is why the Lady Bird deed is the workhorse of Michigan Medicaid planning: it moves the home out of probate at death, so it sits outside MDHHS's reach — without a divestment penalty during life.
MCL 400.112g · legislature.mi.gov; michigan.gov/mdhhs
Michigan has no transfer-on-death deed statute. Instead it recognizes the enhanced life estate (Lady Bird) deed under Michigan Land Title Standard 9.3, which passes the home to a remainder beneficiary at death outside probate.
Use the Lady Bird deed precisely — the grantor retains full lifetime control, the transfer is not a divestment, and the home keeps its Medicaid homestead exemption while bypassing estate recovery.
Mich. Land Title Standard 9.3 · michbar.org
Maximum CSRA is $162,660 (minimum $32,532); Michigan applies the standard $752,000 home-equity limit (not the higher tier).
Two places this lands: community-spouse protection math and high-value-home clients. Flag the 2028 H.R. 1 flat $1,000,000 home-equity cap now.
42 U.S.C. § 1396p · CMS 2026 Standards (medicaid.gov)
This week in Michigan for the T&E solo with Medicaid-planning clients: what the State Bar of Michigan Probate & Estate Planning Section, the Legislature, and MDHHS put in front of you.
The SBM CLE calendar, the Probate & Estate Planning Section, and the MDHHS bulletins all publish on different schedules. This is that sift, already done, with the link on each item.