Weiner & Randall Law Group

Estate Planning, Elder Law & Probate Attorneys in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Growing older often brings legal questions that families never expected to face. A parent may need nursing home care. A spouse may begin showing signs of dementia. Adult children may suddenly find themselves helping manage finances, healthcare decisions, or the affairs of a loved one who can no longer do so independently. At the same time, many families want to make sure their estate plan reflects their wishes and protects the people who matter most.

Weiner & Randall helps clients prepare for those situations through estate planning, elder law, Medicaid planning, probate, and trust administration. Rather than treating these as separate legal issues, the firm's attorneys recognize that planning for the future often means addressing healthcare, finances, long-term care, and family responsibilities together.

Planning Before a Health Crisis Changes Everything

Many families first contact an elder law attorney after a loved one has already experienced a serious illness or entered a nursing facility. While planning ahead often provides the greatest flexibility, preparing before a crisis isn't always possible.

Weiner & Randall works with clients at every stage of life, helping them create estate plans that address both the transfer of assets after death and the possibility of incapacity during life. Depending on a family's circumstances, planning may include wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, healthcare directives, and other legal tools that allow trusted individuals to make financial and medical decisions if they become necessary.

The firm's website emphasizes that estate planning should adapt as families grow older, circumstances change, and new challenges arise.

Helping Families Understand Long-Term Care and Medicaid Planning

Paying for long-term care is one of the biggest financial concerns many families face. Questions about Medicaid eligibility, protecting assets, caring for a spouse at home, and understanding available planning options often arise during an already stressful time.

Weiner & Randall devotes a significant portion of its practice to helping clients understand Michigan Medicaid rules and how those rules may affect their family's financial future. The firm's attorneys assist with advance planning as well as situations in which nursing home care or other long-term care has already become necessary.

Rather than focusing only on eligibility, the firm's guidance helps families understand how estate planning, Medicaid planning, and long-term care decisions often work together.

Helping Families When a Loved One Can No Longer Make Decisions

Illness, dementia, or other medical conditions can leave families facing decisions they never anticipated.

Weiner & Randall assists clients with incapacity planning designed to ensure that financial and healthcare decisions can be made by trusted individuals when needed. When advance planning has not been completed, the firm also helps families navigate guardianship and conservatorship proceedings so that appropriate legal authority can be established to protect a vulnerable loved one.

For many clients, these services provide reassurance that someone will be able to step in when important decisions can no longer be made independently.

Guiding Families Through Probate and Trust Administration

The responsibilities of serving as a personal representative or trustee can be unfamiliar and overwhelming, especially while grieving the loss of a family member.

Weiner & Randall assists clients throughout probate and trust administration, helping fiduciaries understand court procedures, legal responsibilities, asset distribution, and the many practical tasks involved in settling an estate or administering a trust. Because the firm works with families both before and after a loved one's death, the attorneys understand how careful planning can simplify the administration process and reduce unnecessary complications for those left behind.

Planning for Loved Ones with Disabilities

Families caring for a person with disabilities often have planning concerns that differ from those addressed by a traditional estate plan.

Weiner & Randall assists clients with special needs planning designed to provide long-term financial support while considering the impact that gifts or inheritances may have on important public benefit programs. By incorporating these considerations into an overall estate plan, the firm helps families prepare for both present and future needs.

Serving Ann Arbor and Southeast Michigan

From its Ann Arbor office, Weiner & Randall serves individuals and families throughout Southeast Michigan who are planning for retirement, helping aging parents, preparing for long-term care, administering estates, or updating estate plans after significant life changes. The firm's integrated approach to estate planning, elder law, and probate allows clients to address many of these interconnected issues with one legal team.

Practice Areas

• Estate Planning

• Elder Law

• Wills

• Trusts

• Medicaid Planning

• Probate

• Trust Administration

• Durable Powers of Attorney

• Healthcare Directives

• Guardianships

• Conservatorships

• Special Needs Planning