About
I'm James Whitfield. I built this site after spending weeks helping a family member through a Miller Trust setup. The free state-published template was technically correct and operationally useless — it explained the form fields and stopped there. The first elder-law attorney we called quoted $2,200 and a four-week wait. The bank refused to open the account twice. Between the policy manual, the bank counter, and the Medicaid application window, there was a real gap most families get stuck in. This site fills that gap.
I'm not an attorney. I'm a researcher who has now read every state Medicaid policy manual section that covers Qualified Income Trusts. I publish what I learned — the operational steps, the bank-account walkthroughs, the common denial reasons, the exact policy citations. I will not advise you on your specific situation; for that, you need a licensed elder-law attorney in your state. The state bar in your state has a referral service for low-cost initial consultations.
Miller Trust Guide is a research publication, not a personal brand. There are no podcasts, no LinkedIn posts, no "founder story" videos. The state agency manuals are the authority; my job is to translate them. The byline is consistent across every page, email, and support reply, because consistency is the honest signal a single-author publisher can give.
What we publish — and what we won't
- State-specific operational guides built around publicly-published state QIT templates.
- Email support, limited to product, refund, and "we are not attorneys" questions.
We do not:
- Draft, host, or distribute trust instrument text. We link to the state's own .gov template.
- Customize a kit based on your family's situation. Every buyer in a given state receives the same kit.
- Give advice over phone, chat, or email about your specific situation. We do not have a phone number.
- Sell email addresses, share buyer data with attorneys, or run an affiliate / referral business.
Contact
Email support@millertrustguide.com for product, refund, or kit-clarification questions. For advice on your specific situation, please contact a licensed elder-law attorney in your state — your state bar association maintains a referral service for low-cost initial consultations.