How Much Does It Cost to Set Up an Income Trust in Mississippi?
An elder-law attorney typically charges $1,000–$2,500 to set up a Miller Trust in Mississippi — in practice, a few hours of paperwork using Mississippi Medicaid's own free template and one trip to the bank. This $97 kit covers that same process yourself: the template walkthrough, the bank-refusal script, and the 9 Mississippi Medicaid denial traps to avoid. For complex estates, an attorney is worth the fee regardless — this kit does not draft the trust or advise on your specific situation.
What an attorney typically charges
An elder-law attorney typically charges $1,000–$2,500 to set up a Miller Trust in Mississippi — work that is, in practice, filling in Mississippi Division of Medicaid's own free template and opening one bank account.
What the $97 kit covers instead
This kit covers the same template walkthrough, the bank-refusal script, and the 9 Mississippi Medicaid denial traps to avoid — the parts of the process most families handle themselves.
When the attorney's fee is worth it anyway: significant assets, prior gifting, a second marriage, or multi-state property. Those are fact-specific questions this kit does not answer — for them, consult a Mississippi-licensed elder-law attorney regardless of which route you take on the trust itself.
The trust's money and the kit's price are separate
A Mississippi Miller Trust holds only the applicant's income and pays only for the applicant's own care — it is never used to pay this kit's price or an attorney's fee. Whatever you spend to set the trust up happens outside the trust.
One cost this comparison doesn't include
A wasted bank trip costs you a day you don't get back. Free one-pager: the questions to ask before you drive to a branch, emailed now. Then 4 more short emails over 3 weeks on what else trips families up — then we stop.