My husband and I currently have four ferrets, 3 cats, 1 dog and no human children. We want to set up a trust for the animals so whomever their caretaker is, if we die at the same time, will have enough money for them. I was also hoping to allocate enough to pay for even a part time person to help out whomever is good enough to be their caretaker. How much money, per animal and per year, do you think, is necessary for their care and how much does a part time (or full time) in home animal helper cost? Lastly, does anyone have a lawyer they can recommend (he/she does not have to be in Michigan) to set this up? thank you very much becki kain Odo, Quark, Figment, Gossamer [Posted in FML issue 3501]