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When you choose a person to serve as a trustee for your estate, you give them a great deal of responsibility and must place trust in them to meet your expectations. Unfortunately, time and unforeseen circumstances may change the nature of your relationship to the...
The queen of soul, Aretha Franklin, delighted music fans in Illinois and throughout the world for many decades. Her private life, however, was something of a mystery, as made evident after her death when numerous legal issues surfaced regarding her estate. Probate...
Many people in Illinois and elsewhere avoid thinking about the fact that their time on earth is limited. They like to take life as it comes and do not like to think about their own mortality. Others, however, understand that every person's life eventually comes to an...
While most Illinois estate owners might hope that their estate plans are solid, with clearly defined terms, any number of issues can arise when it comes time to settle an estate. Probate litigation becomes a necessity when a provision of a last will and testament, a...
A lot of sibling disputes make the division of a parent's estate more difficult than it has to be. These disputes take many forms. One sibling gets an item that the other wanted, and they contest that the will didn't reflect their parents' true wishes or that the...
Many Illinois residents are old enough to remember Apollo 11 and the excitement that rang throughout the country when former astronaut, Buzz Aldrin and his team members walked on the moon for the first time. Aldrin recently told a reporter that although he recalls...
