Many Illinois residents are currently researching ways to protect their families' best interests when they're no longer here to care for them. Parents of young children, especially, may be concerned about who would care for their children if something were to happen...
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Watch out for these estate planning and administration pitfalls!
Many Illinois residents reach a point in their lives where they begin to think about the lives of their loved ones' lives after they're gone. Such thoughts often lead to the estate planning and administration process, an easily accessible means for asset...
How can you prevent one of your kids from contesting your will?
If you go through the effort of creating a last will, trust or estate plan, you likely do so because you want your final wishes and instructions followed. You may want certain assets to go to certain people, donations to go to a favorite charity or even have pets...
Will Jerry Lewis’s will lead to probate litigation?
Actor and comedian Jerry Lewis recently died, leaving many relatives and fans anxious to learn more about his will. That information has since been published and it begs the question whether the contents of the will might lead to probate litigation. It's a highly...
Do I always transfer property through probate?
If you learn that you are selected to be an executor to a loved one's estate, the responsibilities could be overwhelming. After all, the process of legally transferring property and assets from the deceased to heirs or beneficiaries (and even creditors) is not...
Expectations of an estate planning and administration executor
Unless a person is well-versed in state laws concerning matters of estate, the whole process of executing documents to plan an estate can be very confusing. Many Illinois residents are vaguely familiar with the estate planning and administration process; yet, within...


