As estate planning lawyers, we know that the last thing anyone wants is a contested estate. Illinois, like every other state in the nation, has its own set of intestate succession laws, which dictate how someone’s property will be distributed upon his or her death if there is no estate plan in place. Generally, under […]

Never assume that your heirs will do what you want with your assets after you are gone, this is why proper estate planning is crucial. While we may have people in our lives who we trust enough to dispose of our assets after our deaths, taking this approach is almost never a good idea. In […]

The estate planning process involves more than just deciding who will get what after we pass away. In fact, estate planning can serve several different purposes, including helping us prepare for the possibility that we may eventually need to pay for long-term care expenses. For help adapting your own estate plan to address possible future […]

If you go through the effort of creating an estate plan, odds are you also want to avoid contested estates down the road. While it isn’t possible to guarantee a person won’t try to contest a will, there are ways to help protect an estate plan from such attempts. If you are concerned a family […]