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You may hear the advertisements on TV: “Get a reverse mortgage!” Reverse mortgages can help you, especially if you are older. But what are reverse mortgages, and can they be used in or do they have any role in estate planning? How Reverse Mortgages Work Normally, when you have a mortgage, you pay the mortgage. […]

How To Contest An Estate In Illinois Let’s say that you are a beneficiary in someone else’s will in Illinois, or at least, that you expect to be a beneficiary. The time comes to administer the estate, and you come to find that in fact, you have been left out of the will, or else, […]

To many people, estate taxes and inheritance taxes have something to do with someone passing away, but beyond that, the terms seem to be used interchangeably. There is, however, a difference between these two terms, that can be an important part of your estate planning strategies. What is an Estate Tax? An estate tax, as […]

There are a lot of reasons why we may expect to be included in someone’s will. But being family or a close friend to the deceased is no guarantee. With the right estate planning tools, anybody can be “disinherited” to some degree. That can leave you left with nothing, even if you expected to be […]