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- Category: Elder Law
- -Will a Robot Be Your Caregiver in the Future?
- DOJ Warns Seniors about 10 Common Financial Scams
- Elder Law Attorneys Explain Guardianship
- Tips for Protecting Your Older Loved Ones
- Recognizing the Signs of Elder Abuse Is Critical
- Illinois Statute of Limitations Increased for Financial Exploitation of Seniors
- Keeping Your Older Loved Ones Safe Behind the Wheel
- Resident on Resident Abuse Common in Nursing Homes
- How Do I Know If My Parent Is a Victim of Elder or Nursing Home Abuse?
- What Is Elder Law?
- Illinois Employee Accused in Nursing Home Sexual Abuse
- Financial Abuse of the Elderly – One of the Fastest Growing Crimes in the U.S.
- Don’t Let Grandma Get Scammed by a Granny Scammer!
- Can You Be Held Financially Responsible for Your Parent’s Nursing Home Costs?
- Medicaid Planning: What Can the Healthy Spouse Keep?
- Guardianship in the Quad Cities: How Do I Know If My Mother Needs It?
- Nursing Home in Illinois [Infographic]
- What Is Medicaid in the Quad Cities Illinois?
- How Do Elder Law Attorneys in the Quad Cities Charge?
- What Questions Should I Ask a Quad Cities Elder Law Attorney?
- What Is A Quad Cities Illinois Elder Law Attorney?
- What Is Guardianship and Conservatorship?
- Medicaid Recovery – Will Adding Your Son or Daughter’s Name to a Title Prevent It?
- Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefits – A Change May Be Forthcoming
- Financial Abuse of Older Americans
- Finding the Right Nursing Home for Your Loved One
- Plan Ahead for the Possibility of Dementia
- Category: Estate Plan
- Category: Estate Planning
- What Documents Do I Need to Start an Estate Plan?
- What Happens If My Estate Lacks Sufficient Liquid Assets to Pay Debts?
- Common Estate Planning Tools Explained
- Estate Planning Attorneys Discuss Top 5 Components
- Moline Estate Planning Attorneys — Terms You Need to Know
- Estate Planning Attorneys Remind You to Include Your Pets in Your Plan
- Top 5 Questions for Estate Planning Lawyers
- Basics of Estate Planning: Two Common Mistakes with Trusts
- Basics of Estate Planning: Lack of Coordination
- Estate Planning Attorneys – Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid
- Elder Law Attorneys Urge Seniors to Update Estate Plans
- Asset Protection Attorneys Point Out Hidden Threats to Your Assets
- Estate Planning Attorneys Discuss Common Estate Planning Goals
- Estate Planning Attorneys Discuss Options for Distributing Your Estate
- Are Your Assets Safe?
- Why You Need to Include Disability Planning in Your Estate Plan
- Am I Too Young to Think about Retirement Planning?
- How Do 401(k) Plans Fit into Your Estate Plan?
- Estate Planning for Farmers
- 10 Common Estate Administration Mistakes
- Ways to Include Asset Protection in Your Estate Plan
- Can An Estate Planning Attorney Help Me Probate an Estate?
- What Is an IRA?
- Do You Need a Special Needs Trust?
- Financial Planning Tools Everyone Should Have
- Free Report: Long Term Care Planning — Why It Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan
- Choosing the Right Type of Joint Tenancy in Illinois
- Taking Care of Fido or Fluffy – Do You Need a Pet Trust?
- 10 Things You Should Make Sure Are Done before You Die
- Most Common Estate Planning Mistakes
- Can You Incorporate Your Faith into Your Estate Plan?
- Top Three Reasons to Create Your Estate Plan Today
- Why Estate Planning Is So Important for Co-Habitating Couples
- Is an Incentive Trust Right for Your Estate Plan?
- Birth, Death, and Other Reasons to Update Your Estate Plan
- Why Estate Planning Is So Important for Blended Families
- How Can You Make Sure Assets Remain in the Family after Your Death?
- Ten Things You Should Know about Alzheimer ’s Disease
- Digital Assets – Why You Need to Include Them in Your Estate Plan
- The Cost of Dying – And Why You Need to Plan Ahead
- Do You Need More than a Last Will and Testament?
- Estate Planning Lessons from Dennis Hopper’s Estate
- Estate Planning Tips for Parents of Minor Children
- Estate Planning Myth #1 – I Don’t Need an Estate Plan Unless I’m Wealthy
- Discussing Death over Dinner – How to Have a Conversation about Your Estate Plan
- Do You Need to Include Pet Planning in Your Estate Plan?
- Is a Family Wealth Trust Only for the Rich?
- Why Reviewing and Revising Your Estate Plan Is So Important
- The Nursing Home Is Offering to Do a Living Will for Me. Is that O.K.?
- Why It Is Important to Decide Who Gets the Sentimental Assets in Your Estate Plan
- If the Tax Laws Change, Is My Trust Still Valid?
- Does The Nursing Home Get Half of My Assets?
- What Are the Advantages to Keeping Assets in a Trust for My Beneficiaries Instead of Gifting them Outright?
- Who Should You Designate as Successor Trustee of You Family Wealth Trust?
- Do Assets in a Trust Get a Step Up in Basis for Income Tax Purposes?
- Will My Income Taxes Change If I Create a Trust?
- Does a Trust Protect My Assets from a Nursing Home?
- Do Property Taxes Change If I Create a Trust?
- Must a Third Party Honor a Power of Attorney?
- How Much Does Guardianship Cost in Illinois?
- Fiduciary Roles in Your Illinois Estate Plan
- Do Trusts Save Taxes?
- What Are the Disadvantages to a Medicaid Trust?
- Can You Be the Trustee of My Family Wealth Trust?
- How to Include Charitable Gifting in Your Estate Plan
- Mistakes to Avoid in a Power of Attorney
- What Is a Living Trust?
- What Is Business Succession Planning?
- Don’t Lose Your Assets to Long-Term Care Costs! Plan Ahead Now!
- What Are the Advantages for Me of Keeping Assets in a Trust?
- The Importance of Changing Beneficiary Designations after a Divorce
- Are There Other Documents that Should Be Prepared with a Last Will and Testament?
- What Is a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust?
- Can the Nursing Home Take My House?
- The Holidays, a Family Get Together…and Reviewing Your Estate Plan?
- What Is a Grantor Retained Annuity Trust?
- What Is a Charitable Lead Trust?
- Are County Nursing Homes Acceptable?
- IRS Announces 2015 Estate Tax Exclusion Increase
- What Is the Most Important Estate Planning Document?
- Will I Still Have Control Over My Property If I Create a Family Wealth Trust?
- Can’t I Just Give Away My Assets to Qualify for Medicaid?
- Can a QTIP Trust Help Me?
- How Do I Apply for Medicaid in Illinois?
- Why Is a Living Trust Better than a Power of Attorney?
- When Should I Review and Update My Estate Plan?
- Gifting to Children – What If the Gifts Are Not Equal in Value?
- Will You Retain Control Over Property You Transfer Into a Living Trust?
- When Do I Need a Special Needs Trust?
- How Do I Know If I Have a Bare-Bones Trust or Will?
- Estate Planning Lessons from the Late Robin Williams
- What Is a Qualified Personal Residence Trust?
- What Is a Medicaid Waiver?
- What Assets Are Left Outside of My Trust?
- Can You Make Changes to a Trust?
- Executing a Power of Attorney – Choosing Your Agent Wisely
- Who Should Have a Last Will and Testament?
- Why Should I Have a Family Wealth Trust?
- How Can You Provide for Your Pets in Your Estate Plan?
- Should My Parents Give Me Their Home?
- How to Fund Your Trust
- Can I Stay in My Home If I Get Sick or Need Assistance?
- I’m Single – Do I Really Need an Estate Plan?
- Will My Revocable Living Trust Provide Asset Protection?
- What Is the Generation Skipping Tax in the Quad Cities?
- Parents with Minor Children Estate Planning
- What Is a Letter of Instruction?
- Can I Gift $14,000 Per Year to Each of My Children?
- Traditional Estate Planning vs. Legacy Planning
- Power of Attorney in the Quad Cities, Illinois: What Are Its Disadvantages?
- Estate Planning in the Quad Cities: Five Important Reasons Why You Need to Create an Estate Plan
- What Is Legacy Wealth Planning in the Quad Cities?
- When Does a Power of Attorney Terminate?
- What’s the Difference between Guardianship and Power of Attorney?
- What Steps Can You Take to Preserve Your Legacy?
- Can an Agent Make a Gift under a Power of Attorney?
- Saving the Family Farm or Ranch for Future Generations
- Should You Give Your Children a Lump Sum in Your Estate Plan?
- Do You Qualify for Veterans Aid and Attendance Benefits?
- What Is Per Stirpes and Per Capita?
- What Is Incapacity in the Illinois Quad Cities?
- Quad Cities Estate Planning: Does Your Estate Have Enough Liquidity?
- What Is the Annual Gift Tax Exclusion in Illinois?
- What Is a POD or TOD Account in Geneseo Illinois?
- Understanding Joint Tenancy with Rights of Survivorship in Illinois
- What Is the Difference between SSI and SSDI?
- Nominating a Guardian
- What Is the Illinois Marital Deduction?
- Understanding the Probate Process
- What Does an Estate Plan in Illinois Include?
- Why Staggering an Inheritance is Often the Best Method
- Is Disinheriting Your Child the Only Option?
- Should I Have a Durable Power of Attorney?
- Do Your Loved Ones Have Access to Immediate Funds If You Die?
- How Does Life Insurance Fit Into Your Estate Plan? [Infographic]
- Does Your Estate Plan Need Updating after Windsor?
- Artificial Reproductive Technology — How Does It Impact Your Estate Plan?
- Estate Planning Errors of the Rich and Famous – Not Updating, Reviewing, or Finishing
- Federal Gift and Estate Taxes – How Much Can I Transfer?
- Things to Consider When Choosing a Retirement Location
- How the New Gift and Estate Tax Laws Affect Your Estate Plan
- Even the Wealthy Make Estate Planning Mistakes
- The DOMA Decision and Estate Planning
- How to Handle Your Family Home in a Blended Family – The Life Estate
- Intestate Estate Valued at $40 Million May Go to State of New York
- Options for Handling the Family Farm in Your Estate Plan
- Tips for Talking to Your Parents about Estate Planning
- Assigning an Inheritance to Someone Else
- Fiduciary Roles in Your Estate Plan – Your Executor
- Why A Succession Plan Is Essential if You Own a Business
- Writing an Obituary – A Non-Traditional Approach
- What You Should Know about A Roth IRA and Estate Planning
- Why Women Should Pay Close Attention to Their Estate Plan
- Can I Make Changes to a Trust After Its Creation?
- What You Need to Know about Digital Estate Planning
- Estate Planning for Unmarried Couples
- Planning a Family Meeting to Discuss Your Estate Planning
- Valuing Non-Cash Gifts Made During Your Lifetime
- Is a Personal Property Memorandum Right for Your Estate Plan?
- Scheduling a Family Meeting to Discuss Your Estate Plan – Why It’s Important
- Google Unveils “Inactive Account Manager”
- And Baby Makes Three – Estate Planning for the New Family
- Women and Estate Planning – Why You Need to Review Your Plan
- The Annual Gift Tax Exclusion and Estate Planning – How It Can Help Protect Estate Assets
- Why an Independent Trustee May Be a Better Choice
- Planning for a Productive Consultation with an Estate Planning Attorney
- Three Steps to Picking the Right Charity to Include in Your Estate Plan
- How to Avoid Common Mistakes in Your Estate Plan
- Estate Planning Challenges for Blended Families
- Scenario Estate Planning—Why It May Work for You
- The Importance of Tax Planning in Your Estate Plan
- Who Is Most Likely to Procrastinate When It Comes to Creating an Estate Plan?
- Autism Awareness Month Highlights the Need for Special Needs Planning
- Filing Your Gift Tax Return for 2012
- What About Taxes?
- President Washington’s Will
- More Money for Lawyers
- Estates and Out of State Children
- Disinheriting Wealthy Children
- Power of Attorney Litigation Problems
- Social Media in Illinois
- What Is a Letter of Instruction?
- Facebook Access
- Gershwin’s Estate Sues Warner Music
- Do Not Feel Sorry for Gifting
- Estates Have Few Restrictions
- Choosing Roles in an Estate Plan
- What You Need to Know About Aging
- Trust Investments
- Terri Schiavo’s Brother Still Fighting
- Revealing Secrets in Your Estate Plan
- Minimizing Will Contests
- Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five”
- Protecting Your Estate From Contests
- Create Trusts Carefully
- Intestate Succession Problems
- What did Louis Armstong Want?
- A Small Tip
- Avoiding Fights
- Looking Forward to 2013
- Can Your Family Find Your Will?
- Choosing Jefferson was a Mistake
- Being an Executor
- Deadlines are Important
- You are not Abraham Lincoln
- You Need a Healthcare Power of Attorney
- Passing on Your Music Legally
- Talk to an Attorney About Where to get Your Trust
- Your Reputation and Your Estate Plan
- Leaving Something Out of Your Will
- Typos in Your Estate Plan
- An Estate Lesson From Whitney Houston’s Estate
- When to Review Your Estate Plan
- An Odd UK Law
- Examples of Not Having a Will
- Jackson Family Shenanigans
- Visit Your Elderly Relatives
- Estate Planning Is Different if You Have Minor Children
- Special Needs Trustees
- Planning for the Care of Your Children
- It’s All About Perspective
- What the Madonna – Brando Lawsuit is About
- Update Update Update
- What Happened to Jim Morrison’s Estate
- How Laws Interact
- Special Needs Children and Estate Planning
- Illegal Bequests
- How an Attorney Helps
- Don’t Wait Until Next Year to Plan Your Estate
- Second Marriages Need Different Estate Plans
- Unpaid Student Loans
- Change Your Estate Plan When You Get Divorced
- Could Ray Charles Estate Have Been Planned Better?
- What Happens to Your Stuff?
- How Many Trusts Should Spouses Have?
- Estate Plan Basics: Life Estates
- When a Relative Gets Alzheimer’s See an Attorney
- Who Controls Your Facebook When You Pass Away?
- Leaving Money to Charity
- Tax Laws Will Change in 2013: Make Your Estate Plan Before They Do
- Acquiring Assets After Your Estate Plan
- Storing Your Estate Plan Documents
- When Unequal Division is Appropriate
- Plan Ahead for Long Term Care
- Not All Probate Avoidance Schemes are Good
- Welcome to the Blog of Nash Nash Bean & Ford, LLP
- Category: Life Estate
- Category: Estate Planning
- Category: Estate Tax
- Category: Family Owned Business
- Category: Fduciary Roles
- Category: General
- Which Type of Joint Tenancy Should I Use?
- Children with Special Needs Can Visit Children’s Museum of Illinois during “Sensory Friendly” Hours
- What Is a Step Up in Basis?
- Do I Work with You or a Paralegal?
- Choosing an Executor for Your Last Will and Testament
- Who Should Be the Successor Trustee of My Revocable Living Trust?
- What Is the Difference between Medicare and Medicaid?
- Should I Create A Special Needs Trust?
- Not Staying in Touch with True Friends – Among the Top Dying Regrets
- Technology for Seniors – Making Life Easier in the Digital Age
- Why You Need to Review Your Estate Plan if You Are Part of an International Marriage
- Category: Guardianship
- Careful Planning Can Avoid Guardianship
- Guardianship in Illinois
- Free Report: Guardianship in the State of Illinois
- How Can I Protect My Parent’s Assets When their Alzheimer’s Gets Worse?
- Does Your Mother Need a Guardianship?
- Guardianship in the Quad Cities: How to Know When a Parent Needs a Guardian
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Guardianship in the Illinois Quad Cities
- How to File for Guardianship in Geneseo, Illinois
- Nominating a Guardian in Your Will – Factors to Consider When Making the Choice
- Category: Incapacity Planning
- Estate Planning Attorneys Offer Incapacity Planning Tips
- Living Trust Attorneys Explain How a Trust Can Help with Incapacity Planning
- How Can a Trust Help with Incapacity Planning?
- Can an Estate Planning Lawyer Help Me with Incapacity Planning?
- Should My Spouse and I Do Our Inheritance Planning Together?
- Free Report: Assistance for the Disabled – Understanding SSI and SSDI
- Incapacity Planning in the Quad Cities: Are There Alternatives for Managing Property When Someone Becomes Incapacitated?
- Category: Inheritance
- 10 Questions to Ask Yourself When Inheritance Planning
- Will My Loved Ones Have to Pay an Inheritance Tax?
- Is the Inheritance You Leave behind Taxable?
- Will Your Loved Ones Blow the Inheritance You Leave Them?
- Can You Reject an Inheritance?
- Why You Should Consider Staggering the Inheritance You Leave Behind
- How Can I Find Out What My Inheritance Is?
- Why Staggering the Inheritance You Leave behind Is a Good Idea
- Stretching Your IRA in Illinois
- Quad Cities Illinois Inheritance Tax: Who Pays the Tax on an Inheritance?
- Category: Inheritance in Illinois
- Category: Irrevocable trust
- Common Uses for Irrevocable Living Trusts
- Do I Need to Name a Particular Funeral Home When I Make an Irrevocable Burial Account ?
- What Is an Irrevocable Trust?
- How Can You Revoke A Trust?
- The Sailors’ Snug Harbor Trust – The Gift That Keeps Giving
- What to Do with Your ILIT after the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2013
- Category: Legal Education
- Category: LGBT Planning
- Category: Living Will
- Category: Long Term Care
- Should I Purchase a Long-Term Care Insurance Policy?
- Are You Planning for Long-Term Care? LTC Planning Month Is a Good Time to Get Started
- -Alternatives to Long-Term Care
- Free Report: Long Term Care Planning – Why It Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan
- Long-Term Care Insurance Terms Defined
- Do You Need Long-Term Care Insurance?
- Free Report: Long Term Care Planning in Illinois: Why It Should Be Part of Your Estate Plan
- Long Term Care Planning in Quad Cities
- Free Report: Medicaid Planning in Illinois
- Long-Term Care Planning – Are You Covered?
- Category: Medicaid
- Can Medicaid Go after My Estate Assets after I Die?
- Do You Qualify for Medicaid for Seniors?
- Medicaid Attorneys Explain the Community Spouse Rules
- Will Medicaid Cover at Home Care?
- Illinois Medicaid Eligibility — Do You Qualify?
- Can a Medicaid Lawyer Help Set Me Up to Qualify for Benefits?
- What You Don’t Know about Illinois Medicaid Could Hurt You
- How to Qualify for Medicaid
- Illinois Medicaid Eligibility for Seniors
- How to Set Yourself Up for Medicaid Eligibility
- How Do I Apply for Medicaid for My Parent in Illinois?
- Why Medicaid Planning Is So Important
- Paying a Family Member as a Caregiver May Not Disqualify You for Medicaid
- Is Your Home a Countable Resource for Medicaid Purposes?
- Is It Too Late for Me to Incorporate Medicaid Planning into My Estate Plan?
- My Parent/Spouse Shows Early Signs of Dementia. Can We Still Do Medicaid Planning?
- Medicaid Spousal Impoverishment Rules
- My Spouse and I Are Healthy. Do We Still Need Medicaid Planning?
- What Is the Difference between SSDI and SSI?
- What Is a Maintenance Allowance?
- How Does Medicaid Apply to Married Couples in Illinois?
- Should I Drop My Health Insurance When I Apply for Medicaid?
- What Happens to the Assets in My Medicaid Trust If I Never Need Medicaid?
- Can You Get Medicaid to Help You at Home in Illinois?
- Spousal Protection and Medicaid
- Medicaid Is Only for the Poor Correct?
- How Soon Can I Get Medicaid in Illinois?
- Does Medicaid Pay for In-Home Care?
- Does the State Take My Assets When I Go on Medicaid?
- Medicaid in the Quad Cities: Does Medicaid Pay for In-Home Care?
- Quad Cities Illinois Medicaid: Is There an Asset Maximum for Planning and Qualifying?
- Medicaid Planning in the Quad Cities: The Cost of Living Longer and How It Can Help
- Is It Too Late to Create a Medicaid Plan in Geneseo IL?
- Category: Power of Attorney
- Is a Power of Attorney a Good Incapacity Planning Tool?
- What Makes a Good Power of Attorney for Property?
- Can I Get a Power of Attorney from Staples or Office Depot?
- The Bank Won’t Honor the Power of Attorney. What Can You Do?
- Durable Power of Attorney for Property in the Quad Cities: What Are Its Advantages?
- How Does an Agent Use a Power of Attorney in the Quad Cities?
- What is a Power of Attorney in Illinos?
- Power of Attorney – Limited Versus General
- When You Can’t Make Your Own Decisions
- Category: Probate
- Court Narrows Field to 2 in Battle Over Manson Estate
- Moline Trust Lawyers Explain How a Trust Helps Avoid Probate
- Tips for Reducing the Likelihood of a Dispute over Your Estate
- Geneseo Estate Planning Lawyers Explain Why Probate Avoidance Should Be Part of Your Plan
- Do Probate Attorneys Also Help During Probate Administration?
- Estate Planning Attorneys Explain What Happens When Someone Contests a Will
- Probate Attorneys Explain What Happens If the Decedent Didn’t Have a Will
- Can Probate Attorneys Help Me Probate My Mother’s Estate?
- How Long Does Probate Take?
- Probate Attorneys Urge Estate Liquidity
- What You Don’t Know about the Illinois Probate Process Could Hurt You
- How Are Debts of the Decedent Handled during Probate?
- How Much Does Probate Cost?
- My Grandmother Just Died and Appointed Me the Executor of Her Estate? What Do I Do Now?
- When Is an Estate Tax Return Due?
- Is Probate in the Illinois Quad Cities Always Required?
- What Are the Drawbacks of Probate in Quad Cities IL?
- What is the Uniform Probate Code?
- Probate in Geneseo IL: Does Your Law Firm Do Probates?
- The Costs Involved in Probate in Illinois
- Can Probate Be Avoided?
- Avoiding Probate – Why It Is Important
- Category: Probate Process in Illinois
- Category: Revocable Living Trust
- Category: Small Business
- Category: Social Security
- Category: Tax Law
- Category: Trust
- When Is a Professional Trustee the Best Choice?
- Top 5 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Trustee
- Living Trust Benefits
- Steps Involved in Creating a Trust
- Can a Beneficiary Do Anything If the Trustee Isn’t Following the Trust Terms?
- How Do I Modify or Revoke My Revocable Trust?
- Trust Administration Attorneys Explain What Happens If The Trustee Cannot Serve
- Why You May Not Want Your Spouse As A Trustee
- Living Trust Attorneys Explain How to Modify or Revoke a Trust
- Why Professional Trustees Make Better Trustees
- Why Use a Living Trust?
- Can Revocable Living Trusts Protect My Assets?
- Do I Need a Lawyer to Create a Trust Agreement?
- Top 3 Living Trust Benefits
- Tips for Setting Up a Trust
- Family Trusts — Do You Need One?
- Can a Trust Attorney Help Me Protect My Kids?
- How Does a Living Trust Work?
- As a Beneficiary of a Trust Do I Have Beneficiary Rights?
- Illinois Trust Agreements – Why You Should Consider One for Your Estate Plan
- How Your Choice of Trustee Can Affect the Success (or Failure) of Your Trust
- What Rights Does a Trust Beneficiary Have?
- Funding a Trust – What Assets Can Be Used?
- When Can a Trustee of a Trust Be Removed?
- Who Should Be the Trustee of My Testamentary Trust?
- What Happens to a Living Trust When One Spouse Dies?
- Can the Bank Call in Your Loan If You Transfer Your Home into a Trust?
- How Is Out of State Property Funded into a Trust?
- What to Do If You Were Appointed the Trustee of a Testamentary Trust
- Is a QTIP Trust Right for Your Estate Plan?
- What Is A QDOT Trust?
- Types of Special Needs Trusts Explained
- When Does a Trust End or Terminate?
- Do I Need to Change My Trust When I Buy or Sell Assets?
- How Long Does It Take to Set Up a Trust?
- Trust in the Quad Cities: What Is a Crummey Power?
- What Is a QDOT Trust?
- What Is a Charitable Remainder Trust?
- Can an Irrevocable Trust Ever Be Modified or Terminated?
- Contesting a Will or Trust in Illinois
- Living Trust in the Quad Cities Illinois: Appointing the Trustee
- Who Is the Trustee of My Living Trust?
- Protecting an Inheritance with a Special Needs Trust
- Why Should I Have a Living Trust in the Quad Cities?
- Should You Use a Corporate Trustee?
- Do You Need a Legacy Trust in the Illinois Quad Cities?
- Can a Trust Be Contested?
- First Party Special Needs Trust in Geneseo Illinois
- What Is an Irrevocable Life Insurance Trust?
- Category: Uncategorized
- Category: Wills
- Can Probate Attorneys Help Me Contest a Will?
- Estate Planning Attorneys Discuss Role of Executor
- Hidden Dangers in DIY Wills
- What Happens If You Die without a Will in Illinois
- 10 Common Executor Duties
- Steps Involved in Contesting a Will in Illinois
- You Need More than a Simple Will
- Tips for Planning a Will
- 10 Things You Need to Know about Wills and Trusts
- Can’t I Use Fill-in-the-Blank Wills and Trusts I Found Online?
- How to Choose a Guardian for Your Minor Child
- Contesting a Will Using Lack of Testamentary Capacity
- What Is a No-Contest Clause?
- Why You Need to Be Careful Writing on Your Last Will and Testament
- What Happens to My Inheritance If Someone Contests My Father’s Will?
- If You Own Property in a Foreign Country You May Need an International Will
- How Long Will It Take for Me to Receive Assets Left to Me in Someone’s Will ?
- What Is a Self-Proving Will?
- Questions to Ask Yourself about Your Chosen Executor
- Dying Intestate in the Quad Cities: How Is My Property Transferred?
- How Is Property Distributed Without a Will in Illinois?
- Can Your Law Firm Help Me Create a Will in the Quad Cities?
- What Is an Executor?
- Dying without a Last Will and Testament in Illinois
- Having Multiple Wills
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FAQ
- What is a Buy-Sell Agreement?
- When should I start transitioning ownership?
- Why is liquidity so important?
- What is management continuity?
- Why is incapacity planning important?
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- Why is business succession planning so important?
- What legal steps do I need to take if my mother/father was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease?
- How can an elder law attorney help if I suspect nursing home abuse?
- Do I need an elder law attorney to help me get guardianship over a parent?
- Can an elder law attorney help with Medicaid planning?
- Why might a family member or caregiver need an elder law attorney?
- What types of legal matters would an elder law attorney handle?
- What is elder law?
- Is a Living Trust a good idea for a LGBT person?
- Do unmarried couples have to plan more than married couples do?
- Are my estate planning documents a matter of public record?
- Is there a tax if I give some of my property to my spouse or partner?
- Will my spouse or partner be appointed guardian of my minor child?
- Can I make decisions about my spouse or partner’s remains?
- How can I be sure that I will be allowed to visit my spouse or partner in the hospital or assisted living facility?
- Can my spouse or partner make medical decisions for me if I’m sick?
- Can my spouse or partner handle my financial affairs if I am incapacitated?
- I’m married, why do I need to plan?
- Does marriage, domestic partnership or civil union provide all the benefits of marriage?
- What do I do about Social Security?
- How do I transfer the car(s) into my name?
- Can I pick and choose what assets go into the “B” trust?
- I thought that a living trust avoids probate and attorney fees. Why do I have to pay more fees?
- Does the Trust Administration process take a long time?
- What is Probate Court?
- Does the Probate process take a long time?
- What is Probate?
- How will my income tax return get filed?
- What happens if my son needs his tuition paid while I’m disabled?
- What happens if my investments need to be changed quickly due to market conditions or to reflect new circumstances and risk tolerance?
- How will my bills get paid?
- If I have no chance of recovery, will I be kept on life support?
- Who will decide medical treatment issues?
- Who will decide where I live?
- Is a Living Trust a good idea for a LGBT person?
- Do unmarried couples have to plan more than married couples do?
- Are my estate planning documents a matter of public record?
- Is there a tax if I give some of my property to my spouse or partner?
- Will my spouse or partner be appointed guardian of my minor child?
- Can I make decisions about my spouse or partner’s remains?
- How can I be sure that I will be allowed to visit my spouse or partner in the hospital or assisted living facility?
- Can my spouse or partner make medical decisions for me if I’m sick?
- Can my spouse or partner handle my financial affairs if I am incapacitated?
- I am in an unmarried relationship, do I need to plan?
- I am married, why do I need to plan?
- Does same-sex marriage, domestic partnership, or civil union provide all the benefits of marriage?
- What steps can I take to preserve my legacy?
- Can any attorney create a Family Wealth Trust?
- Is a Family Wealth Trust only for the rich?
- If I have a “bare bones” living trust should I go back to the attorney who drafted the trust?
- How do I know if I have a “bare bones” living trust?
- Is the Family Wealth Trust some kind of loophole the government will eventually close down?
- Can I transfer real estate into a Family Wealth Trust?
- Will a Family Wealth Trust avoid income taxes?
- If I set up a Family Wealth Trust, can I be my own trustee?
- Why should I have a Family Wealth Trust?
- The possibility of a disabling injury or illness scares me. What would happen if I were mentally disabled and had no estate plan or just a Will?
- How does a Family Wealth Trust differ from a Revocable Living Trust?
- What’s the difference between having a Will and a Living Trust?
- What is a Family Wealth Trust?
- If I don’t create an estate plan, won’t the government provide one for me?
- What is the difference between “traditional” estate planning and Legacy Wealth Planning?
- Why do I need an estate plan?
- What is “traditional” estate planning?
- What is Legacy Wealth Planning?
- Why would I need to include Medicaid planning in my estate plan?
- What is incapacity planning and do I need to include it in my estate plan?
- Do I need to worry about federal or state estate taxes?
- What is probate and why is it necessary?
- What is a living trust?
- Can’t I just use the “Do It Yourself” estate planning forms I found online?
- What are some things I need to think about before I get started on my estate plan?
- When should I start estate planning?
