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  • Category: Advanced Medical Directive
    • Why You Should Include Advanced Directives in Your Estate Plan
    • What Is a Living Will in the State of Illinois?
    • Go to an Attorney for Advanced Medical Directives
    • End of Life Care is Extremely Expensive
  • Category: Business
    • Do You Need Business Planning Services?
    • Do You Need to Include a Business Succession Plan in Your Estate?
  • Category: Charitable Gifting
    • Charitable Gifting in Your Estate Plan
    • Free Report: How To Include Charitable Gifting in Your Estate Plan
  • 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
    • What’s in Your Estate Plan?
    • Should You Divide Your Estate Equally among Your Children?
    • Free Report: What Should Be In Your Estate Plan
    • Free Report: Do You Need to Include A Business Succession Plain In Your Estate Plan
  • Category: Estate Planning
    • Preventing a Will Contest with Careful Estate Planning
    • Why Updating Your Estate Plan Is Important
    • The Importance of Updating Your Beneficiary Designations
    • Baby Boomers — Why It’s Time to Update Your Estate Plan
    • 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
    • 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
    • Why Do I Need an Estate Plan If I Have Very Few Assets?
    • What Is Required of a Trustee?
    • What Is the Best Way to Make Changes to My Living Trust?
  • Category: Estate Tax
    • Explaining Federal Gift and Estate Taxes
    • Do I Have to Pay Inheritance Taxes in Illinois?
    • Free Report: Will Your Estate By Subject To Illinois Federal Gift and Estate Tax
    • Will Your Estate Become A Subject to Federal Gift and Estate Tax
  • Category: Family Owned Business
    • The Benefits of a Family Limited Partnership in Illinois
    • Small Businesses Need Succession Plans
  • Category: Fduciary Roles
    • Free Report: Fiduciary Roles in Your Estate Plan in Illinois
  • 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
    • Free Report: The FMLA and Key EmployeesWhat Factors Affect the Distribution of an Illinois Inheritance
  • 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: LGBTQ Planning
    • SCOTUS Case May Change the Rules for LGBTQ Community
  • Category: Living Will
    • Do You Need a 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
    • Are All Assets Subject to 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
    • What Is Involved When I Probate a Will?
    • How Long Does the Illinois Probate Process Take?
    • Pitfalls of the Probate Process for the Beginner
    • Why Does Probate Take So Long?
    • Free Report: The Illinois Probate Process
  • Category: Revocable Living Trust
    • Free Report: Illinois Trust Agreements – Why You Should Consider One for Your Estate Plan
    • A Trustee’s Role
  • Category: Small Business
  • Category: Social Security
    • Can I Use a Power of Attorney for Social Security?
  • Category: Tax Law
    • Understanding Federal Gift and Estate Tax
    • The Estate Tax Issue Will Not Be Resolved
  • Category: Trust
    • Do I Need a Lawyer to Help Me Administer a Trust?
    • Can Life Insurance Be Paid to a 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
    • What Veterans Need to Know about Benefits
    • Is an Inherited IRA Taxable to the Beneficiary?
    • Mary Ann Brown Made Partner at Nash Nash Bean and Ford, LLP Law Firm
    • The Hidden Cost of Alzheimer’s Disease
  • 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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