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In this article, our Cook County estate planning attorneys outline the 8 goals of a good estate plan.
Four general goals that apply in most cases:
1. Appointment of fiduciaries and Distribution of Assets When You Pass;
2. Avoiding probate when you pass;
3. Guardianship avoidance upon mental incompetence;
4. End of Life Decision-Making;
Our Cook County estate planning attorneys also discuss four goals that only apply in special circumstances. They include Estate Tax Planning, Special Needs Planning, Creditor Protection and Medicaid Planning.
In these two companion articles, our Cook County estate planning attorneys discuss how to use an estate plan to appoint fiduciaries and arrange for the distribution of assets. Your estate plan should appoint executors or trustees to administer your estate after you pass and financial and healthcare agents to make the necessary decisions for you should you become mentally incompetent. Our article on the distribution of assets explains what will happen to your assets if you pass away with or without a will or trust.
In this article, our Cook County estate planning attorneys explain how revocable living trusts can be used to avoid costly and time consuming probate estates when you pass. Probate is a court case that is required in Illinois when you pass away owning any real estate outside of a trust or more than $100,000.00 outside of a trust. It is preferable to avoid probate, because probate can cost between 5% and 10% of the value of the estate in attorneys fees and court costs, because assets passing through a probate estate can take a year or more to reach your loved ones, and because probate cases are stressful for everyone involved. Fortunately, by using a revocable living trust as the primary vehicle of your estate plan, our Cook County estate planning attorneys can ensure that probate will not be necessary when you pass, and that, instead, your estate will pass immediately to your loved ones without the need to hire an attorney or appear in court.
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