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I am personally committed to ensuring that each one of our clients receives the highest level of client service from our team. Our mission is to provide excellent legal work in a cost-effective manner while maintaining open lines of communication between our clients and their attorneys. Many of our clients are going through difficult times in their lives when they reach out to us. They should feel comfortable leaning on the experience and knowledge of our attorneys as their counselors and advocates. We are here to help!
In this article, our Wheaton estate planning attorneys discuss some of the most common things that our clients try to accomplish with their estate plans, including:
Our Wheaton estate planning lawyers go into detail regarding common considerations that surround each of these estate planning goals and the tools that we use to accomplish them such as revocable living trusts, wills, powers of attorney, living wills, grantor retained annuity trusts, special needs trusts, irrevocable life insurance trusts, and life estate deeds.
Read the article by our Wheaton estate planning attorneys about the 8 Goals of a Good Estate Plan
In this article, our Wheaton estate planning attorneys discuss appointing fiduciaries and arranging for the distribution of your assets after you pass.
One purpose of an estate plan is to select people you trust to be executors or trustees to manage your estate once you pass and guardians of your person and of your estate to manage your healthcare and your finances if you become mentally incompetent. Often the most important part of an estate plan is to name guardians for your minor children to act in the event that you are no longer able to care for them.
Our Wheaton estate planning attorneys discuss revocable living trusts and how they are used to avoid probate, which can be time-consuming and costly, in the following companion article.
Probate is required in Illinois when you pass away while owning any real estate or non-real estate assets of at least $100,000.00 outside of a trust. Probate also may take a year or more which causes your loved ones to wait to receive your assets. Avoiding probate will save your loved ones time and money. The costs of probate can be between 5% and 10% of the estate value in court and attorneys fees. This is why trusts act as the primary vehicle of your estate plan if you own your home. We will ensure that your avoids probate and your estate will pass immediately to your loved ones without the need to hire an attorney or deal with a court case.
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