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Need to create your own estate plan? Our Sangamon County will and trust attorneys are here to help. We focus in utilizing wills, irrevocable and revocable trusts, special needs trusts, and various other estate planning methods to help you reduce estate taxes. We also aid in creating buy-sell agreements and exit strategies for retirement from your Sangamon County business.
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In this article, our Sangamon County trust attorneys discuss revocable living trusts and how they can be used in your Sangamon County estate plan. Your estate plan can be created to ensure that your estate avoids probate proceedings in Sangamon County after you pass.
In this article, our Sangamon County trust attorneys explain what wills and trusts, like revocable living trusts, are and what they can do for your estate plan to avoid or eliminate estate taxes and ensure your estate avoids probate.
Wills and trusts are vital documents that are used to pass on assets while they can be utilized to name a guardian for minors. Revocable trusts, on the other hand, can help you avoid a costly probate case and outline the inheritance you will pass onto any children.
Read the full article by our Sangamon County will and trust attorneys explaining wills and trusts.
In this article, our Sangamon County will and trust attorneys discuss the use of estate plans to help reduce, minimize or eliminate estate taxes in Sangamon County estates. Your estate plan will ensure that you are covered in the event that anything happens, and we willfind you ways to save in estate taxes.