ESTATE PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION
Planning today. Protecting tomorrow.
A thorough estate plan ensures that you and your loved ones are protected at their most vulnerable times – both during incapacity and at death. In addition to preparing wills, living trusts, powers of attorney for health care and property, and various irrevocable life insurance and gifting trusts, our estate planning attorneys can assist with succession plans for family-owned businesses, guidance for estate and gift tax scenarios, and probate protection. After the planning process is complete, our attorneys represent and guide our clients in the ongoing management of trusts and probate estates. As our population ages, matters of elder law, Medicaid benefit planning, and counsel for Alzheimer’s caregivers affect many of our clients, and we are experienced in all facets of these issues. Our Estate Planning attorneys also regularly advise and assist clients with estate planning, guardianship, and managing financial and medical concerns for children and adults with special needs.
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- Business Succession Planning
- Contested Estates and Trusts
- Elder Law
- Estate and Trust Administration
- Estate Planning
- Federal Estate and Gift Taxation
- Federal and Illinois Estate Tax Returns
- Federal Gift Tax Returns
- 706 Estate Tax Returns
- 709 Gift Tax Returns
- 1041 Trust Tax Returns
- Grantor Retained Annuity Trusts
- Guardianship
- Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts
- Irrevocable Trusts
- Powers of Attorney
- Probate
- Revocable Trusts
- Special Needs Trusts
- Wills
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Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg, affectionately known as “Ryno,” is forever remembered for his legendary “Sandberg Game.” Sadly, his death last July has since triggered a bitter family dispute, with his children now suing his widow, Margaret Sandberg, over alleged violations of his trust.
Major life events, shifts in financial status, and changes in the applicable law can all affect your estate plan, and those changes may require you to make some edits to your documents. So, this spring, dust off your estate plan and consider the following 8 circumstances that signal an update is needed.
In this video, Lavelle Law attorney Nataly Kaiser provides crucial legal tips if you are named as agent under a Power of Attorney for Property. Know the law before you act!
