Estate Planning For Digital Assets
A surprising amount of modern life takes place online. Having a combination of multiple email accounts, cloud storage accounts with photos and videos, social media accounts, banking, web domains, and payment apps like Venmo or [...]
Reopening A Closed Probate Estate In Illinois
Probate is the legal process by which a person’s estate is administered and distributed upon their death. The purpose of the probate process is to distribute the decedent’s property and to make sure all debts [...]
Heirs Vs. Legatees Vs. Beneficiaries: Understanding the Differences in Illinois Estate Planning and Probate
Estate planning is one of the most important steps you can take to protect and provide for your family in the future. This process involves making arrangements during your life for what will happen to [...]
Power of Attorney for Property Vs. Power of Attorney for Health Care
While it is not always pleasant or easy to think about, the reality is that no one is immune from suffering an unexpected illness or serious accident. Planning ahead now can help ensure that you [...]
What Types of Advance Directives Are Used In Illinois?
While it is not always the most pleasant thing to think about, estate planning is one of the most important things you can do to provide for your family in the future — and that [...]
Planning Ahead for 2021: How a Family Attorney Can Help
2020 has been an unpredictable and unorthodox year — and with 2021 just around the corner, now is the time to plan ahead for whatever the new year might have in store. The year behind [...]
What Are Trusts, and How Do They Work? A Guide for Illinois Residents
As you start to think about the future and make plans to protect yourself and your loved ones, one concept that you might see come up again and again is the trust. Trusts are an [...]
How to Start Talking About Estate Planning With Your Family
Estate planning is one of the most important steps you can take to help protect your family’s future — but it’s also an incredibly difficult thing to talk about, for many people. After all, talking [...]
Do All Assets Need to Go Through Probate in Illinois?
Losing a loved one is a difficult and emotional time. This tough transition can be made even harder when you need to navigate through a complex and time-consuming court process. In Illinois, the legal process for [...]
Coronavirus and Your Estate Plan: Do You Have Powers of Attorney In Place?
The spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, has been a time of adjustment for many here in Chicago and around the country. As we all adapt to working remotely, homeschooling children, picking up new technology, [...]
When Should I Start Thinking About Estate Planning?
What do you think of when you hear the phrase estate planning? There’s a common conception that estate planning is only needed by the rich or the elderly, and not something that most people need [...]