$150,000(CONFIDENTIAL) ESTATE – FAIRFIELD (WAYNE COUNTY) ILLINOIS. As Belleville, Metro East, St. Clair County, Illinois trust and probate lawyers, we were involved in a (Confidential) estate in Wayne County, Illinois. In that case, the decedent passed away a resident of the State of Florida and owned farmland and mineral interests in Wayne County, Illinois. There were issues in regard to ownership and successors in regard to the farmland and mineral interests. There was a successful estate administration and net assets involved in that proceeding in the Second Judicial Circuit Court, Fairfield, Illinois were distributed pursuant to the Order of the Court.
$3,000,000(CONFIDENTIAL) TRUST ADMINISTRATION AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION – BELLEVILLE (ST. CLAIR COUNTY) ILLINOIS. As Metro East, Central Illinois and Southern Illinois Will/Trust Administration Attorneys, we were involved in the administration of the (Confidential) trust and estate in St. Clair County, Illinois. We represented our client’s father in regard to a trust administration and estate administration. We then represented our client’s mother in regard to her trust administration and estate administration. There was farmland worth in excess of $3,000,000.00 that was distributed to our client and his siblings in the trust and estate proceedings that occurred in the Twentieth Judicial Circuit Court, Belleville, Illinois proceeding.
$1,000,000(CONFIDENTIAL) TRUST AND ESTATE – GRANITE CITY (MADISON COUNTY) ILLINOIS. As Belleville, Metro East, St. Clair County, Illinois Will and Trust Contest Attorneys, we were involved in the (Confidential) estate and trust proceedings in Edwardsville, Illinois. In these matters there were issues involved in regard to a decedent’s estate and trust and savings bonds, real estate and other assets transferred prior to the date of death of the decedent. Collinsville, Madison County, Illinois will and trust counsel was involved in these cases. There was in excess of $1,000,000.00 in controversy in regard to this proceeding in the Third Judicial Circuit Court of the State of Illinois and a resolution was reached.
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- FAMILY LAW AND ORDER OF PROTECTION LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE GODFREY, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PIATT COUNTY, MONTICELLO, BEMENT AND CERRO GORDO, MENARD COUNTY, ATHENS, PETERSBURG AND GREENVIEW, ADAMS COUNTY, QUINCY AND CAMP POINT, ILLINOIS.
- BREESE, ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE LAWYERS, CLINTON COUNTY We have decades of experience representing clients in regard to bad house cases, including failure to disclose issues with water, seepage and mold and failure to disclose, attempting to induce buyers to purchase. We also have achieved successful results for years in regard to boundary line disputes, in regard to farms including relating to adverse possession, prescriptive easements, and trespass. Sometimes these disputes have to do with neighbors, sometimes adjoining farms, and sometimes there are issues between family members, such as brothers and sisters, in regard to how to divide farmland. We are often contacted to prepare real estate contracts and closing documents, so that clients can save on real estate commissions. We also provide experienced representation in regard to contract for deed arrangements whereby real estate may be sold over a period of years without a financial institution being involved.
- SETTING ASIDE JOINT TENANCIES, OBJECTING TO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS, CHALLENGES TO BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS REGARDING LIFE INSURANCE, ASSETS SYPHONED OFF FROM THE ESTATE, TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AN ELDERLY OR VULNERABLE PERSON, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM INVOLVED IN ISSUES CONCERNING EXPLOITATION OF THE ELDERLY, ELDER ABUSE, CIVIL AND CRIMINAL ACTIONS RELATING TO THE ELDERLY, WILL DISPUTES, TRUST CONTEST, ESTATE CLAIMS AND LITIGATION, A FREQUENT FACT PATTERN CAN BE THE FOLLOWING. AN ELDERLY PERSON MAKE WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE THEIR LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OR TRUST EITHER ATTEMPTING TO AVOID PROBATE OR AN IRREVOCABLE TRUST SOMETIMES TO TREAT MULTIPLE CHILDREN IN THE SAME MANNER, THAT IS, IN REGARD TO ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS EACH CHILD RECEIVES AN IDENTICAL SHARE. HOWEVER, SOMETIMES AFTER ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS ARE IN PLACE, THEN JOINT TENANCIES ARE ESTABLISHED, OR BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS ARE MADE OR CHANGED, WITH THE RESULT BEING THAT CERTAIN ASSETS BYPASS THE ESTATE PLAN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED AND CERTAIN ASSETS MAY FLOW IN DISPORPORTIONATE PORTIONS TO CERTAIN CHILDREN OR BENEFICIARIES, BUT NOT OTHERS. SOMETIMES THE RESULT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE ELDERLY PERSON INTENDED. SOMETIMES THE RESULT IS NOT EXACTLY WHAT THE ELDERLY PERSON INTENDED. SOMETIMES THERE ARE CLAIMS OR DURESS, UNDUE INFLUENCE, LACK OF MENTAL CAPACITY OR TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY WITH THE CLAIM BEING BUT FOR WRONGFULLY CONDUCT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE IN THE ESTATE FOR PURPOSES OF DISTRIBUTION PURSUANT TO THE ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS OF THE DECEDENT. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM MOULTRIE COUNTY, SULLIVAN, LOVINGTON AND BETHANY, CALHOUN COUNTY, BRUSSELS, HAMBURG AND HARDIN, GREENE COUNTY, CARROLLTON, WHITE HALL AND GREENFIELD, ILLINOIS.
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