Edwardsville Illinois Attorneys > Our Blog > Uncategorized > ILLINOIS WILL AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND TRUST SETTLEMENT, EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY, A RESIDENT OF COLORADO HIRED US TO REPRESENT HER IN REGARD TO A TRUST CASE IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS. THE CLIENT’S FATHER PASSED AWAY HAVING A TRUST IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS AND INSTEAD OF LEAVING EVERYTHING TO HIS ONLY CHILD, HE GAVE HER AN INCOME INTEREST OF $500.00 PER MONTH DURING HER LIFETIME AND UPON HER DEATH, ANY ACCRUED BUT UNDISTRIBUTED INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, WAS TO BE RECEIVED BY OUR CLIENT’S TWO (2) CHILDREN. OUR CLIENT’S FATHER APPOINTED A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS AS THE TRUSTEE. SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF OUR CLIENT’S FATHER, THE TRUSTEE, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TRUST, PAID HIMSELF A LUMP SUM $50,000.00 FEE. AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THE TRUSTEE WAS A LIFE INSURANCE SALES MAN, HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO SELL LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES TO THE TRUST AND/OR THE BENEFICIARIES IN ORDER TO EXTRACT MORE MONEY FROM THE TRUST. ONCE WE WERE HIRED, WE FILED SUIT IN PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SOON AFTER THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED, WE TOOK THE DISCOVERY DEPOSITION OF THE ROGUE TRUSTEE. AFTER THAT, ONCE WE HAD HIM PINNED DOWN, WE SETTLED THE CASE. OUR CLIENT HAD THE COOPERATION OF HER TWO (2) ADULT CHILDREN. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE WAS THAT THE TRUST WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE DISSOLVED WITH THE ENTIRETY OF THE ACCRUED BUT UNDISTRIBUTED INCOME, AND PRINCIPAL, BEING IMMEDIATELY PAID TO OUR CLIENT. OUT CLIENT THEN MADE GIFTS TO HER TWO (2) CHILDREN, AND THEN UPDATED HER ESTATE PLAN SO THAT HER TWO (2) CHILDREN WOULD RECEIVE HER ESTATE, WHICH THEN INCLUDED THE RECOVERY OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, UPON HER DEATH. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, VIENNA, CYPRESS AND GOREVILLE, POPE COUNTY, GOLCONDA, EDDYVILLE AND DIXON SPRINGS, HARDIN COUNTY, ROSICLARE, CAVE-IN-ROCK AND ELIZABETHTOWN, ILLINOIS.
ILLINOIS WILL AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND TRUST SETTLEMENT, EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY, A RESIDENT OF COLORADO HIRED US TO REPRESENT HER IN REGARD TO A TRUST CASE IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS. THE CLIENT’S FATHER PASSED AWAY HAVING A TRUST IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS AND INSTEAD OF LEAVING EVERYTHING TO HIS ONLY CHILD, HE GAVE HER AN INCOME INTEREST OF $500.00 PER MONTH DURING HER LIFETIME AND UPON HER DEATH, ANY ACCRUED BUT UNDISTRIBUTED INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, WAS TO BE RECEIVED BY OUR CLIENT’S TWO (2) CHILDREN. OUR CLIENT’S FATHER APPOINTED A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS AS THE TRUSTEE. SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF OUR CLIENT’S FATHER, THE TRUSTEE, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TRUST, PAID HIMSELF A LUMP SUM $50,000.00 FEE. AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THE TRUSTEE WAS A LIFE INSURANCE SALES MAN, HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO SELL LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES TO THE TRUST AND/OR THE BENEFICIARIES IN ORDER TO EXTRACT MORE MONEY FROM THE TRUST. ONCE WE WERE HIRED, WE FILED SUIT IN PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SOON AFTER THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED, WE TOOK THE DISCOVERY DEPOSITION OF THE ROGUE TRUSTEE. AFTER THAT, ONCE WE HAD HIM PINNED DOWN, WE SETTLED THE CASE. OUR CLIENT HAD THE COOPERATION OF HER TWO (2) ADULT CHILDREN. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE WAS THAT THE TRUST WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE DISSOLVED WITH THE ENTIRETY OF THE ACCRUED BUT UNDISTRIBUTED INCOME, AND PRINCIPAL, BEING IMMEDIATELY PAID TO OUR CLIENT. OUT CLIENT THEN MADE GIFTS TO HER TWO (2) CHILDREN, AND THEN UPDATED HER ESTATE PLAN SO THAT HER TWO (2) CHILDREN WOULD RECEIVE HER ESTATE, WHICH THEN INCLUDED THE RECOVERY OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, UPON HER DEATH. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, VIENNA, CYPRESS AND GOREVILLE, POPE COUNTY, GOLCONDA, EDDYVILLE AND DIXON SPRINGS, HARDIN COUNTY, ROSICLARE, CAVE-IN-ROCK AND ELIZABETHTOWN, ILLINOIS.
Blake Law Group
December 31, 2021
ILLINOIS WILL AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND TRUST SETTLEMENT, EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY, A RESIDENT OF COLORADO HIRED US TO REPRESENT HER IN REGARD TO A TRUST CASE IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS. THE CLIENT’S FATHER PASSED AWAY HAVING A TRUST IN EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS AND INSTEAD OF LEAVING EVERYTHING TO HIS ONLY CHILD, HE GAVE HER AN INCOME INTEREST OF $500.00 PER MONTH DURING HER LIFETIME AND UPON HER DEATH, ANY ACCRUED BUT UNDISTRIBUTED INTEREST AND PRINCIPAL, WAS TO BE RECEIVED BY OUR CLIENT’S TWO (2) CHILDREN. OUR CLIENT’S FATHER APPOINTED A LOCAL BUSINESSMAN IN DU QUOIN, ILLINOIS AS THE TRUSTEE. SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF OUR CLIENT’S FATHER, THE TRUSTEE, WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OR CONSENT OF THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TRUST, PAID HIMSELF A LUMP SUM $50,000.00 FEE. AFTER THAT, BECAUSE THE TRUSTEE WAS A LIFE INSURANCE SALES MAN, HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO SELL LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES TO THE TRUST AND/OR THE BENEFICIARIES IN ORDER TO EXTRACT MORE MONEY FROM THE TRUST. ONCE WE WERE HIRED, WE FILED SUIT IN PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SOON AFTER THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED, WE TOOK THE DISCOVERY DEPOSITION OF THE ROGUE TRUSTEE. AFTER THAT, ONCE WE HAD HIM PINNED DOWN, WE SETTLED THE CASE. OUR CLIENT HAD THE COOPERATION OF HER TWO (2) ADULT CHILDREN. THE SETTLEMENT OF THE CASE WAS THAT THE TRUST WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE DISSOLVED WITH THE ENTIRETY OF THE ACCRUED BUT UNDISTRIBUTED INCOME, AND PRINCIPAL, BEING IMMEDIATELY PAID TO OUR CLIENT. OUT CLIENT THEN MADE GIFTS TO HER TWO (2) CHILDREN, AND THEN UPDATED HER ESTATE PLAN SO THAT HER TWO (2) CHILDREN WOULD RECEIVE HER ESTATE, WHICH THEN INCLUDED THE RECOVERY OF MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, UPON HER DEATH. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY, VIENNA, CYPRESS AND GOREVILLE, POPE COUNTY, GOLCONDA, EDDYVILLE AND DIXON SPRINGS, HARDIN COUNTY, ROSICLARE, CAVE-IN-ROCK AND ELIZABETHTOWN, ILLINOIS.
WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO COMPLICATED WILL AND TRUST ISSUES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS. WE ARE FREQUENTLY CONTACTED BY OUT-OF-STATE CLIENTS FOR REPRESENTATION.
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