Kankakee Estate Planning Lawyer, Illinois


Includes: Gift Taxation

Glen Barmann

Litigation, Estate Planning, Estate, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  55 Years

Paula Marie Jacobi

Federal Appellate Practice, Estate Planning, Transactions, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  19 Years

Robert Bevan Labeau

Litigation, Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  45 Years

Robert Labeau

Litigation, Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Business
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  45 Years

David Jaffe

Land Use & Zoning, Estate Planning, Elder Law, Corporate
Status:  In Good Standing           

Jeffrey Alan Grotevant

Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Transactions, Collection
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  26 Years

Jeffrey Grotevant

Estate Planning, Civil Rights, Transactions, Collection
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  26 Years

Brian Decook

Business & Trade, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  32 Years

Emile Capriotti

Business & Trade, Civil Rights, Litigation, Estate Planning
Status:  In Good Standing           Licensed:  33 Years

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LEGAL TERMS

DISINHERIT

To deliberately prevent someone from inheriting something. This is usually done by a provision in a will stating that someone who would ordinarily inherit prope... (more...)
To deliberately prevent someone from inheriting something. This is usually done by a provision in a will stating that someone who would ordinarily inherit property -- a close family member, for example -- should not receive it. In most states, you cannot completely disinherit your spouse; a surviving spouse has the right to claim a portion (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's estate. With a few exceptions, however, you can expressly disinherit children.

TAKING AGAINST THE WILL

A procedure under state law that gives a surviving spouse the right to demand a certain share (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's property.... (more...)
A procedure under state law that gives a surviving spouse the right to demand a certain share (usually one-third to one-half) of the deceased spouse's property. The surviving spouse can take that share instead of accepting whatever he or she inherited through the deceased spouse's will. If the surviving spouse decides to take the statutory share, it's called 'taking against the will.' Dower and curtesy is another name for the same legal process.

INHERITANCE TAXES

Taxes some states impose on people or organizations who inherit property from a deceased person's estate. The taxes are based on the value of the inherited prop... (more...)
Taxes some states impose on people or organizations who inherit property from a deceased person's estate. The taxes are based on the value of the inherited property.

SPRINKLING TRUST

A trust that gives the person managing it (the trustee) the discretion to disburse its funds among the beneficiaries in any way he or she sees fit.

BENEFICIARY

A person or organization legally entitled to receive benefits through a legal device, such as a will, trust or life insurance policy.

DISTRIBUTEE

(1) Anyone who receives something. Usually, the term refers to someone who inherits a deceased person's property. If the deceased person dies without a will (ca... (more...)
(1) Anyone who receives something. Usually, the term refers to someone who inherits a deceased person's property. If the deceased person dies without a will (called intestate), state law determines what each distributee will receive. Also called a beneficiary.

TESTAMENTARY TRUST

A trust created by a will, effective only upon the death of the willmaker.

INTER VIVOS TRUST

The Latin name, favored by some lawyers, for a living trust. 'Inter vivos' is Latin for 'between the living.'

INVENTORY

A complete listing of all property owned by a deceased person at the time of death. The inventory is filed with the court during probate. The executor or admini... (more...)
A complete listing of all property owned by a deceased person at the time of death. The inventory is filed with the court during probate. The executor or administrator of the estate is responsible for making and filing the inventory.

SAMPLE LEGAL CASES

Dunn v. Patterson

... for them. The circuit court of Will County entered judgment on the pleadings, finding, as a matter of law, that provisions in certain estate planning documents prepared by defendant were contrary to public policy and void. The ...

Fitch v. McDermott, Will and Emery, LLP

... Around the same time, defendants Joseph Dietrich and John Dietrich (hereafter the Dietrichs), both certified public accountants, provided financial and accounting services for estate planning purposes to Victoria and her husband, plaintiff Thomas Fitch. ...

In re Estate of Henry

... Accordingly, the estate petitioned the court to allow the estate to execute estate planning documents for Henry which, it contended, were consistent with his known wishes and which would be "free from the taint of the undue influence and fraud which was assembled upon the ...