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Probate by the Numbers

Estate Planning, ProbateBy Kevin DrendelOctober 12, 2020Leave a comment

Anyone who is thinking about estate planning thinks (or should be thinking) about probate. Probate is the term that generally describes the administration of an estate of a deceased person. Probate is also the process for administrating the estate of a deceased person that is established in the State Probate Act.  That process is handled…

How to Handle Gifts or Loans to Children in a Will or Trust

Estate Planning, Last Will & Testament, TrustsBy Kevin DrendelJune 12, 20201 Comment

Most people help their children when their children need help, even when they are adults. Sometimes that means making “loans” to them. You should think about how to handle gifts or loans to children in a Will or Trust. Your family will thank you for it! Imagine that your son’s car breaks down, and he…

The Difference Between Irrevocable Trusts and Revocable Trusts

Estate Planning, TrustsBy Kevin DrendelMay 26, 2020Leave a comment

Trusts are very robust and handy estate planning tools. If you are not familiar with trusts, perhaps you should read some articles that explain what trusts are (See Trusts Compared to Corporations; The Benefits of Living Trusts; and Avoiding Probate is a Matter of Trust) Even if you are familiar with trusts, the difference between…

The New Illinois Trust Code – Accounting

Estate Planning, Living TrustBy Kevin DrendelFebruary 6, 2020Leave a comment

Some significant changes affecting trusts have come to Illinois with the New Year. Effective January 1, 2020, the Illinois Trust Code replaced the Illinois Trusts and Trustees Act. One of the biggest areas of change involves the duty of a trustee to provide an accounting. One of the hallmarks of the fiduciary duty that applies…

The Dangerous Rocks under the Waters of Joint Bank Accounts

Estate PlanningBy Kevin DrendelJune 19, 20192 Comments

I’ve seen it time and time again. A client comes in who has added a son, or a daughter, or a grandchild, or a niece or nephew, or someone else to the client’s bank account… or that is the client’s plan. It seems like a good idea. It gives another person access to the bank…

Getting the Pieces of Your Estate Planning in Place

Estate PlanningBy Kevin DrendelApril 17, 20191 Comment

Fear of Estate Planning, as in doing a Will or Trust (or both) is a common malady. Everyone knows they should do something, but few people know exactly what that something is they should be doing. Fear of the unknown often keeps people from doing what they know they should do. That “something” we should…

Holiday Humbug? Bah…Death is an Old, Old Story

Estate Planning, Trusts, WillsBy Kevin DrendelDecember 20, 2018Leave a comment

If you are getting together with your family members this holiday season it may not seem like a great time to talk about dying, but actually it is! Hollywood has combined death and holidays for years. Well, truth be told, Dickens started it. A Christmas Carol is a look at the world without Scrooge, and…

New Law Protects Visitation Rights for Elderly Adults

Family Law, Guardianship, VisitationBy Kevin DrendelDecember 11, 20183 Comments

A new law takes effect on January 1, 2019, in Illinois, protecting visitation rights for the family members of elderly adults. Before this new law takes effect, guardians have effectively had the unilateral authority over visitation privileges and could prohibit, without recourse, family members and others from visiting with their elderly loved ones in another…

Recent Amendments to the Illinois Power of Attorney Act

Legal Update, Powers of AttorneyBy Kevin DrendelDecember 6, 2018Leave a comment

The Illinois Power of Attorney Act was recently amended. The Act requires an agent to maintain an accounting of everything the agent does with the assets and the funds over which the agent has control, and the new amendment puts some teeth in that requirement. In a previous blog piece, A Word of Warning About…

Think About Long-Term Care Insurance

Elder Care, Estate PlanningBy Kevin DrendelOctober 8, 2018Leave a comment

In 2003, experts estimate that an estimated 37 million individuals will need some form of long-term care by 2050.[1] According to the AARP, approximately 65% of seniors will need some form of long-term care during their lives;[2] of those, 35% will enter a nursing home at some point.[3] Whether it is home health agencies, nursing homes, assisted…

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