Skilled Illinois Attorneys for Review and Revision of Your Estate Plans
Setting up a solid, comprehensive estate plan is one of the most important things you can do to protect your family's interests. Having those plans reviewed by a knowledgeable lawyer in light of changes in the law and your life can be equally critical. This helps ensure that your wishes will be carried out, and it also guards against unnecessary conflict and expense for your survivors.
Have Your Financial or Family Circumstances Changed? Have Relevant Laws?
Our lawyers develop, customize and amend estate plans for people across the spectrum of life in the Chicago metro. When we meet with clients at various stages of their lives, we often identify and effectively address estate planning problems such as the need to:
- Amend a will, trust or other documents to reflect inconsistency with our client's current financial status and asset distribution goals — such as a desire to leave money or property to grandchildren as well as a surviving spouse or children
- Draft and establish a trust in order to accomplish goals, including avoiding probate and excessive estate taxation
- Change unclear or insufficient language in a will, trust or other documents that could create ambiguity and generate a costly, time-consuming probate case after death
- Enhance an estate plan to plan for incapacity rather than only for distribution and management of assets upon death — including appointment of guardians for people with minor children and making client wishes clear through current powers of attorney and a living will
- Transfer valuable assets into an existing trust or take other essential actions to ensure and maximize the benefit of an otherwise sound estate plan
Cook County Distribution-of-Assets Attorneys With Decades of Experience
Patrick J. Molohon and Douglas A. James are proven Palatine estate planning problems attorneys who apply deep backgrounds in finance and business to address our clients' needs effectively. We are sensitive to how market fluctuations could prompt a need to revisit your estate plan, what steps to take if you have remarried, and many other scenarios.
For a prompt, free consultation to discuss your estate planning concerns and potential problems, please call 888-674-1211 or contact us by e-mail today. We emphasize personal attention to each client, efficiency and diligent follow-through across all our legal practice areas.
