Establishing a court-appointed conservatorship allows individuals to name another person as the financial guardian of a third party, frequently the...

Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert said taking financial advantage of the elderly is a “huge” problem and “it’s growing...

Who will receive your assets if something happens to you? Your beneficiaries are the people you've said will receive your...

In Illinois, the executor of an estate is required to gather and inventory all the assets that were in the...

Your retirement savings are an important asset in your estate plan. Many Illinois employees do not have a retirement plan...

The Illinois Statutory Short Form Power of Attorney for Health Care, commonly called a Health Care POA,  allows you to...

As part of your estate planning, you may want to lower the value of your taxable estate assets to protect...

Governor Pritzker signed HB 1471, giving Illinois new trust laws as of January 1, 2020. The Illinois Trust Code (ITC)...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker launched a task force to study Illinois' efforts to prevent elder abuse and punish its perpetrators,...

The top reason to delaying end-of-life planning conversations with a parent was that it was too early because the loved...