Planning for the needs of your adult disabled child after you can no longer care for them has unique requirements....

While age 18 is the legal age of adulthood in most states including Illinois, many children remain dependents until they...

Illinois has laws that govern how what they must contain to be legal under Illinois state law. Anyone who has...

Proper estate planning can minimize the amount of state and federal taxes that a beneficiary will have to pay after...

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...

Creating a trust to distribute your assets has many benefits, mainly the flexibility to control how your assets will be...

Illinois residents are championing a tax overhaul in the 2020 November elections. Opponents of the state's current tax structure say...

The July 3, 2019, issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance 12 Smart Places to Retire named Evanston, Illinois, as the 6th...

After someone dies, anyone who thinks they are owed money or property by the deceased can file a claim against...