$450,000.00 + BENEFIT TO ESTATE OF DECEDENT, PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO DECADES AGO UPHELD, STEPMOTHER OF CLIENT BARRED FROM RECOVERY AGAINST DECEASED HUSBAND’S ESTATE AS A RESULT OF PRENUPTIAL AGREEMENT BEING UPHELD, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, MADISON COUNTY, METRO EAST, ILLINOIS COMBINED FAMILY LAW AND ESTATE LAW EXCEPTIONAL RESULT FOR CLIENT, AVVO 10.0 RATING, LEADING LAWYER, MILLION DOLLAR ADVOCATES FORUM, BEST ATTORNEYS OF AMERICA, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LEGAL ADVOCATES TOP 100 FAMILY LAWYERS IN ILLINOIS, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS, MARTINDALE HUBBELL AV PREEMINENT RATED, SUPER LAWYERS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM SANGAMON COUNTY, LELAND GROVE, SPRINGFIELD AND VIRDEN, DOUGLAS COUNTY, TUSCOLA, NEWMAN AND VILLA GROVE, EDGAR COUNTY, CHRISMAN, PARIS AND KANSAS, ILLINOIS.
We represented a client where a prenuptial agreement entered into many years before the decedent’s death was being challenged by the decedent’s surviving spouse. If the surviving spouse had prevailed, she could have had the right to a substantial recovery against her deceased husband’s estate, even though she freely entered into a prenuptial agreement decades before. We researched the matter thoroughly and determined that we had a good case, and we filed exceptional pleadings and made a compelling argument to the Court and the Court ruled in our favor. We have decades of experience obtaining exceptional results for clients in regard to wide variety of legal matters including, but not limited to, family law, divorce, prenuptial agreements, estate law and defending claims against estates.
- CLINTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS WILL CONTEST ATTORNEY, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE LITIGATION LAWYER, AN ELDERLY MOTHER CHANGED HER ESTATE PLAN IN REGARD TO FARM PROPERTY WORTH IN EXCESS OF $2,000,000, INSTEAD OF HER ESTATE BEING RECEIVED BY HER CHILDREN OF EQUAL SHARES UPON HER DEATH, CERTAIN CHILDREN THAT WERE FARMING THE FARMLAND WERE BASICALLY GIVEN A LIFE ESTATE THAT WOULD TERMINATE UPON THEIR DEATHS, SUCH THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE AS THE TENANT FARMERS, AT A BARGAIN PRICE, TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHER SIBLINGS THAT WERE THEN DEPRIVED OF RECEIVING THEIR RIGHTFUL INHERITANCE UPON THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER. INSTEAD OF THE OTHER SIBLINGS RECEIVING THEIR INHERITANCE UPON THE DEATH OF THEIR MOTHER, UPON THE TERMINATION OF THE LIFE ESTATES FOR THE CHILDREN CONTINUING WITH FARMING THE PROPERTY, THERE WAS THEN A PROVISION THAT THERE WOULD BE A DISTRIBUTION TO THE GRANDCHILDREN OF THE DECEDENT, WHICH MAY NOT OCCUR FOR DECADES. FURTHER, DEPENDING ON ANY CHANGES IN THE TAX LAW, THE ESTATE PLAN RAISED ISSUES IN REGARD TO THE GENERATION-SKIPPING EXEMPTION TAX. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM SALINE COUNTY, ELDORADO, HARRISBURG, GALATIA, ILLINOIS.
- HOW TO FIND “THE BEST DIVORCE LAWYER” NEAR ME, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, METRO EAST LAW FIRM WITH DECADES OF EXPERIENCE HANDLING DIVORCE MATTERS, AVVO 10.0 RATING, LEADING LAWYER, MILLION DOLLAR ADVOCATES FORUM, BEST ATTORNEYS OF AMERICA, AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LEGAL ADVOCATES TOP 100 FAMILY LAWYERS IN ILLINOIS, NATIONAL ACADEMY OF FAMILY LAW ATTORNEYS, MARTINDALE HUBBELL AV PREEMINENT RATED, SUPER LAWYERS. CLIENTS SHOULD MEET WITH PROSPECTIVE ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS THAT THEY MAY WISH TO CONSIDER FOR REPRESENTATION. THEY SHOULD INTERVIEW AS MANY ATTORNEYS AS THEY WISH. THEY MAY ALSO WITH TO CONFER WITH FRIENDS OR NEIGHBORS OR TRUSTED ADVISORS. THEY CAN ATTEMPT TO FIND OUT AS MUCH AS THEY CAN THROUGH OTHER SOURCES, INCLUDING THE INTERNET. THEY MAY WISH TO CONTACT LOCAL BAR ASSOCIATIONS. THERE MAY BE LISTINGS IN PHONE BOOKS. THE CHOICE OF AN ATTORNEY IS IMPORTANT AND CLIENTS SHOULD REVIEW AS MANY RESOURCES AS POSSIBLE AND KEEP IN MIND THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPETENT ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS AND THE PURSUIT OF THE BEST MAY BE SUBJECTIVE, IF NOT DIFFICULT TO DEFINE SINCE EACH CLIENT IS DIFFERENT AND EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JASPER COUNTY, NEWTON, WHEELER AND WILLOW HILL, CRAWFORD COUNTY, ROBINSON, OBLONG AND PALESTINE, LAWRENCE COUNTY, LAWRENCEVILLE, SUMNER AND BRIDGEPORT.
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