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The most common complaint that clients have of their attorneys is that the attorney is unreachable, does not communicate with them regularly, or does not promptly return your calls. Your attorney should reach out to you about your case regularly and respond within 24 hours to calls and e-mails. An open line of communication between you and your attorney is essential to building trust.
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Your attorney’s goal should not be to win at all costs. Rather, it should be to achieve a favorable outcome for you as efficiently as possible. It is important that your attorney set realistic expectations at the outset as to the costs you should expect, the concerns that the attorney has about the outcome of your case, and the length of time that you should expect your case to take.
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In this article, our Bolingbrook estate attorneys explain no-contest clauses in wills and trusts. A no contest clause is language in a will or a trust that provides that if a beneficiary of the will or trust challenges its validity, the beneficiary will forfeit some or all of the benefits he or she would have otherwise received under the terms of the will or trust. No-contest clauses, while generally enforceable, are not a bar to probate litigation, and are only effective to the extent that the benefit that the beneficiary is expecting under the document in question is significant enough to deter a challenge.
In this article, our Bolingbrook probate lawyers explain how probate claims work. A probate claim is an assertion that the claimant is owed money by the deceased individual's estate. We explain the notice that the estate's executor or administrator is required to give to known and unknown creditors, the process for creditors filing cliams with the executor and/or the probate court, and what happens if the executor or administrator decides to dispute the claim.
In this article, our Bolingbrook estate administration attorneys explain the probate process. We explain how to file a petition to open a probate estate, the issuance of letters of office to the executor or administrator of the estate, notice to heirs and creditors, the probate claim filing period, and the executor's creation of an inventory and final report.