In this article, our Rock Island County trust attorneys explain how the use of a trust can ensure that your estate avoids probate when you pass. Probate can be avoided by utilizing a revocable living trust and transferring your real estate and savings accounts into it during your lifetime. Other methods to use to avoid probate include: 

1. Deed any real estate owned by the client into the trust
2. Transfer any savings accounts that are not qualified retirement
   accounts into the trust
   
3. Ensure that proper beneficiaries and successor beneficiaries are
   named on qualified retirement accounts and life insurance policies
   

​Read the full article by our Rock Island County trust lawyers explaining why revocable living trusts are crucial in avoiding probate in Rock Island County. 

Our Rock Island County trust attorneys explain what wills and trusts are and what they can do for your estate plan. Wills and trusts in Rock Island County are important documents that are used to pass on assets at the time of your
passing.

Rock Island County wills can be used to name a guardian for minors, while trusts like revocable living trusts can help you avoid a costly probate case and outline the inheritance you will pass onto any children.

Read the full article by our Rock Island County will and trust attorneys explaining wills and trusts. ​

In this article, our Rock Island County trust attorneys explain how we use trusts to help our clients minimize estate tax.

AB trusts allow married couples to use each other's estate tax exemptions. Our Rock Island County trust lawyers use Irrevocable Life Insurance Trusts to remove the death benefit of your life insurance policies from your taxable estate. Grantor retained annuity trusts, granted retained income trusts and grantor retained unitrusts allow assets to accumulate in value without the value being included in the taxable estate.

Read the full article by our Estate administration attorneys about how to use trusts to reduce and minimize estate tax.