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Successor Trustee and Agent Changes

February 11, 2025      by: tlaw

Successor Trustee and Agent changes are a few critical changes to note in 2025 for your estate planning.

Nursing Home Primary Support Person

February 4, 2025      by: tlaw

Possible repeal of federal mandate to pursue families and estates for repayment of Medicaid

Medicaid Payback Rules Relief

August 4, 2024      by: tlaw

Possible repeal of federal mandate to pursue families and estates for repayment of Medicaid

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Digital Assets and Your Estate Plan

July 8, 2024      by: tlaw

Cybercrimes are projected to increase by 15% annually and rise to an annual cost of $10.5 trillion in 2025.

Cybercrime: 2024, how are you vulnerable?

May 18, 2024      by: tlaw

Cybercrimes are projected to increase by 15% annually and rise to an annual cost of $10.5 trillion in 2025.

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Estate Plan Valid if You Move?

September 17, 2023      by: tlaw

If you move your legal residence, must you change your estate plan?

Americans move an average of 12 times in their lifetimes and as frequently as once every five years. Does your estate plan move with you?

As with all legal issues, the answer to that question is unnecessarily complicated.

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Firearm Transfers Following Death or Disability

August 29, 2023      by: tlaw

Firearm ownership transfers upon disability or death are covered in the Illinois Trust Code. With the statute, firearm ownership upon disability is fraught with potential issues.

Staying Secure from Cybercrime in 2023

December 20, 2022      by: tlaw

Cybercrime activity targeting computers, computer networks, or a networked device inflicted over $6 billion in damage in 2022.

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Is a Gun Trust Necessary?

September 18, 2022      by: tlaw

Firearm ownership transfers upon disability or death are covered in the Illinois Trust Code. With the statute, firearm ownership upon disability is fraught with potential issues.