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From the Death and Taxes Blog
- Increases in Surviving Spouse, Child Awards As I wrote about here, a surviving spouse award can help the survivor get some money from his or her ....
- New Professional Reponsibility Rules for Estate Planners In last month's Illinois Bar Journal, Katarinna McBride and Graham B. Schmidt discuss a couple of ....
- Who's The Boss? The Fiduciary-Beneficiary Relationship If you grew up in the 1980's like I did, you know that the question "Who's The Boss?" has a few ....
- What the heck is "bond in lieu of probate"? In Illinois, you can avoid a probate proceeding so long as the assets you owned in your own name at ....