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ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE LITCHFIELD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WARREN COUNTY, MONMOUTH, ROSEVILLE AND KIRKWOOD, PEORIA COUNTY, PEORIA, PEORIA HEIGHTS AND CHILLICOTHE, WOODFORD COUNTY, EUREKA, EL PASO AND MINONK, ILLINOIS.
$300,000.00+ RECOVERY IN COMBINED ESTATE/TRUST DISPUTE IN ILLINOIS, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS TRUST LITIGATION, ESTATE DISPUTE AND WILL CONTEST LAW FIRM. WE WERE CONTACTED BY AN OUT-OF-STATE CLIENT FOR REPRESENTATION IN REGARD TO A DISPUTE INVOLVING VARIOUS FACTIONS OF A FARMING FAMILY AS WELL AS ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS THAT WERE PREPARED AN EXECUTED AT A TIME WHEN OUR CLIENT BELIEVED THAT THE MAKERS WERE NOT OF SOUND MIND OR THAT THERE WAS DURESS OR UNDUE INFLUENCE THAT BASICALLY INTERFERED WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY OF OUR CLIENT AND CERTAIN MEMBERS OF OUR FAMILY. AFTER A TRUST LAWSUIT WAS FILED, THERE WAS A RESOLUTION REACHED WHEREBY OUR CLIENT AND HIS FAMILY AGREED TO RECEIVE IN EXCESS OF $300,000.00, WHICH CONSTITUTED A FABULOUS SETTLEMENT WHICH EXCEEDED THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CLIENT IN THAT IT WAS A RESULT THAT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE IF THE CASE HAD BEEN TRIED, INCLUDING AFTER WRITTEN DISCOVERY AND DEPOSITIONS. AS A RESULT OF THE SETTLEMENT REACHED, THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN TIME AND EXPENSE AND SINCE THE RESULT WAS MORE THAT WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED AT TRIAL, THERE WAS NO COMPROMISE BY OUR CLIENT IN TERMS OF THE AMOUNT OUR CLIENT AND HIS FAMILY AGREED TO RECEIVE IN SETTLEMENT. THE CASE WAS HARD-FOUGHT WITHIN A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AND OUR CLIENT RECEIVED A VERY FAVORABLE RESULT WITHOUT ANY TRIAL OR APPEALS. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CHRISTIAN COUNTY, ASSUMPTION, PANA AND TAYLORVILLE, COLES COUNTY, CHARLESTON, MATTOON AND OAKLAND, CLARK COUNTY, MARSHALL, CASEY AND MARTINSVILLE, ILLINOIS
FAMILY LAW AND ORDER OF PROTECTION LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WARREN COUNTY, MONMOUTH, ROSEVILLE AND KIRKWOOD, PEORIA COUNTY, PEORIA, PEORIA HEIGHTS AND CHILLICOTHE, WOODFORD COUNTY, EUREKA, EL PASO AND MINONK, ILLINOIS.
OVER $425,000.00 RECOVERED FROM PHONY HEIR AND DISQUALIFIED ADMINISTRATOR, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM EFFINGHAM, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY, FLORA, CLAY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WE WERE HIRED BY CLIENTS FRM THE CENTRALIA AND SALEM AREAS OF MARION COUNTY IN REGARD TO A DISPUTED ESTATE. THERE WAS A PERSON, WHO HAD RETAINED COUNSEL, THAT WAS CLAIMING THAT HE WAS THE ONLY HEIR THAT SHOULD RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM AN ESTATE IN EXCESS OF $400,000.00. NOT ONLY THAT, THE SAME PERSON WAS SERVING AS ADMINISTRATOR AND NEITHER HE NOT HIS ATTORNEY ADVISED THE COURT THAT BECAUSE OF AN ADOPTION DECADES AGO HE WAS NO LONGER AN HEIR, WAS NOT ENTITLED TO SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR AND WAS NOT ENTITLED TO ANY PROCEEDS FROM THE ESTATE. AFTER COURT PROCEEDINGS AND VARIOUS PLEADINGS WERE FILED HE WAS REMOVED FRM OFFICE AND HIS ATTORNEY DISCHARGED. IF OUR CLIENTS HAD NOT HIRED COUNSEL THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN NONE THE WISER AND WOULD HAVE LOST EVERYTHING AND NO ONE WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT OCCURRED, EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE PERSON WAS ADMINISTERING THE ESTATE THAT TURNED OUT NOT TO BE AN HEIR AND/OR HIS ATTORNEY. WITH THE TAX-FREE RECOVERIES RECEIVED BY OUT CLIENTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO PAY OFF DEBTS, TAKE CARE OF EDUCATION EXPENSES FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND HAD SAVINGS FOR THEIR RETIREMENT, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING ESTATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW AND TAX LAW CASES.
ESTATE PLANNING LAW FIRM PROVIDING LEGAL SERVICES FOR CLIENTS IN THE WOOD RIVER, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM WITH FORTY (40) YEARS PLUS EXPERIENCE, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PIKE COUNTY, BARRY, GRIGGSVILLE AND PITTSFIELD, SCOTT COUNTY, W3INCHESTER, NAPLES AND MANCHESTER, MORGAN COUNTY, JACKSONVILLE, WAVERLY AND SOUTH JACKSONVILLE, ILLINOIS.