Guiding Those Left Behind in Illinois: Legal and Practical Things You Need to Do to Settle an Estate in Illinois and How to Arrange Your Own Affairs to Avoid Unnecessary Costs to Your Family

The "Guiding those Left Behind Series" are State specific legal and Practical things you need to do to settle an estate. Handling the funeral and giving notice of the death. Locating assets and paying the bills. Who are the beneficiaries, spousal rights, getting possession and distribution of the property to the beneficiaries are all covered. Is Probate necessary? Once you have done this you will have the knowledge to arrange your own affairs and set up your estate plan.. Written with exceptional clarity, each topic and applicable State's laws are presented in a step by step fashion to allow both expert and novice to work through the issues they face to bring them to a successful conclusion.