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$9,000,000.00 ESTATE ADMINISTRATION SETTLEMENT, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JACKSONVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, SPRINGFIELD, SANGAMON COUNTY, DECATUR, MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WE REPRESENTED A SURVIVING SPOUSE WHO WAS SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE BASICALLY AN INCOME INTEREST FROM HER PREDECEASED HUSBAND’S FORTUNE WHILE THE HUSBAND’S SUBSTANTIAL CORPORUS WAS TO BE GIVEN TO HIS DISTANT RELATIVES. AFTER CONTESTED PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING NUMEROUS PARTIES AND LAW FIRMS IN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI THE SURVIVING SPOUSE ENDED UP WITH AN ESTATE IN EXCESS OF $9,000,000.00 WHICH SHE WAS THEN ABLE TO LEAVE AS SHE WISHED, TO HER SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS, INCLUDING ON A TAX-FREE BASIS SINCE SHE PASSED AWAY IN 2010, AT TIME WHEN THERE WAS NO ESTATE TAX. IF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE HAD NOT CONTESTED MATTERS TIMELY, AND IF APPROPRIATE AND AGGRESSIVE ACTION HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN IMMEDIATELY, SHE WOULD HAVE HAD RELATIVELY LITTLE TO LEAVE TO HER SIDE OF THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS UPON HER DEATH, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING ESTATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW AND TAX LAW CASES.
ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID (IDPA), DOMESTIC BATTERY, FELONIES AND MISDEMEANORS, ORDERS OF PROTECTION, NO STALKING ORDERS, FAMILY LAW FIRM REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN THE DECATUR, MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS VICINITY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING FARM DRIFT CASES, DISPUTES REGARDING HERBICIDE, CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING PESTICIDES, NEGLIGENT APPLICATION, BAD ADVICE, POOR RESULTS, DAMAGES INCURRED BY FARMERS AND OTHERS, FEED MIX, LACK OF MILK PRODUCTION, DAMAGES SUSTAINED AS A RESULT, LACK OF MARKETABILITY AND OTHER MATTERS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JACKSONVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, SPRINGFIELD, SANGAMON COUNTY, DECATUR, MACON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
ILLINOIS ORDER OF PROTECTION LAW FIRM, PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY ORDERS OF PROTECTION, DEFENDING, REPRESENTING AND CHALLENGING PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY ORDERS OF PROTECTION, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS ORDER OF PROTECTION LAWYERS, WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE PURSUING AND/OR DEFENDING EMERGENCY PETITIONS FOR ORDER OF PROTECTION AND RELATED ISSUES. IN TERMS OF DEFENDING SAME, SOMETIMES OUR CLIENTS EXPLAIN THAT THEY DID NOTHING THAT SHOULD HAVE RESULTED IN AN ORDER OF PROTECTION BE THERE AGAINST THEM. IN MANY INSTANCES THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW LEGAL PROCEEDINGS MAY IMPACT THEIR CURRENT JOB OR FUTURE JOB PROSPECT AND THEY HIRE US FOR THAT REASON. CLIENTS OFTEN CONTACT US AFTER THE FACT, MEANING THAT PETITIONS FOR EMERGENCY PETITIONS FOR ORDER OF PROTECTION MAY HAVE BEEN FILED, AND ORDERS ENTERED, AND OUR CLIENTS ARE THEN GIVEN NOTICE OF A RETURN DATE OR A DATE BY WHICH THEY ARE TO APPEAR IN COURT. WE TAKE OVER REPRESENTATION ON BEHALF OF THE CLIENT. WE LISTEN TO WHAT THE CLIENT HAS TO SAY. EACH CASE IS DIFFERENT AND WITH RESPECT TO EACH CASE WE ARRIVE AT AN OPTIMAL MANNER OF PROCEEDING FOR THAT CLIENT GIVEN FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES. WE HAVE AN INITIAL NO CHARGE CONTACT WITH THE CLIENT WHETHER BY PHONE, ZOOM, OR IN-OFFICE AND WE PROVIDE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION TO OUR CLIENTS IN REGARD TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE FACTS, AND THE MANNER OF PROCEEDING WHICH WE BELIEVE TO BE IN THEIR BEST INTEREST GIVEN FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM SCHUYLER COUNTY, RUSHVILLE, BROWNING AND FREDERICK, MASON COUNTY, HAVANA, MANITO AND MASON CITY, LOGAN COUNTY, ATLANTA, LINCOLN AND MOUNT PULASKI, ILLINOIS.

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