Waterloo Illinois Attorneys > Our Blog > Family Law > TRUE STORY! WE WERE CONTACTED IN REGARD TO ESTATE PLANNING REPRESENTATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE WOULD BE A WILL AND/OR TRUST CONTEST UPON THE DEATHS OF OUR CLIENTS, A FARMER AND HIS WIFE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS CHILDREN AND THE CLIENTS WISHED FOR ONE OF THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE THE FAMILY FARM INCLUDING BECAUSE THE OTHER CHILDREN LEFT THE FARM AND HAD THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE CAREERS OFF THE FARM. AS WAS ANTICIPATED, AFTER THE DEATHS OF BOTH THE FARMER AND HIS SPOUSE, LITIGATION ENSUED INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THOSE SIBLINGS NOT RECEIVING THE FARM. THE ESTATE PLANNING REMAINED INTACT AND THE WISHES OF THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE WERE EXACTLY WHAT THEY REQUESTED, ONE SIBLING RECEIVED THE FAMILY FARM TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHERS. ESTATE PLANNING, PROBATE, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND CONTESTED WILL AND TRUST ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE SHELBYVILLE, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS REGIONS.
TRUE STORY! WE WERE CONTACTED IN REGARD TO ESTATE PLANNING REPRESENTATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE WOULD BE A WILL AND/OR TRUST CONTEST UPON THE DEATHS OF OUR CLIENTS, A FARMER AND HIS WIFE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS CHILDREN AND THE CLIENTS WISHED FOR ONE OF THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE THE FAMILY FARM INCLUDING BECAUSE THE OTHER CHILDREN LEFT THE FARM AND HAD THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE CAREERS OFF THE FARM. AS WAS ANTICIPATED, AFTER THE DEATHS OF BOTH THE FARMER AND HIS SPOUSE, LITIGATION ENSUED INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THOSE SIBLINGS NOT RECEIVING THE FARM. THE ESTATE PLANNING REMAINED INTACT AND THE WISHES OF THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE WERE EXACTLY WHAT THEY REQUESTED, ONE SIBLING RECEIVED THE FAMILY FARM TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHERS. ESTATE PLANNING, PROBATE, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND CONTESTED WILL AND TRUST ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE SHELBYVILLE, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS REGIONS.
Blake Law Group
July 25, 2019
TRUE STORY! WE WERE CONTACTED IN REGARD TO ESTATE PLANNING REPRESENTATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THERE WOULD BE A WILL AND/OR TRUST CONTEST UPON THE DEATHS OF OUR CLIENTS, A FARMER AND HIS WIFE. THERE WERE NUMEROUS CHILDREN AND THE CLIENTS WISHED FOR ONE OF THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE THE FAMILY FARM INCLUDING BECAUSE THE OTHER CHILDREN LEFT THE FARM AND HAD THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE CAREERS OFF THE FARM. AS WAS ANTICIPATED, AFTER THE DEATHS OF BOTH THE FARMER AND HIS SPOUSE, LITIGATION ENSUED INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THOSE SIBLINGS NOT RECEIVING THE FARM. THE ESTATE PLANNING REMAINED INTACT AND THE WISHES OF THE FARMER AND HIS WIFE WERE EXACTLY WHAT THEY REQUESTED, ONE SIBLING RECEIVED THE FAMILY FARM TO THE EXCLUSION OF THE OTHERS. ESTATE PLANNING, PROBATE, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND CONTESTED WILL AND TRUST ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE SHELBYVILLE, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS REGIONS.
WE ARE OFTEN INVOLVED IN MULTI-GENERATIONAL ISSUES INVOLVING FARMLAND IN THE SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL ILLINOIS REGIONS. IT IS NOT UNUSUAL THAT ONE OR MORE CHILDREN CONTINUE WITH FARMING OPERATIONS WHILE OTHER CHILDREN MAY LEAVE THE FARM AND PURSUE THEIR OWN SEPARATE CAREERS AND LIFESTYLES OFF THE FARM. WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING FARM FAMILIES, INCLUDING GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS, CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN A WIDE VARIETY OF ESTATE PLANNING ISSUES, AS WELL AS ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND PROBATE, NOT TO MENTION CONTESTED WILLS, LAWSUITS INVOLVING TRUSTS, DISPUTES AMONG HEIRS AND BENEFICIARIES AND CLAIMS OF BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY DUTY.
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