ILLINOIS WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, POWER OF ATTORNEY LAWYER, LAW FIRM REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN THE ALTON, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS REGION IN REGARD TO BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY DUTY, ESTATE LITIGATION AND DISPUTES, ACTIONS AGAINST TRUSTEES, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, DISPUTES BETWEEN HEIRS AND BENEFICIARIES, ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND FINAL ACCOUNTS, CHANGES OF JUDGES, SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL, ATTACKING ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES AND RELATED MATTERS
ILLINOIS WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, POWER OF ATTORNEY LAWYER, LAW FIRM REPRESENTING CLIENTS IN THE ALTON, MADISON COUNTY, ILLINOIS REGION IN REGARD TO BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY DUTY, ESTATE LITIGATION AND DISPUTES, ACTIONS AGAINST TRUSTEES, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, DISPUTES BETWEEN HEIRS AND BENEFICIARIES, ANNUAL ACCOUNTS AND FINAL ACCOUNTS, CHANGES OF JUDGES, SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL, ATTACKING ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES AND RELATED MATTERS Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read moreEAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM, PROBATE ATTORNEY, ESTATE LITIGATION LAWYER, WILL CONTEST AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, ESTATE ATTORNEY, LAWYER AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE EAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA REGARDING PROBATE AND ESTATE SETTLEMENT, ESTATE DISPUTES, FIDUCIARY LITIGATION, CONTESTED PROBATE CASES, BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY DUTY, CLAIMS AGAINST ESTATES, EXECUTORS, TRUSTEES, BENEFICIARIES AND HEIRS, LAWSUITS INVOLVING ESTATES AND TRUSTS, REMOVAL OF CORPORATE FIDUCIARIES AND TRUST COMPANIES, CO-EXECUTORS AND CO-TRUSTEES AND RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING IN REGARD TO CLIENTS IN ILLINOIS, OUT OF STATE CLIENTS, CLIENTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND OTHERS
EAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM, PROBATE ATTORNEY, ESTATE LITIGATION LAWYER, WILL CONTEST AND TRUST CONTEST LAW FIRM, ESTATE ATTORNEY, LAWYER AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE EAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA REGARDING PROBATE AND ESTATE SETTLEMENT, ESTATE DISPUTES, FIDUCIARY LITIGATION, CONTESTED PROBATE CASES, BREACHES OF FIDUCIARY DUTY, CLAIMS AGAINST ESTATES, EXECUTORS, TRUSTEES, BENEFICIARIES AND HEIRS, LAWSUITS INVOLVING ESTATES AND TRUSTS, REMOVAL OF CORPORATE FIDUCIARIES AND TRUST COMPANIES, CO-EXECUTORS AND CO-TRUSTEES AND RELATED MATTERS, INCLUDING IN REGARD TO CLIENTS IN ILLINOIS, OUT OF STATE CLIENTS, CLIENTS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND OTHERS WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING CLIENTS INCLUDING IN STATE AND OUT OF STATE IN REGARD TO ESTATE SETTLEMENT AND PROBATE LITIGATION MATTERS, IMPROPER ACTIONS BY FAMILY MEMBERS, POWER OF ATTORNEYS AND FIDUCIARIES, COURT PROCEEDINGS IN REGARD TO CONTESTED ISSUES INVOLVING PROBATE LITIGATION, LAWSUITS INVOLVING INTERPRETATION OF WILLS AND TRUSTS, RENUNCIATION BY SURVIVING SPOUSE AND ELECTION TO TAKE STATUTORY SHARE, WILL CONTEST BEING FILED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ADMISSION OF A WILL, INTESTATE SUCCESSION DISPUTES, APPORTIONMENT AND ALLOCATION ISSUES, DISAGREEMENTS AMONG HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES, PROCEEDINGS IN CIRCUIT COURT AND APPELLATE COURT, IMPROPER RULINGS, BAD DECISIONS, SECOND OPINIONS, SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL AND RELATED MATTERS. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read moreHARRISBURG, SALINE COUNTY, ILLINOIS WILL CONTEST, TRUST DISPUTES AND ESTATE LITIGATION, LAW FIRM REPRESENTING CLIENTS FROM THE ILLINOIS, SALINE COUNTY, HARRISBURG AREA, INCLUDING IN REGARD TO REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, LAWSUITS INVOLVING TRUSTEES AND ACCOUNTINGS, DISPUTES REGARDING HEIRS AND BENEFICIARIES, RIGHT TO RENOUNCE WILL AND ELECT SPOUSAL SHARE, OBJECTIONS TO INVENTORIES, OBJECTIONS TO ADEQUACY OF BONDS, PETITION THE COURT FOR EMERGENCY ORDERS OF PROTECTION AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO STOP THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS, RESCINDING LETTERS OF OFFICE, OBJECTIONS TO POWER OF ATTORNEYS, DISCOVERY AND EVIDENCE DEPOSITIONS IN ESTATE LITIGATION CASES, INTERROGATORIES, REQUEST TO ADMIT, REQUEST TO PRODUCE, FORMAL PROOF OF WILL, WILL CONTEST TO BE FILED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ADMISSION OF THE WILL, CITATIONS TO RECOVER, CITATIONS TO DISCOVER, SECOND OPINIONS, SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND RELATED MATTERS
HARRISBURG, SALINE COUNTY, ILLINOIS WILL CONTEST, TRUST DISPUTES AND ESTATE LITIGATION, LAW FIRM REPRESENTING CLIENTS FROM THE ILLINOIS, SALINE COUNTY, HARRISBURG AREA, INCLUDING IN REGARD TO REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS, LAWSUITS INVOLVING TRUSTEES AND ACCOUNTINGS, DISPUTES REGARDING HEIRS AND BENEFICIARIES, RIGHT TO RENOUNCE WILL AND ELECT SPOUSAL SHARE, OBJECTIONS TO INVENTORIES, OBJECTIONS TO ADEQUACY OF BONDS, PETITION THE COURT FOR EMERGENCY ORDERS OF PROTECTION AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF TO STOP THE TRANSFER OF ASSETS, RESCINDING LETTERS OF OFFICE, OBJECTIONS TO POWER OF ATTORNEYS, DISCOVERY AND EVIDENCE DEPOSITIONS IN ESTATE LITIGATION CASES, INTERROGATORIES, REQUEST TO ADMIT, REQUEST TO PRODUCE, FORMAL PROOF OF WILL, WILL CONTEST TO BE FILED WITHIN SIX (6) MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF ADMISSION OF THE WILL, CITATIONS TO RECOVER, CITATIONS TO DISCOVER, SECOND OPINIONS, SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST AND RELATED MATTERS Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read more$1,000,000.00 RECOVERY IN CONTESTED TRUST CASE, EXPERIENCED REPRESENTATION IN REGARD TO CLIENTS FROM THE ALBION, EDWARDS COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, INCLUDING IN REGARD TO WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, POWER OF ATTORNEYS, GUARDIANSHIP, ESTATE LITIGATION AND LAWSUITS INVOLVING HEIRS AND FIDUCIARIES
$1,000,000.00 RECOVERY IN CONTESTED TRUST CASE, EXPERIENCED REPRESENTATION IN REGARD TO CLIENTS FROM THE ALBION, EDWARDS COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, INCLUDING IN REGARD TO WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATES, POWER OF ATTORNEYS, GUARDIANSHIP, ESTATE LITIGATION AND LAWSUITS INVOLVING HEIRS AND FIDUCIARIES EXPERIENCED REPRESENTATION IN REGARD TO FIDUCIARY LITIGATION. FIDUCIARY LITIGATION CAN INCLUDE ACTIONS TO REMOVE EXECUTORS OR ADMINISTRATORS, OBJECTIONS TO INVENTORIES, DISPUTES AMONG HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES, OBJECTIONS TO FINAL ACCOUNTS AND REPORTS, SECOND OPINIONS, SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL, MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER, APPEALS TO THE APPELLATE COURT AND RELATED MATTERS. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read morePINKNEYVILLE, PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, GUARDIANSHIP LAW FIRM, DECADES OF EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING GUARDIANS, CO-GUARDIANS, GUARDIANS AD LITEM, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, LEGATEES, POWER OF ATTORNEYS, POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PROPERTY, POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE, CONTESTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM REPORTS, GUARDIANSHIP ISSUES DEALING WITH DURESS, CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS REGARDING MENTAL CAPACITY, GUARDIANSHIP CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING UNDUE INFLUENCE, GUARDIANSHIP MATTERS RELATING TO TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY, AND OTHER ISSUES
PINKNEYVILLE, PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, GUARDIANSHIP LAW FIRM, DECADES OF EXPERIENCE REPRESENTING GUARDIANS, CO-GUARDIANS, GUARDIANS AD LITEM, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, LEGATEES, POWER OF ATTORNEYS, POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR PROPERTY, POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR HEALTH CARE, CONTESTING GUARDIAN AD LITEM REPORTS, GUARDIANSHIP ISSUES DEALING WITH DURESS, CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS REGARDING MENTAL CAPACITY, GUARDIANSHIP CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING UNDUE INFLUENCE, GUARDIANSHIP MATTERS RELATING TO TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY, AND OTHER ISSUES As attorneys representing clients in the Central and Southern Illinois, we have decades of experience representing clients in regard to uncontested and contested guardianship issues, removal of Guardians and Co-Guardians, objecting to Annual Reports, contesting fees and reimbursement of expenses, requesting a change of Judge, obtaining Letters of Guardianship, termination of guardianship proceedings, objection to activities of Guardians and Co-Guardians, representation of interested parties, forensic accountings, review of estate planning documents, second opinions, substitution of counsel and other proceedings, throughout the Metro East, Southern Illinois and Central Illinois, including Perry County, Illinois and Pinkneyville. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read more$150,000,000.00+ POTENTIAL WILL CONTEST, ESTATE AND TRUST LITIGATION LAW FIRM AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE CHAMPAIGN, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, WE WERE CONTACTED BY AN HEIR WHO WAS BASICALLY PROVIDED FOR AS A ONE-THIRD (1/3) BENEFICIARY IN REGARD TO AN ESTATE PROJECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $150,000,000.00 BEFORE A NEW WILL WAS SIGNED ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THE DEATH OF THE DECEDENT. THE SURVIVING SPOUSE MADE SURE THE EXISTENCE OF THE NEW PURPORTED WILL WAS NOT KNOWN TO THE HEIR PRIOR TO THE DATE OF DEATH AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE DATE OF DEATH THAT THE HEIR WAS INFORMED OF THE NEW WILL BEING MADE. IT APPEARED THAT THERE MAY BE ISSUES IN REGARD TO DURESS, UNDER INFLUENCE, TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY AND/OR LACK OF MENTAL CAPACITY IN REGARD TO THE PURPORTED NEW WILL.
$150,000,000.00+ POTENTIAL WILL CONTEST, ESTATE AND TRUST LITIGATION LAW FIRM AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE CHAMPAIGN, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA, WE WERE CONTACTED BY AN HEIR WHO WAS BASICALLY PROVIDED FOR AS A ONE-THIRD (1/3) BENEFICIARY IN REGARD TO AN ESTATE PROJECTED TO BE IN EXCESS OF $150,000,000.00 BEFORE A NEW WILL WAS SIGNED ABOUT A YEAR PRIOR TO THE DEATH OF THE DECEDENT. THE SURVIVING SPOUSE MADE SURE THE EXISTENCE OF THE NEW PURPORTED WILL WAS NOT KNOWN TO THE HEIR PRIOR TO THE DATE OF DEATH AND IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE DATE OF DEATH THAT THE HEIR WAS INFORMED OF THE NEW WILL BEING MADE. IT APPEARED THAT THERE MAY BE ISSUES IN REGARD TO DURESS, UNDER INFLUENCE, TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE WITH AN INHERITANCE EXPECTANCY AND/OR LACK OF MENTAL CAPACITY IN REGARD TO THE PURPORTED NEW WILL. THIS MATTER INVOLVED A SECOND SPOUSE MARRIED TO THE DECEDENT FOR APPROXIMATELY TWENTY (20) YEARS BEFORE HIS DEATH. DURING THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME THE DECEDENT AND THE SURVIVING SPOUSE KNEW OF AN INHERITANCE PROVISION FOR THE HEIR THAT MAY HAVE AMOUNTED TO $50,000,000.00 OR MORE IF A NEW WILL HAD NOT BEEN CREATED. IT APPEARED TO US THAT BASED ON THE EXPLANATION RECEIVED, THAT THERE WAS AN INTENTIONAL EFFORT TO ALIENATE THE HEIR FROM THE DECEDENT INCLUDING TO PROTECT THE FINANCIAL INTERESTS OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE AND THOSE THAT THE SURVIVING SPOUSE WISHED TO RECEIVE UPON THE DEATH OF THE DECEDENT. IT APPEARED THAT THE DECEDENT MAY HAVE BEEN VULNERABLE BECAUSE OF LONGTIME MEDICAL ISSUES THAT WORSENED WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME. WE THOUGHT THAT IN A WEAKENED STATE THE DECEDENT MAY HAVE BEEN EXPLOITED, INCLUDING BY THE SURVIVING SPOUSE, SUCH THAT THE INTENTS AND DESIRES OF THE SURVIVING SPOUSE WERE BASICALLY SUBSTITUTED AS THE INTENTS AND DESIRES OF THE DECEDENT IN REGARD TO THE NEWLY CREATED PURPORTED WILL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DEATH. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read more$1,000,000.00+ RECOVERY FOR STATE OF COLORADO RESIDENT IN REGARD TO TRUST LAWSUIT, IN LIEU OF RECEIVING $500.00 PER MONTH AS AN INCOME BENEFICIARY, TRUST DISPUTE, WILL CONTEST, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION, LITIGATION AND PROBATE DISPUTE LAWYER AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE CARLINVILLE, MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA
$1,000,000.00+ RECOVERY FOR STATE OF COLORADO RESIDENT IN REGARD TO TRUST LAWSUIT, IN LIEU OF RECEIVING $500.00 PER MONTH AS AN INCOME BENEFICIARY, TRUST DISPUTE, WILL CONTEST, ESTATE ADMINISTRATION, LITIGATION AND PROBATE DISPUTE LAWYER AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE CARLINVILLE, MACOUPIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA WE WERE CONTACTED BY AN OUT OF STATE RESIDENT COMPLAINING THAT A TRUST WAS NOT BEING ADMINISTERED PROPERLY BY AN INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE. THE INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEE WAS AN INSURANCE AGENT AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THE ROOKIE TRUSTEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO HAVE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TRUST AGREE THAT VARIOUS LIFE INSURANCE POLICIES ON THE TRUSTEE AND/OR THE BENEFICIARY SHOULD BE PAID FROM THE TRUST, THEREBY RESULTING IN SALES COMMISSIONS FOR THE INSURANCE AGENT AND TRUSTEE. WE FILED SUIT IN PINCKNEYVILLE, PERRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AND ENGAGED IN DISCOVERY, INCLUDING WRITTEN AND DEPOSITIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN A SETTLEMENT WHEREBY OUR CLIENT, INSTEAD OF RECEIVING $500.00 PER MONTH AS AN INCOME BENEFICIARY, RECEIVED MORE THAN $1,000,000.00 AS CORPUS FROM THE TRUST. AFTER THE SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED, AND FUNDS WERE TRANSFERRED TO OUR CLIENT, WE DISMISSED THE CASE WITH PREJUDICE AND THAT CONCLUDED THE TRUST LAWSUIT AND THE RECOVERY ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT. OUR CLIENT WAS OVERWHELMED WITH THE RESULT. GOING INTO THE CASE, SHE WAS SEEKING TO HAVE THE TRUSTEE REMOVED. WE DEVELOPED A STRATEGY THAT INSTEAD OF REMOVAL, WITH OUR CLIENT CONTINUING TO RECEIVE $500.00 PER MONTH AS AN INCOME BENEFICIARY WE REACHED A RESOLUTION IN REGARD TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE TRUST, INCLUDING SO THAT IT WOULD CONTINUE FOR DECADES. THE RESULT OBTAINED, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORIZATION AND INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CLIENT, WAS BEYOND THE CLIENT’S WILDEST DREAMS. OUR CLIENT ADVISED THAT SHE WAS HELPING WITH THE EDUCATION OF HER ADULT DAUGHTER IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WERE USED BY OUR CLIENT TO PURCHASE A VEHICLE THAT HER DAUGHTER NEEDED FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES TO ATTEND CLASSES. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read moreFARM SUCCESSION LAW FIRM, ESTATE PLANNING RELATING TO FARMLAND, TILLABLE ACRES, RECREATIONAL GROUND AND HUNTING PROPERTY, WILL AND TRUST ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA
FARM SUCCESSION LAW FIRM, ESTATE PLANNING RELATING TO FARMLAND, TILLABLE ACRES, RECREATIONAL GROUND AND HUNTING PROPERTY, WILL AND TRUST ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN REGARD TO ISSUES INVOLVING FARMLAND SUCCESSION, ESTATE PLANNING AND INHERITANCE ISSUES IN REGARD TO FARM FAMILIES, WEIGHING AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO SUCCESSORS AND INTEREST, MULTI-GENERATIONAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES AND TRUSTS, DRAFTING, PLANNING, ADVISING, RESOLUTIONS, ESTATE AND TRUST SETTLEMENT AND ATTEMPTING TO AVOID LITIGATION IN REACHING RESOLUTIONS. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
Read moreNASHVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM, ESTATE AND PROBATE LITIGATION LAW FIRM, WILL CONTEST, REFORMATION OF TRUST, CONSTRUCTION OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, EXPERIENCED LAW FIRM AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE NASHVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA
NASHVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM, ESTATE AND PROBATE LITIGATION LAW FIRM, WILL CONTEST, REFORMATION OF TRUST, CONSTRUCTION OF ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS, EXPERIENCED LAW FIRM AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE NASHVILLE, WASHINGTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THOUSANDS OF CASES, INCLUDING RELATING TO ESTATES, WILLS, TRUSTS, GUARDIANSHIPS AND OTHER MATTERS. WE STRIVE TO EXCEED THE EXPECTATIONS OR OUR CLIENTS. WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND WE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE THE INTERESTS OF OUR CLIENTS. Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
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