BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, METRO EAST LAW FIRM SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED REPRESENTATION IN AN ESTATE ADMINISTRATION THAT INCLUDED HAVING A COPY OF A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF A DECEDENT ADMITTED TO PROBATE FOR ESTATE ADMINISTRATION REBUTTING THE PRESUMPTION THAT IF THE ORIGINAL LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT COULD NOT BE FOUND, THAT THE TESTATOR HAD INTENTIONALLY DESTROYED IT, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM EFFINGHAM, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY AND FLORA, CLAY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. IF AN ORIGINAL LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT CANNOT BE LOCATED, THERE IS A PRESUMPTION THAT THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT HAD BEEN DESTROYED. IF A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT HAD BEEN DESTROYED, THAT COULD SUBJECT THE ESTATE TO INTESTACY OR THAT THE INTESTATE STATUTE PROVIDES AS TO THE TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION OF THE NET ASSETS. WE TIMELY FILED A MOTION TO ADMIT COPY OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND, THROUGH A PROCESS OF MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATIONS, WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN ENTRIES OF APPEARANCE AND CONSENTS FROM THE HEIRS, EVEN AN HEIR THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR OR DISINHERITED IN THE WILL, SUCH THAT THE COURT GRANTED OUR MOTION TO ADMIT COPY OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF THE DECEDENT TREATED THE CHILDREN DIFFERENTLY. ONE CHILD WAS COMPLETELY DISINHERITED. WITH RESPECT TO TWO OTHER CHILDREN, ONE WAS TO RECEIVE CERTAIN ASSETS OF A BUSINESS AND THE OTHER WAS TO RECEIVE A HOME. WE ADVISED THE HEIRS THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT PURSUANT TO A FAMILY SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT THEY COULD AGREE BETWEEN THEMSELVES IF THEY WISH TO DIVIDE THE REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY DIFFERENTLY ONCE THEY WERE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE IT AND AFTER CONCLUSION OF THE ESTATE ADMINISTRATION.
Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
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- CLIENTS SEEKING OUT OF TOWN OR OUT-OF-THE-AREA REPRESENTATION, INCLUDING TO AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN REGARD TO REAL ESTATE BUSINESS LAW, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE LAW FIRM, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM MACOMB, MCDONOUGH COUNTY, CANTON, FULTON COUNTY, HAVANA, MASON COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
- CLIENTS SEEKING OUT OF TOWN OR OUT OF THE AREA REPRESENTATION INCLUDING TO AVOID CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR THE APPEARANCE OF CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN REGARD TO GUARDIANSHIP AND REAL ESTATE LAW, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE LAW FIRM, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CAIRO, ALEXANDER COUNTY, MOUNDS, PULASKI COUNTY, METROPOLIS, MASSAC COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
- ILLINOIS TIMESHARE CANCELLATION REPRESENTATION, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM FORD COUNTY, GIBSON CITY, PAXTON, PIPER CITY, ILLINOIS (1) INITIAL NO CHARGE PHONE CONFERENCE SCHEDULED WITH POTENTIAL CLIENT (2) DISCUSSION OF FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF A PARTICULAR TIMESHARE CASE AND CONSIDERATION OF OPTIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR CANCELLATION AND REPRESENTATION (3) INITIAL DEMAND LETTER TO TIMESHARE ENTITY WITHOUT FILING A SUIT TO ATTEMPT TO REACH A SETTLEMENT (4) IF A SETTLEMENT IS NOT REACH, DEPENDING ON FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, POSSIBLY PROCEEDING TO FILE SUIT BUT CONTINUING WITH SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AFTER ANY SUIT IS FILED (5) IN THE EVENT OF SETTLEMENT PRIOR TO OR AFTER SUIT BEING FILED INCLUDING PURSUANT TO ANY SETTLEMENT APPROVED BY CLIENT THEN DISMISSAL OF ANY SUIT AND A MUTUAL RELEASE BETWEEN THE PARTIES FOR FINAL CONCLUSION OF MATTERS, INCLUDING SO THAT NO FURTHER TIMESHARE PAYMENTS WOULD BE OWED AND THERE WOULD NOT BE A CLAIM FILED AGAINST THE ESTATE OR ANY HEIRS OR BENEFICIARIES AT A LATER DATE.
