PRE-ORDER
Litigation over estates, trusts, wills, charitable assets, or guardianships between businesses, creditors, executors, fiduciaries, families, state officials, and other persons or entities can be messy and highly technical — and this handbook is a valuable guide to this ever in-demand practice area. This practice guide starts with an overview of the Illinois Trust Code, runs through legal matters involving all manner of probate and nonprobate assets, liabilities, and instruments, and ends with a detailed discussion of the standards for the award of attorneys’ fees. Keep abreast of the latest caselaw, regulations, and statutory changes and take advantage of the editable forms in this handbook to give your practice a leg up in this perennially growing field.
Chapter 1 — Illinois Trust Code
Rebecca Wallenfelsz, Chapman and Cutler LLP, Chicago
Chapter 2 — Will Contests
Elizabeth A. McKillip, Levin Schreder & Carey, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 3 — Oral Contracts To Make Wills; Joint and Mutual Wills
Robin D. Maher, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, Chicago, Peter B. Allport, Levin Schreder & Carey, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 4 — Trust Contests
Samantha E. Weissbluth and Madeleine J. Minton, Harrison LLP, Chicago
Chapter 5 — Accounts in Estates and Trusts
James W. Hitzeman and Ryan T. Court, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago
Chapter 6 — Contested Claims Against Decedents’ Estates, Trusts, and Other Nonprobate Assets
Samantha E. Weissbluth and Patrick J. Bushell, Harrison LLP, Chicago
Chapter 7 — Construing and Modifying Wills and Irrevocable Trusts
Elizabeth A. McKillip and Peter B. Allport, Levin Schreder & Carey, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 8 — Representing Fiduciaries in Trust and Estate Litigation
James W. Hitzeman and Evan J. Shaheen, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago
Chapter 9 — Admission of Wills to Probate
Samantha E. Weissbluth, Elizabeth A. Garlovsky, and Sarah M. Barnes, Harrison LLP, Chicago
Chapter 10 — Heirship, Adoption, and Paternity
Robin D. Maher, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, Chicago. Heather E. Ross and Nora E. Zuckerman, Ross & Zuckerman, LLP, Northbrook
Chapter 11 — Statutory Rights of a Surviving Spouse
Jeanette Suarez Hunter and Agnieszka Kawecki, McDermott Will & Schulte LLP, Chicago
Chapter 12 — Citations To Discover/Recover Assets
James R. Pranger, James Pranger Associates LLC, Chicago
Chapter 13 — Overview of the Probate Process
Michael R. Conway, Jr., JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA, Chicago
Chapter 14 — Guardianship Litigation
Kerry R. Peck and Jesse A. Footlik, Peck Ritchey, LLC, Chicago, and Ray J. Koenig III, Clark Hill PLC, Chicago
Chapter 15 — Charitable Litigation
Floyd D. Perkins, Polales Horton & Leonardi LLP, Chicago
Chapter 16 — Apportionment and Statutory Rights of Recovery
Brett N. Cagan and Rick Y. Gelboim, Levin Schreder & Carey, Ltd., Chicago
Chapter 17 — Tax Aspects of Fiduciary Litigation
Joseph N. Blumberg, David Blickenstaff, and Jacob Blais, ArentFox Schiff LLP, Lake Forest and Chicago
Chapter 18 — Family Settlement Agreements
James W. Hitzeman and Steven M. Laduzinsky II, Loeb & Loeb LLP, Chicago
Chapter 19 — Attorneys’ Fees in Trust and Estate Administration (FORMER TITLE: Attorneys’ Fees: An Assessment of the Current Standards for Fee Awards)
Emily J. Kuo, Harrison LLP, Chicago
