Efficient Estate Planning and Probate Lawyer
Estate Planning for All the Right Reasons
At Joerg Seifert Law Offices, we're committed to helping clients craft solid estate plans that address their specific needs. We treat clients individually and we consider their assets, goals and tax portfolios in creating plans tailored to suit their situation. Contact us in Elmhurst, Illinois, for more information about our estate planning and probate services.
We believe that an estate plan should be created for the right reasons. We take the time to sit down with clients and identify their estate planning needs, and we also clarify any misconceptions they may have regarding estate planning and probate matters.
Things You Need to Know About Estate Planning and Probate:
- An estate plan allows you to determine who will manage your assets if you become incapacitated.
- An estate plan also allows you to determine how and to whom your assets will be distributed after your death.
- Having a will does not mean your assets won't go through probate.
- In Illinois, probate proceedings are required if you die with assets amounting to at least $100,000.
- Not leaving a will can cost more than leaving one and going through probate and the process can take longer.
- The probate court appoints an administrator who is tasked to collect the assets, pay all the debts and distribute the remaining assets to the deceased's relatives.
- In probate proceedings, the government will almost never get your money.
Our Estate Planning Services:
- Wills, simple wills, complex wills
- Living wills (health care directives)
- Powers of attorney for health care and assets
- Business succession planning
- Testamentary trusts
- Insurance trusts
- Living trusts
- Charitable trusts
- Special-needs trusts
- Generation-skipping trusts
We represent clients in probate proceedings. We understand that clients who lose their loved ones may have a hard time coping with their loss and we strive to ease them through the probate proceedings so they can concentrate on more important matters.
Guardianship
We help clients initiate guardianship proceedings for incapacitated adults. We recognize the importance of appointing a legal guardian to take care of those who can no longer make their own decisions. We also work with clients who wish to become legal guardians.
Contact Joerg Seifert Law Offices if you wish to speak with knowledgeable and compassionate probate and estate planning lawyer in Elmhurst, Illinois.
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Joerg Seifert Law Offices
263 North York Road
Suite 201
Elmhurst, IL 60126-2758
Phone: 630-832-2333
Fax: 630-832-2553
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