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Who would make healthcare decisions, manage your finances or handle your property if you couldn't do it yourself? Learn why incapacity planning is an important part of an Illinois estate plan.

Who would make healthcare decisions, manage your finances or handle your property if you couldn't do it yourself? Learn why incapacity planning is an important part of an Illinois estate plan.

Second marriages can make estate planning more complicated. Here are six important questions Illinois blended families should answer about spouses, children, property, trusts and inheritance.

Signing your estate planning documents doesn't necessarily mean the work is finished. Here are seven things Illinois families should review to make sure their estate plan still works as intended.

It's one of the most common estate planning mix-ups we see: someone signs a trust, feels confident their estate is protected, and never takes the next step. A trust document by itself doesn't do anything. It only protects the assets that are actually inside it — and it's surprisingly easy to miss one. A Trust Only Covers What You Put Into It Mario ran into this again recently: a family had done almost everything right. They'd properly retitled their home, their bank accounts,

Creating a trust isn't enough if your business was never transferred into it. Learn how this commonly overlooked estate planning gap can send an LLC or closely held corporation into probate—and two ways business owners can correct it.

Illinois law lets a surviving spouse claim a share of the estate — but joint assets and trusts complicate that protection. Learn what actually protects a spouse under Illinois law

For most families, the decision to move a parent into a nursing home doesn't happen on a calm afternoon with plenty of time to plan. It happens after a fall, a stroke, or a hospital stay that makes going home alone no longer safe. In that moment, cost is often the last thing anyone wants to think about — and the first thing that catches families off guard. What Nursing Home Care Actually Costs in Illinois Recent industry cost-of-care survey data puts the median price of a sem

Learn how a Health Care Power of Attorney may help families avoid guardianship disputes when a loved one enters a hospital or nursing home. Plan ahead with Correa Law.

Why should you create an estate plan? Learn how estate planning helps protect your loved ones, simplify the administration of your estate, prepare for incapacity, and provide peace of mind for your family.