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- Estate planning
Illinois Postnuptial Agreement: Requirements and Fairness
What makes an Illinois postnuptial agreement enforceable: disclosure, voluntary signing, fair terms and consideration, and what a postnup cannot cover.
- Personal injury
Are Personal Injury Settlements Taxable in Illinois?
What the IRS and Illinois tax in an injury settlement: physical-injury damages, lost wages, emotional distress, punitive damages, interest and fees.
- Estate planning
Beneficiary Designations and Your Illinois Estate Plan
Beneficiary designations override your will. How Illinois treats IRAs, life insurance, POD and TOD accounts, what divorce changes, and the tax rules.
- Real estate
Title Commitment and Survey Review in Illinois Real Estate
How to read an Illinois title commitment (Schedules A, B and C), what a plat of survey and an ALTA/NSPS survey show, and how title objections get cured.
- Real estate
Illinois Commercial Real Estate Contract Review: A Checklist
What an Illinois commercial purchase agreement should cover: due diligence, title and survey, transfer taxes, prorations, bulk-sales notices, closing.
- Personal injury
Illinois Personal Injury Statute of Limitations: Deadlines
Two years for most Illinois injury claims, one year against local government, and the rules for minors, hidden injuries, wrongful death and UM claims.
- Tax and IRS matters
Illinois Department of Revenue Audit: What to Do First
What IDOR can examine, how far back it can reach, the 60-day protest deadline, and what to do in the first week after an Illinois tax audit notice arrives.
- Estate planning
Illinois Will Requirements: How to Make a Valid Will
Illinois will requirements under 755 ILCS 5: age, capacity, two witnesses and no notary, what happens without a will, how a will is changed or contested.
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