Elizabeth A. Garlovsky Presents: Litigating Disputed Estates, Trusts, Guardianships, and Charitable Bequests

Each year, the number of cases in the estate and trust litigation area grows. As the population ages, the number of contested guardianships rises. And a growing portion of the caseload in practices handling these cases comes from representing charitable organizations involved in trust and estate disputes. This handbook is an up-to-date reference guide for practitioners in these areas. It covers the Illinois Trust Code; will contests; oral contracts to make wills, joint wills, and mutual wills; trust contests; accounts in estates and trusts; contested claims against decedents’ estates, trusts, and other nonprobate assets; construing and modifying wills and revocable trusts; representing fiduciaries in trust and estate litigation; admission of wills to probate; heirship, adoption, and paternity; statutory rights of a surviving spouse; citations to discover/recover assets; an overview of the probate process; guardianship litigation; charitable litigation; apportionment and statutory rights of recovery; tax aspects of fiduciary litigation; family settlement agreements; and attorneys’ fees. The authors provide practical advice as well as explain the law and help fill the gap between theory and practice. They also provide numerous forms for use in your own practice.