Trust and Estate Planning Links

• LegalBitstream (Nice Tax Research Site)
• Asset Protection Book (Links to State by State Summary of Asset Protection Laws)
• National Association of Estate Planners

Administrative Rules

• Joint Committee on Administrative Rules
• Administrative Code
• Illinois Register
• Flinn Report

Ethics

• ACTEC – American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
• Freivogel on Conflicts (A Good Site with Ethics Sources)

Research – Primary Resources

• Archived Issues of the Illinois Register
• IDPH statutes and rules
• Illinois Dept of Aging Statutes and Rules
• Uniform Probate Code
• Uniform Trust Act (Draft)
• Code of Federal Regulations
• Compilation of Social Security Laws
• Social Security Rulings
• Social Security Handbook
• Social Security – Survivor's Benefits
• Social Security – What you need to know when getting Retirement or Survivor's Benefits
• U.S. Supreme Court – Recent Estate Planning Decisions

Estate Planning/Administration General

Education & Savings Plans – Section 529 Plan Information

• http://www.401kid.com/
• https//www.brightstartsavings.com/
• http://www.savingforcollege.com/
• Ultimate Reference Material for Trusts
• Bankrate.com (Estate Tax Calculator)
• ABA Probate & Property Magazine
• Kaiser Commission on Medicaid & the Uninsured
• IRS Estates & Gift Taxes
• CPA Journal (Article on Avoiding Probate)

Estate Planning/Probate Forms

• Cook County Court Forms Search
• Online Interactive Small Estate Affidavit – IL Secretary of State
• ISBA Form Exchange (Forms)
• Texasprobate.com (Texas Forms)
• Washington State Bar Association (Forms)

Probate Dockets

• Cook County probate docket search
• Cook County wills docket search

Real Estate Searches

• Cook County Assessor
• Cook County Treasurer
• Cook County Recorder of Deeds

Advance Directives

• Aging with Dignity (Advance Directives & "Five Wishes")
• Article - Finding Our Way Living With Dying In America

Scams, Fraud & Identity Theft

• FTC – Identify Theft

Minimum Distribution Rules

• Noel Ice (IRA Minimum Distribution Rules)

Asset Protection

• Financing Account Receivables for Retirement & Asset Protection
• Asset Protection Corporation (Commentary)
• The Asset Protection Law Center (Asset Protection Commentary)
• Oshins & Associates (Asset Protection Commentary)

Associations Links

• American Bar Association
• Chicago Bar Association
• National Lawyers Association
• DuPage County Bar Association
• American Academy of Estate Planning Attorneys
• ACTEC – American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
• Peoria County Bar Association
• National Network of Estate Planning Attorneys
• Heckerling Institute on Estate Planning
• National Association of Attorney's General - (Elder Law Issues & Medicaid Fraud)

Unclaimed Property

• NAUPA Unclaimed Property
• Illinois Secretary of State

Gift Planning

• Charitable Gift Planning Resources)
• Foundation Center (Foundations & Corporate Giving)
• National Committee on Planned Giving (The professional association for people whose work includes developing, marketing, and administering charitable planned gift)

College Illinois Section 529 Plans

• Savingforcollege.com

Educational

• Choices in Dying (Choices in Dying for High School Students)

Organ & Tissue Donation

• (Information on Organ & Tissue Donation)

Viatical Settlements

• (Viatical Settlements)
• Quackwatch (Viatical Settlement Information)

Agencies

• Social Security Administration
• Internal Revenue Service
• Illinois Secretary of State

Illinois Compiled Statutes of special interest to Trusts and Estates lawyers

Helpful portions of the Illinois Compiled Statutes, available online with the rest of the ILCS courtesy of the Illinois General Assembly (these are the "unofficial ILCS": note the disclaimer).

• All the Compiled Statutes
• 20 ILCS 3955 (Guardianship and Advocacy Act)
• 35 ILCS 405 (llinois Estate and Generation-Skipping Transfer Tax Act)
• 205 ILCS 620 (Corporate Fiduciary Act)
• 205 ILCS 625 (Illinois Trust and Payable on Death Accounts Act)
• Chapter 755 (Estates)
• Chapter 760 (Trusts and Fiduciaries)
• Chapter 765 (Property)

Mailing Lists

• ABA-PTL@home.ease.lsoft.com (estate planners and administrators list of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law (RPPT) Section of the American Bar Association)
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