Trusts and Estates

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The mission of ISBA Trusts and Estates Section

  • to be responsible for activities relating to the education of probate, estate planning and trust law practitioners;
  • to promote and work for the development, modernization and improvement of legislation relating to the estate planning, probate and trust areas of the law; and
  • to review relevant matters and issues, and to study and recommend solutions to various problems involving the public, the courts, and attorneys insofar as the areas of concern of the section are involved.

Recent Related Cases

  • Illinois Supreme Court / Civil

    Probate Act
    In re Estate of John W. McDonald III, 2022 IL 126956 (April 21, 2022) (ANNE M. BURKE) Appellate court judgment reversed. Circuit court judgment affirmed.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Trusts and Estates  |  1st Dist.
    Chicago Trust Co. v. Brierton, 2022 IL App (1st) 210741 (March 30, 2022) 3d Div./Cook Co. (GORDON) Reversed.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Estates  |  2d Dist.
    In re Estate of Huang, 2022 IL App (2d) 210269 (March 9, 2022) DuPage Co. (ZENOFF) Reversed and remanded.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Trusts and Estates  |  3d Dist.
    Grove v. Morton Community Bank, 2022 IL App (3d) 210177 (March 9, 2022) Peoria Co. (HAUPTMAN) Affirmed in part, reversed in part.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Estate Tax  |  3d Dist.
    Providence Bank & Trust Co. v. Raoul, 2022 IL App (3d) 210037 (March 4, 2022) Will Co. (DAUGHERITY) Affirmed.

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