Trusts and Estates
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.
Related Articles
Current Newsletter — August 2017
- Getting to know the Trusts & Estates council members
- Posthumously conceived children reborn in Illinois re Social Security survivor benefits and inheritance
- Public Act 99-743: Deeds in Trust and Acceptance by the Trustee
- Summary of the Trusts & Estates Section’s April 2017 business meeting
- Mom had a life insurance policy, but we can’t find it!
Recent Related Cases
Illinois Appellate Court
Trusts and Estates
In re Estate of Lee
Renunciation
In re Estate of Scherr
Doctrine of Election; Wills
Centure Bank v. Voga
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Tools and Resources
- The Trusts and Estates discussion group is available to section members via the My Discussions Groups page.
- Useful links
- Sample Transfer on Death Instrument forms, provided by ISBA member Katherine A. Chamberlain.
