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 Appellate Court / Civil

    Estate Planning  |  2d Dist.
    In re Estate of Coffman, 2022 IL App (2d) 210053 (August 10, 2022) Kendall Co. (JORGENSEN) Affirmed.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Trusts and Estates  |  2d Dist.
    Palm v. Sergi, 2022 IL App (2d) 210057 (June 13, 2022) DuPage Co. (SCHOSTOK) Reversed and remanded.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Trusts and Estates  |  1st Dist.
    Corcoran v. Rotheimer, 2022 IL App (1st) 201374 (June 9, 2022) 4th Div./Cook Co. (MARTIN) Affirmed and remanded.

  • Illinois Appellate Court / Civil

    Trusts and Estates  |  1st Dist.
    O'Gara v. O'Gara, 2022 IL App (1st) 210013 (June 8, 2022) 3d Div./Cook Co. (GORDON) Affirmed in part, dismissed in part.

  • 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.

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