FANTASTIC RESULT! WE REPRESENTED A WIFE WHO WORKED WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE SAME BUSINESS FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS, IN REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF HER HUSBAND’S ESTATE. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN AND THE HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE CORPUS TO DISTANT RELATIVES WHILE GIVING HIS SPOUSE A RELATIVELY MODEST INCOME INTEREST DURING HER LIFETIME. WITHOUT A TRIAL, THROUGH A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT, THE WIFE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF $10,000,000.00 AND SHE THEN LEFT MILLIONS TO HER NIECES, NEPHEWS, A HANDYMAN AND OTHERS. ESTATE DISPUTE, WILL, TRUST, AND POWER OF ATTORNEY LAW FIRM, WILL LAWSUIT, TRUST LITIGATION, PROBATE ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE BEARDSTOWN, CASS COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA
Blake Law Group
January 3, 2019
FANTASTIC RESULT! WE REPRESENTED A WIFE WHO WORKED WITH HER HUSBAND IN THE SAME BUSINESS FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS, IN REGARD TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF HER HUSBAND’S ESTATE. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN AND THE HUSBAND ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE THE ENTIRE CORPUS TO DISTANT RELATIVES WHILE GIVING HIS SPOUSE A RELATIVELY MODEST INCOME INTEREST DURING HER LIFETIME. WITHOUT A TRIAL, THROUGH A MEDIATED SETTLEMENT, THE WIFE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF $10,000,000.00 AND SHE THEN LEFT MILLIONS TO HER NIECES, NEPHEWS, A HANDYMAN AND OTHERS. ESTATE DISPUTE, WILL, TRUST, AND POWER OF ATTORNEY LAW FIRM, WILL LAWSUIT, TRUST LITIGATION, PROBATE ATTORNEYS AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM THE BEARDSTOWN, CASS COUNTY, ILLINOIS AREA
THE RESOLUTION OF THIS CASE INVOLVED SEVERAL LAW FIRMS IN THE METRO EAST AREA, INCLUDING LOCATED IN ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI. THE CLIENTS HAD ACCUMULATED ENORMOUS WEALTH BY WORKING VERY HARD FOR MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS, BEING FRUGAL WITH THEIR EXPENDITURES AND BASICALLY LEADING LONG LIVES. THEY HAD INVESTED HEAVILY IN FARMLAND AND THE FARMLAND HAD INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY IN VALUE OVER A PERIOD OF DECADES. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN AND DID NOT HAVE ANY CHARITABLE INTERESTS. THEY MADE NO SUBSTANTIAL GIFTS DURING THE COURSE OF THEIR LIFETIME. IN REGARD TO THE ESTATE PLAN OF THE HUSBAND, HE HAD A TRUST BUT DID NOT IDENTIFY HIS WIFE AS THE TRUSTEE UPON HIS DEATH. WE HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING REPRESENTATION IN REGARD TO TRUST LAWSUITS, WILL CONTESTS, ESTATE LITIGATION AND RELATED CONTROVERSIES.
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“ARTICLE FROM EDWARD J. BLAKE, JR., BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS REAL ESTATE ATTORNEYS”. WE SETTLED A DISPUTE REPRESENTING A BUYER OF REAL ESTATE IN REGARD TO DISCLOSURES NOT MADE BY THE SELLER. ISSUES IN THAT CASE INVOLVED UNDISCLOSED WATER AND/OR SEEPAGE CONDITIONS, CLAIMS OF MOLD, FLOORING THAT WAS WARPED, WALLS THAT WERE NOT ALIGNED AND CONDITIONS THAT WERE CONCEALED OR OTHERWISE NOT DISCLOSED TO OUR CLIENTS PRIOR TO THE PURCHASE. EDWARD J. BLAKE, JR., AND HIS LAW FIRM HAVE MORE THAN FORTY (40) YEARS OF EXPERIENCE HANDLING CASES INVOLVING COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS, LEASES FOR BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUALS, DISPUTES BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS, SUBSIDENCE ISSUES, FAULTY CONSTRUCTION OR POOR WORKMANSHIP, MECHANICS LIENS, FORECLOSURE CASES, BOND FOR DEED AGREEMENTS, DEFENDING FORECLOSURE ACTIONS, NEGOTIATIONS ON BEHALF OF BUYERS WITH RESPECT TO SELLERS, PREPARATION FOR REAL ESTATE SALES CONTRACTS, DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS AND DEEDS, EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WARRANTY DEEDS AND QUIT CLAIM DEEDS, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS WITH BUILDERS, REPRESENTATION OF FRANCHISEES, REAL ESTATE TAXES, REAL ESTATE ASSESSMENT REDUCTIONS, PROTESTS WITH RESPECT TO ASSESSMENTS AND REAL ESTATE TAX BILLS, SUCCESSION PLANNING IN REGARD TO BUSINESS AND FARMS, REPRESENTATION OF FARMERS IN REGARD TO ISSUES INVOLVING UTILITIES, LAND DISPUTES, BOUNDARY LINE DISPUTES, ADVERSE POSSESSION ACTIONS, LAWSUITS FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS, PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIONS AND PERMANENT INJUNCTIONS, ISSUES INVOLVING MOBILE HOMES AND MODULAR HOMES, FAULTY SET UP AND INSTALLATION, INSURANCE CLAIMS REGARDING HOUSES AND REAL ESTATE, ESTATE SETTLEMENTS REGARDING REAL ESTATE, PROBATE CASES WHERE LAND IS INVOLVED, AND OTHER REAL ESTATE ISSUES. EDWARD J. BLAKE, JR., IS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION (ABA) AND IS A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION (ISBA). AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM TAZEWELL COUNTY, MARQUETTE HEIGHTS, PEKIN AND WASHINGTON, MCLEAN COUNTY, BLOOMINGTON, CHENOA AND LEXINGTON, FORD COUNTY, GIBSON CITY, PAXTON AND PIPER CITY, ILLINOIS.
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