Monthly Archive: January 2020

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) LAW FIRM, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS DCFS EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CARLINVILLE, MACOUPIN COUNTY, LITCHFIELD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE USED TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE IS “CREDIBLE EVIDENCE” THAT THE CHILD WAS ABUSED OR NEGLECTED AND TO DECIDE IF THE CHILD IS IN DANGER IN THE HOME. DCFS IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE YOUR CHILD FROM YOU, UNLESS IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE. BEFORE TAKING YOUR CHILD FROM THE HOME, DCFS MUST TRY OTHER WAYS TO KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE, SUCH AS CREATING A SAFETY PLAN. A SAFETY PLAN SHOULD BE IN WRITING AND MAY INVOLVE YOU OR YOUR CHILD STAYING WITH SOMEONE ELSE WHILE DCFS COMPLETES ITS INVESTIGATION. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO AGREE TO A SAFETY PLAN, BUT IF YOU DON’T AGREE TO A SAFETY PLAN, DCFS MAY TAKE PROTECTIVE CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD FOR 48 HOURS. DURING THIS 48-HOUR PERIOD, DCFS MAY ASK THE COUNTY STATE’S ATTORNEY TO FILE COURT PAPERS ASKING A JUDGE TO GIVE DCFS TEMPORARY LEGAL CUSTODY OF YOUR CHILD, SO IT CAN PLACE YOUR CHILD IN FOSTER CARE. SOMETIMES DCFS ASKS A PARENT TO GIVE SOMEONE ELSE FORMAL LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP OF THE CHILD. BEFORE YOU AGREE OR SIGN ANY LEGAL DOCUMENTS, YOU SHOULD TALK TO A LAWYER ABOUT THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP. YOU SHOULDN’T RELY ON WHAT DCFS WORKERS TELL YOU ABOUT LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP. IF THE STATE’S ATTORNEY’S OFFICE DOESN’T THINK THERE IS ENOUGH PROOF TO BRING A CASE ALLEGING ABUSE OR NEGLECT, IT USUALLY REJECTS DCFS’S REQUEST TO FILE COURT PAPERS. IF IT AGREES TO FILE THE COURT PAPERS, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED.

DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) LAW FIRM, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS DCFS EXPERIENCED ATTORNEYS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CARLINVILLE, MACOUPIN COUNTY, LITCHFIELD, MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND VANDALIA, FAYETTE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. FORMAL INVESTIGATIONS ARE USED TO FIGURE OUT…
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FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM EFFINGHAM, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY AND FLORA, CLAY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SPECIAL AGENT CONTACTING ONE OR BOTH PARTIES IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING RELATING TO A CRIMINAL TAX INVESTIGATION, PARTIES IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING COMMUNICATING WITH A SPECIAL AGENT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IN REGARD TO AN INVESTIGATION WITHOUT COUNSEL, COMMUNICATIONS BY COUNSEL WITH SPECIAL AGENTS OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE REGARDING A CRIMINAL TAX INVESTIGATION IN THE CONTEXT OF A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, OBJECTIVE OF SPECIAL AGENTS OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IN REGARD TO A CRIMINAL TAX INVESTIGATION RELATING TO PARTIES INVOLVED IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, OBJECTIVES OF COUNSEL ON BEHALF OF PARTIES IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING RELATING TO A CRIMINAL TAX INVESTIGATION BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, SHOULD CLIENTS IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING GIVE A STATEMENT TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE IN THE EARLY STAGES OF A CRIMINAL TAX INVESTIGATION?, POWER OF ATTORNEYS IN A DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING

FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM EFFINGHAM, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, NEWTON, JASPER COUNTY AND FLORA, CLAY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SPECIAL AGENT CONTACTING ONE OR BOTH PARTIES IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING RELATING TO A CRIMINAL TAX INVESTIGATION, PARTIES IN A DIVORCE…
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FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CHESTER, RANDOLPH COUNTY, DU QUOIN, PERRY COUNTY AND WEST FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IF A PARTY TO A DIVORCE PROCEEDING DIES, OR IS INCARCERATED, WHAT RIGHTS DO THE GRANDPARENTS HAVE IN REGARD TO THE GRANDCHILDREN?, WHEN CAN A LEGAL SEPARATION BE PREFERABLE TO A DIVORCE?, DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS AND DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS), IS IT RECOMMENDED THAT A PARTY IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING REPRESENT HIMSELF OR HERSELF PRO SE, AND SHOULD BOTH PARTIES EVER USE THE SAME ATTORNEY OR LAW FIRM IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING?, SHOULD YOU ASK YOUR DIVORCE ATTORNEY TO ALSO GIVE YOU ADVICE REGARDING ESTATE PLANNING, OR PREPARE ESTATE PLANNING DOCUMENTS FOR YOU OR ASK YOUR ATTORNEY FOR ASSISTANCE IN REGARD TO TAX MATTERS OR HAVE YOUR ATTORNEY PREPARE TAX RETURNS FOR YOU?

FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CHESTER, RANDOLPH COUNTY, DU QUOIN, PERRY COUNTY AND WEST FRANKFORT, FRANKLIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, IF A PARTY TO A DIVORCE PROCEEDING DIES, OR IS INCARCERATED, WHAT RIGHTS DO THE GRANDPARENTS HAVE IN REGARD…
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$3,000,000 SETTLEMENT IN DIVORCE CASE, DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE LAW FIRM, BLAKE BEHME GILBRETH LINKS, P.C., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM TAYLORVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY, SULLIVAN, MOULTRIE COUNTY AND SHELBYVILLE, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHAT HAPPENS TO A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN A DIVORCE?, ANY LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, AND TRUST, SHOULD BE AMENDED AFTER DIVORCE, ESTATE PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS IN A DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING, HOW TO AVOID A FORMER SPOUSE BECOMING LEGAL GUARDIAN OF MINOR CHILDREN, AFTER A DIVORCE WITH RESPECT TO A PREDECEASING TESTATOR BEING SURVIVED BY AN EX-SPOUSE

$3,000,000 SETTLEMENT IN DIVORCE CASE, DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE LAW FIRM, BLAKE BEHME GILBRETH LINKS, P.C., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM TAYLORVILLE, CHRISTIAN COUNTY, SULLIVAN, MOULTRIE COUNTY AND SHELBYVILLE, SHELBY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHAT HAPPENS TO A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT IN…
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FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CARBONDALE, JACKSON COUNTY, MARION, WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND HARRISBURG, SALINE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF DEATH OCCURS WITH RESPECT TO EITHER PARTY DURING THE COURSE OF A DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING?, PROBATE AND ESTATE ADMINISTRATION ISSUES IN DIVORCE PROCEEDING, INHERITANCE EXPECTANCIES IN REGARD TO PROBATE LITIGATION RELATING TO DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS, INTERROGATORIES AND DISCOVERY RELATING TO WILL DISPUTE OR TRUST LITIGATION IN DIVORCE CASES, TAX ISSUES WITH INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND/OR ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE RELATING TO DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS

FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM CARBONDALE, JACKSON COUNTY, MARION, WILLIAMSON COUNTY AND HARRISBURG, SALINE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHAT HAPPENS IF DEATH OCCURS WITH RESPECT TO EITHER PARTY DURING THE COURSE OF A DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING?, PROBATE AND…
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BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, METRO EAST LAW FIRM SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED REPRESENTATION IN AN ESTATE ADMINISTRATION THAT INCLUDED HAVING A COPY OF A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF A DECEDENT ADMITTED TO PROBATE FOR ESTATE ADMINISTRATION REBUTTING THE PRESUMPTION THAT IF THE ORIGINAL LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT COULD NOT BE FOUND, THAT THE TESTATOR HAD INTENTIONALLY DESTROYED IT, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM ALBION, EDWARDS COUNTY, MOUNT CARMEL, WABASH COUNTY AND OLNEY, RICHLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS. IF AN ORIGINAL LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT CANNOT BE LOCATED, THERE IS A PRESUMPTION THAT THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT HAD BEEN DESTROYED. IF A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT HAD BEEN DESTROYED, THAT COULD SUBJECT THE ESTATE TO INTESTACY OR THAT THE INTESTATE STATUTE PROVIDES AS TO THE TESTAMENTARY DISPOSITION OF THE NET ASSETS. WE TIMELY FILED A MOTION TO ADMIT COPY OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ESTATE ADMINISTRATION AND, THROUGH A PROCESS OF MEETINGS AND NEGOTIATIONS, WERE ABLE TO OBTAIN ENTRIES OF APPEARANCE AND CONSENTS FROM THE HEIRS, EVEN AN HEIR THAT WAS NOT PROVIDED FOR OR DISINHERITED IN THE WILL, SUCH THAT THE COURT GRANTED OUR MOTION TO ADMIT COPY OF LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, METRO EAST LAW FIRM SUCCESSFULLY PROVIDED REPRESENTATION IN AN ESTATE ADMINISTRATION THAT INCLUDED HAVING A COPY OF A LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF A DECEDENT ADMITTED TO PROBATE FOR ESTATE ADMINISTRATION REBUTTING THE PRESUMPTION THAT…
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FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY AND HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, MULTIPLE MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES BETWEEN THE SAME PARTIES, ORDERS OF PROTECTION IN FAMILY LAW CASES, HOW TO HANDLE UNPAID CHILD SUPPORT WHEN THE RESPONSIBLE PERSON DIES, HOW TO HANDLE QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDERS (QDROs) IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, DIVORCE AND BANKRUPTCY ISSUES IN DIVORCE CASES

FAMILY LAW ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY AND HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, MULTIPLE MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES BETWEEN THE SAME PARTIES, ORDERS OF PROTECTION IN FAMILY LAW CASES, HOW TO HANDLE UNPAID CHILD…
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$525,000 RECOVERY IN DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING, DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE LAW FIRM, BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY AND HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTATE PLANNING DURING A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, RETIREMENT PLANS AND BENEFICIARY DESIGNATIONS IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, POWER OF ATTORNEYS AND ADVANCED DIRECTIVES IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, TITLE INSURANCE REGARDING REAL ESTATE AND IMPACT OF A JUDGMENT OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE IN A DIVORCE PROCEEDING

$525,000 RECOVERY IN DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE PROCEEDING, DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE LAW FIRM, BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY AND HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ESTATE PLANNING DURING A DIVORCE PROCEEDING, RETIREMENT…
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HOW TO TRY TO FIND THE “BEST DIVORCE, FAMILY LAW AND CUSTODY ATTORNEY”, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PAXTON, FORD COUNTY, CHAMPAIGN, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AND DANVILLE, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS, A POTENTIAL CLIENT SHOULD INTERVIEW AS MANY ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS AS POSSIBLE. A POTENTIAL CLIENT COULD ALSO REQUEST REFERRALS FROM NEIGHBORS OR FRIENDS THAT MAY HAVE USED CERTAIN ATTORNEYS IN THE PAST. A POTENTIAL CLIENT SHOULD BE CONCERNED REGARDING THE NUMBER OF YEARS AN ATTORNEY OR A LAW FIRM HAS BEEN IN PRACTICE, AND THE RESOURCES OF THAT LAW FIRM IN REGARD TO HANDLING A PARTICULAR CASE. A POTENTIAL CLIENT COULD CONTACT THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND COULD CONSIDER REVIEWS OR OTHER CRITERIA. WHILE IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ATTEMPT TO CHOOSE THE BEST, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT CLIENTS CHOOSE ATTORNEYS WITH EXPERIENCE, AND A TRACK RECORD. POTENTIAL CLIENTS SHOULD ENGAGE IN SUCH INQUIRIES THEY DEEM APPROPRIATE IN ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY THE BEST ATTORNEY IN A GIVEN AREA OF PRACTICE.

HOW TO TRY TO FIND THE “BEST DIVORCE, FAMILY LAW AND CUSTODY ATTORNEY”, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PAXTON, FORD COUNTY, CHAMPAIGN, CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AND DANVILLE, VERMILION COUNTY, ILLINOIS, A POTENTIAL CLIENT SHOULD INTERVIEW AS MANY ATTORNEYS AND LAW FIRMS…
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