$8,000,000.00 WILL AND TRUST CONTEST SETTLEMENT, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING PROBATE AND ESTATE LITIGATION, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM WINCHESTER, SCOTT COUNTY, WHITE HALL, GREENE COUNTY, HARDIN, CALHOUN COUNTY, WE REPRESENTED A SURVIVING SPOUSE WITH RESPECT TO HER PREDECEASED HUSBAND WHO BASICALLY ATTEMPTED TO DISINHERIT HER EVEN THOUGH SHE WORKED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS FOR MORE THAN SIXTY (60) YEARS. THE COUPLE HAD NO CHILDREN. THE HUSBAND WAS CONCERNED THAT IF HE LEFT ASSETS TO HIS WIFE SHE WOULD THEN LEAVE THOSE ASSETS TO HER SIDE OF THE FAMILY ONCE SHE PASSED AWAY WHICH THE HUSBAND DID NOT WISH TO OCCUR. THERE WAS AN ALL-DAY MEDIATED SETTLEMENT IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI THAT INVOLVED NUMEROUS LAW FIRMS REPRESENTING VARIOUS PARTIES. THE RECOVERY, IN EXCESS OF $8,000,000.00, EXCEEDED THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CLIENT. OUR CLIENT WAS THEN ABLE TO LEAVE HER ESTATE, UPON HER DEATH, TO HER SIDE OF THE FAMILY, INCLUDING NIECES AND NEPHEWS, NOT TO MENTION OTHERS.
We have decades of experience representing a wide variety of clients in regard to complex, sophisticated and challenging will and trust contest cases. Further, we also have been involved in many will and trust contest situations that are relatively simple and can be worked out or settled without mediation.
Blake Behme Gilbreth Links, P.C.
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EXPERIENCED “AV” RATED PROBATE ATTORNEY AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT GOLCONDA, POPE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, PROBATE, WILLS, TRUSTS, ESTATE CLIENTS AND CONTROVERSIES OR DISPUTES. WE HAVE MORE THAN FORTY (40) YEARS TRUSTED EXPERIENCE IN REGARD TO OBTAINING EXCELLENT RESULTS IN REGARD TO ESTATE LITIGATION MATTERS, TRUST CONTROVERSIES, WILL CONTESTS, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, LAWSUITS AGAINST TRUSTEES, SETTING ASIDE POWER OF ATTORNEYS, CONTESTED GUARDIANSHIP PROCEEDINGS, OBJECTIONS TO ESTATE CLAIMS, REMOVAL OF EXECUTORS, CHALLENGING CORPORATE FIDUCIARIES, OBJECTING TO FEES, DEPOSITIONS OF WILL CONTEST CASES, MEDIATIONS IN REGARD TO TRUST DISPUTES, ISSUES INVOLVING CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS, DISPUTES BETWEEN BENEFICIARIES AND TRUSTEES, CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING HEIRS AND EXECUTORS AND OTHER MATTERS, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM JASPER COUNTY, NEWTON, WHEELER AND WILLOW HILL, CRAWFORD COUNTY, ROBINSON, OBLONG AND PALESTINE, LAWRENCE COUNTY, LAWRENCEVILLE, SUMNER AND BRIDGEPORT, ILLINOIS.- WIFE RECEIVES IN EXCESS OF $3,000,000.00 IN DIVORCE CASE AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PITTSFIELD, PIKE COUNTY, MOUNT STERLING, BROWN COUNTY, BEARDSTOWN, CASS COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WE WERE INVOLVED IN A DIVORCE CASE WHERE THE WIFE RECEIVED IN EXCESS OF $3,000,000.00. THE PARTIES HAD BEEN MARRIED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THE HUSBAND HAD EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS WITH SEVERAL WOMEN. HIS WIFE HAD ENOUGH OF IT. THE JUDGE TOOK THE POSITION THAT THE HUSBAND BASICALLY MANIPULATED INFORMATION AND TESTIMONY IN HIS BEST INTERESTS AND THAT HE LACKED CREDIBILITY. THE WIFE COULD HAVE SETTLED FOR LESS. HOWEVER, BY PROCEEDING WITH THE MATTER THROUGH TRIAL, THE WIFE ENDED UP WITH A SUBSTANTIALLY BETTER RESULT THAT HAD BEEN OFFERED BY THE HUSBAND, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM HANDLING ESTATE LAW, FAMILY LAW, REAL ESTATE LAW AND TAX LAW CASES.
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- BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS, GUARDIANSHIP LAWYER, LAW FIRM INVOLVED IN ADOPTIONS, ISSUES INVOLVING MINORS AND DISABLED ADULTS, PARENTS THAT MAY HAVE ALZHEIMER’S OR DEMENTIA ISSUES, REPRESENTATION OF CHILDREN OF ELDERLY PARENTS REQUESTING GUARDIANSHIP OF THEIR MOTHER AND/OR FATHER, METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS GUARDIANSHIP LAW FIRM INCLUDING IN REGARD TO ISSUES INVOLVING ESTATES, DISABLED MINORS, DISABLED ADULTS, DRUG ISSUES, FEAR FOR THE SAFETY OF THE ELDERLY, ELDERLY EXPLOITATION ISSUES, GUARDIANSHIP AS SAME RELATES TO DCFS (DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES) ISSUES, AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PEKIN, TAZEWELL COUNTY, EUREKA, WOODFORD COUNTY, BLOOMINGTON, MCLEAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS.
- METRO EAST, BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS DIVORCE AND FAMILY LAW FIRM, TESTIMONIALS FROM CLIENTS IN REGARD TO DIVORCE, SUPPORT, CUSTODY AND OTHER FAMILY LAW ISSUES (1) “I WOULD LIKE TO THANK BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. FOR REPRESENTATION IN MY DIVORCE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO WINNERS IN A DIVORCE I AM PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME… I AM VERY PLEASED WITH YOUR REPRESENTATION AND HONESTY PRIOR TO TRIAL. I HOPE I WILL NOT NEED YOUR HELP IN THE FUTURE BUT WILL BE THE FIRST TO SEEK YOUR HELP IF NEEDED. GOOD LUCK.” – V.R. (2) I SWITCHED TO BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. WHEN MY CASE BECAME STALLED WITH ANOTHER LAW FIRM. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. CAME UP TO SPEED QUICKLY AND PROCEEDED TO ENERGETICALLY PURSUE MY CASE. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. IS TOP NOTCH AND ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO DO BUSINESS WITH.” -D.S.A. (3) MY OBSERVANCE OF BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C.’S PROFESSIONAL ATTENTIVENESS TO MY DIVORCE PROCEEDING WAS ADMIRABLE. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C.’S ADVICE WAS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND TO THE POINT, GUIDING ME TO KEEP ON TRACK. BLAKE LAW GROUP, P.C. HAS EXCEPTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS” – R.F., AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM PERRY COUNTY, DU QUOIN, PINCKNEYVILLE AND TAMAROA, FRANKLIN COUNTY, BENTON, CHRISTOPHER AND WEST FRANKFORT, HAMILTON COUNTY, MCLEANSBORO, BELLE PRAIRIE CITY AND DAHLGREN ILLINOIS.
