Estate Planning, Probate & Elder Law Attorneys

»  The Shrinking Lump
If you were planning to take a lump sum from a pension plan, don't wait.

»  The Last Bush Tax Cut
Want to pay 0% on your capital gains? Act now.

» Loans And The Credit Crunch
I’m sure that most of you have been following the credit crunch news. Yesterday the Fed once again lowered rates, but not to the expectations of most of Wall Street. The current credit crunch in my opinion will make the 80’s farm savings and loans crisis look innocent. Bail outs of large [...]

» Cook County Probate Procedure Changes

A couple of things involving probate in Cook County that have changed recently (or maybe I just became aware of):

1. Fee increase. It now costs $304 in fees to open a probate estate worth more than $15,000, up from $279. The entire fee schedule can be found here (as a PDF).

2. Cover sheet. One procedural thing that needs to be done when you go to file your petition to open an estate: completing a probate division cover sheet. I don't know why it's needed, but it is -- the form is here (again, as a PDF).

» Estate planning topic of forum

Leave A Legacy of the Mid-Willamette Valley will present a forum called "Estate Planning for Everyone" at 5:30 p.m. May 6 at Willamette University College of Law, 245 Winter St. via Statesman Journal