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The two main rights that beneficiaries have are the right to information and the right to distributions. Beneficiaries have the right to receive certain information about the trust. The trustee needs to provide beneficiaries with an annual accounting describing payments and income of the trust.

The estate tax threshold for Illinois is $4 million. This means that if you die and your total estate is worth less than $4 million, the estate won't owe anything to the state of Illinois.

If the person had no spouse or children, then their property goes to their next closest surviving relatives. The order of intestate inheritance is as follows: Divided equally among parents and siblings, with a double portion going to a single surviving parent if there is no other parent.

Wills may be held invalid if some sort of undue influence was directly tied to the execution of the will. Undue influence is understood to be a force that prevents the testator from exercising his or her own rights in crafting the will.

The three ways in which a will can be properly revoked include: By subsequent instrument (called implied revocation or express revocation) By destroying the old will. By operation of law.

If a court finds that an individual is suffering from dementia, is under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or is incapable of understanding the document being executed for some other reason, the court may invalidate the will on the grounds that the individual does not have testamentary capacity.

Illinois' “per stirpes” law dictates that half of the estate passes to the surviving spouse while the other half is divided among children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. If there is no surviving spouse, the entire estate passes to the deceased's children.

Yes. Illinois residents do not need an attorney to create a will. As long as you have testamentary capacity, know what property you have, and who you want to have that property, then you may make a will in Illinois.

Mistakes when creating a will, such as failing to have witnesses present at the signing, might eventually lead to the Illinois probate courts invalidating the document and refusing to enforce it when someone dies.