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Divorce and Guardianship Issues for Individuals with Alzheimer’s Disease

By elder law and estate planning attorney Rick Law, founder and managing partner of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West suburban Aurora, IL. Several states have enacted statutes giving guardians/conservators general authority to act on behalf of wards. It is well accepted that these general grants of power usually include the […]

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Don’t Go Broke as an Alzheimer’s Caregiver

By Elder Law and Estate Planning Attorney Rick Law. Rick Law and his daughter Attorney Diana Law are part of the multi-generational firm of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Aurora, IL. Let’s face it. Alzheimer’s Disease is a progressive degenerative and irreversible disease that robs your loved one’s memory, dignity and […]

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Termination/Removal of the Guardian

By Elder Law Attorney Rick Law.  Rick is the founder and managing partner at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Aurora, Illinois.  The team at Law Elder Law are senior advocates, planners, and attorneys serving Kane, Kendall, DuPage, Will and Cook counties in Western Chicagoland. Getting a guardian removed for improper conduct […]

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Who Should be the Guardian?

By Elder Law Attorney and Senior Advocate Rick L. Law.  Managing Partner of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law.  Kane County Illinois’ elder law, estate planning, guardianship, probate, wills and trusts attorneys in Aurora. The probate court, upon petition of a guardian for an adult with disabilities, and after notice to all other […]

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Guardianship Medical Report Review

 By Elder Law Attorney Rick Law.  Estate Planning and Elder Law attorney at the Estate Planning Center of Law Elder Law in West suburban Aurora, IL. The Guardianship medical report of the alleged disabled person must be prepared by a physician within the state-mandated time period after the date of the filing of a guardianship […]

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Do I Need to Have a Physician Weigh In?

By elder law and estate planning attorney Rick Law.  Founder and Managing Partner of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law.  West suburban Chicagoland’s senior advocates and legal counsel for families with loved ones who are afraid of losing everything due to the high cost of long term care. When establishing a case for […]

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What to Expect at a Guardianship Hearing

By Rick Law, Managing Partner at the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in Aurora, Illinois.  Right off of the Farnsworth Exit of the I-88 Tollway in Western Chicagoland. In the Illinois guardianship hearing: the person with alleged disabilities has the right to be present; the person with alleged disabilities must be given at […]

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Separating the Legal from the Emotional Issues

By Elder Law and Estate Planning attorney Rick Law.  Founder of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law in West suburban Aurora, IL. The dynamic issues that often arise in contested guardianship cases are factually and legally complex and often bring forward sensitive and personal issues. It is your lawyer’s responsibility to separate the […]

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Guardianship and Protective Orders

By Estate Planning Lawyer Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law.  Providing Guardianship services as well as estate planning, elder law, probate, Medicaid crisis planning, and much more in Kane county in Illinois. An experienced guardianship attorney realizes that protective orders can be issued from the guardianship court. The purpose of guardianship […]

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Nomination of the Guardian

By Elder Law Attorney Rick Law of the Estate Planning Center at Law Elder Law, located in Aurora, Illinois in Kane County.  Just off of the Farnsworth exit of the I-88 tollway. A person, if still of sound mind and memory, may designate in writing a person, corporation, or public agency, to be appointed as […]

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