1. Yes. Reading the will doesn't make it binding and legal. It must meet certain minimum requirements to be deemed binding and legal, including...

Selected as the best answer

Do I need to treat a roommate the same as a landlord treats a tenant as far as eviction?

If your landlord knows about the room mate, your landlord can evict both you and the room mate. The landlord's 30 days' notice to you should have...

My wife and I were married in Mexico and now live in the US. Where should we get divorced?

An additional thought: although my practice is not in the family law area, one of my in-laws was married in Mexico and had to get a divorce there....

Valuable information I need to break my lease due to unresolved maintenance issues not done by my property mngtmt

Illinois law allows you to have some of these repairs made and maintenance issues addressed and deduct some of the costs from your rent, and then...

1. If the garage is self-managed (association) then if there was a malfunction you can do a couple of things: (a) submit the claim to your own...

Quit Claim Deed

Only with the lender's ok most likely otherwise it could accelerate the debt. If there are legitimate reasons for the split the lender may ok it...

Can I take the trustee back to court for not complying with part of agreement he still as not fulfilled?

You may be able to simply go back to court on the old case -- did you have counsel in round 1? The order of disposition may have stated that the...

What would be the best legal process to remove an invalid lien from the title of real property?

In Illinois a mortgage is a lien so let's start there. Sounds more like you want to try to convert a secured loan into an unsecured one. Why?...

Can I show a condo for lease? I am the president of the Condo Association. I do not have a RE license.

I saw your question asked another way. Same answer: The Illinois condominium property act allows an association to sue for possession of a unit...

Can a Condo Association rent an absent owner's condo?

The Illinois Condominium Property Act allows an association to file suit for possession of a unit for non-payment of assessments, and then to rent...