Properly understanding and completing the small estate affidavit can be challenging and it is important to do it correctly since the affiant can be...

If your mother was a resident of Illinois at the time of death, her children are heirs. If she had substantial assets, then it is likely formal...

Your credit card debt becomes a debt of your estate and is paid from estate assets to the extent that there are sufficient assets to pay it. Your...

If you have the superior property right (you are the sole owner of the house) then you can evict him like any landlord would. If you are a joint...

Either party could sue the other in this situation, but it probably isn't worth it financially for either to do so. You can report the incident to...

Letters of office are issued when a formal probate case is opened. You might not need a formal probate estate (or estates), but sometimes banks and...

These cases are challenging, but since your injury is severe you should consult with a personal injury lawyer, ideally one that has experience with...

Your options depend on the value of the settlement check. If the estate (including the check) is below the threshold for a small estate affidavit,...

Most lawyers will keep their clients reasonably updated and respond to requests for an update in a timely fashion (my firm aims for no longer than...

The landlord can ask you to move, but you don't have to. To forcibly remove you, the landlord would have to file and win an eviction. The process...