by Dan Sugrue | Sep 24, 2013 | Real Estate Law
In the case of Parkway Bank & Trust Company v. Victor Korzen and Tomas Zanzola, 2013 IL App (1st) 130380, we are treated to a 53 page dissertation on what not to do when defending a residential foreclosure lawsuit. A clearly exasperated appellate court, instead of...
by Dan Sugrue | Sep 22, 2013 | Wills & Estate Law
In the case of In Re Estate of Burren, 2013 Ill App.(1st) 120996, the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, affirmed the ruling of Judge Susan Coleman in the Cook County Circuit court invalidating a will contested by the decedents heirs in which the...
by Dan Sugrue | Sep 20, 2013 | Wills & Estate Law
In the case of In Re ESTATE OF BOYER, 2013 IL 113655, the Illinois Supreme Court deals with the old and little used legal doctrine of election in probate law. The case involved an man living in the Alzheimer’s unit in a nursing home in La Grange Park, and...