Estate Planning is About Peace of Mind

Who Did Your Estate Planning?

If you're like the majority of Americans, you haven't created an estate plan. But, that doesn't mean that you don't have one. Whether you know it or not, you do have an estate plan. Illinois state law provides a default estate plan for everyone who hasn't created an estate plan of their own.

Are you satisfied with the default plan? Do you know what will happen to your family and your assets under the default plan? Let's take a look at some of the key features of the default estate plan:

Your children will stay in foster care while a court decides who will become their permanent guardian, a process which could take weeks or even months
The Illinois Intestacy Statute will determine how much of your estate goes to your spouse and how much goes to your children
Your children will get their inheritance money at the age of 18, regardless of how well they are able to manage their finances
If your spouse remarries, the money your spouse inherits may be left to your spouse's new partner or his/her children, and not your children

Many people try to avoid the default estate plan by creating a Will. It is true that everyone should have a Will. But a Will can't avoid all of the provisions of the default estate plan listed above. In addition, a Will has other limitations and problems:

If you become incapacitated, your children will stay in foster care while a court decides who will become their temporary guardian even if your Will identifies a permanent guardian (Why? Because a Will tells the court what to do when you die)
Your Last Will and Testament and private financial information will be made public through the court process called "probate"

Does your estate plan protect you and give you peace of mind?

Estate Planning That Fits You

From the moment you schedule the initial conference, our focus is on how we can address your concerns and help you achieve your goals. The concerns you have and the risks you face depend, of course, upon your particular situation. There is no one-size-fits-all trust or other estate planning device that allows everyone to achieve their goals. You don't need a product, you need solutions to your most pressing problems.

We want to make it easy for you to get the peace of mind you deserve. That is why we have organized this site around the different kinds of clients we serve: couples and individuals, families with children, seniors and retirees, business owners, and high net worth individuals.

Review our Planning and Protection pages to learn about the risks you face and the solutions we provide. You should read them all – more than one section may apply to you, and the rest might enable you to help a parent, sibling, or friend get the protection they need.

Estate Planning Made Simple

With the many risks to be protected against and strategies that can be employed, estate planning can be a daunting experience. But, at the Law Offices of Natalia Kabbe, we don't believe that the estate planning process has to be complicated.

We have simplified your decision-making process. You merely choose one of three levels of protection and then let us worry about the details. Estate planning really can be that easy!

A Lifelong Relationship

At the Law Offices of Natalia Kabbe, we believe that preparing an estate plan is not just a one-time event. Instead, it is a lifelong process. The protection that you have today might be weakened, or even eliminated, tomorrow by changes in your life or the law.

Our goal is to deliver the most protection possible for yourself, your assets, and your loved ones. But we realize that we can only do that by remaining committed to your protection and peace of mind after we implement your estate plan. You will experience that commitment with our "Life and Legacy" Programs.

We have two levels of service in our "Life and Legacy" Programs – Basic and Enhanced. The centerpiece of both programs is a periodic review of your estate plan to make sure it keeps up with changes in your life and the law. Don't let your estate plan get out of date so that it fails to protect you, your assets and your loved ones.

The First Step to an Effective Estate Plan

It's time to take the first step toward protecting yourself, your assets and your loved ones. Call us today at 888-909-1414 and schedule your initial conference.

Based in Naperville, Illinois, our law firm represents estate planning and elder law clients throughout Illinois including, but not limited to, the following cities: Naperville, Lisle, Woodridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Oak Brook, Oakbrooke Terrace, Lombard, Wheaton, Warrenville, West Chicago, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Romeoville, Joliet, Aurora, Batavia, Oswego, and Montgomery. We serve clients throughout DuPage County, Will County, Kane County, and Kendall County.

Natalia Kabbe is an estate planning attorney and lawyer offering: asset protection, retirement planning, elder law, tax planning, medicaid planning, business succession planning, guardianship, and probate services.

Natalia provides protection for her clients, their assets, and their families using the latest estate planning techniques including wills, trusts, special needs trusts, guardianships, powers of attorney, durable powers of attorney, financial powers of attorney, healthcare powers of attorney, medical powers of attorney, advance health care directives, advanced health care directives and living wills.