Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Illinois

wills & trusts

If a person dies and only leaves a trust but not a will how does this work?


Asked on 9/28/07, 12:09 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Jeffrey R. Gottlieb Law Offices of Jeffrey R. Gottlieb, LLC

Re: wills & trusts

The trust would control only assets titled in the trust. Assets titled solely in the decedent's name (with no beneficiary designation) would then pass to the decedent's legal heirs under state intestacy law, not under the terms of the trust.

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Answered on 9/28/07, 12:21 am
Joseph Michelotti Michelotti & Associates, Ltd.

Re: wills & trusts

property in the name of the trust gets distributed by the terms of the trust.

all of the other property gets distributed down the family tree.

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Answered on 9/29/07, 2:02 pm


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