Ancillary Administration

IICLE Press

With the increased use of intervivos trusts, it is now less common to have ancillary administration in Illinois in estates of nonresident decedents. Attorneys representing nonresidents of the State of Illinois should counsel clients to use a revocable “living” trust for Illinois assets so the delay and expense of administration in Illinois, as an ancillary jurisdiction, will be eliminated.

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