Probate Illinois is designed to give you the latest practical and legal information about administering and probating estates in Illinois. Here will be found the locations of the Illinois Courthouses, names and phone numbers of Probate Judges and Clerks and secretaries, copies of probate forms and specific information about the practical aspects of getting an estate through the various circuit courts of the State of Illinois. This is a "HOW TO" Guide regarding probate for both the non-attorney and the attorney.
You can find Illinois probate information for your particular situation by clicking on the name of the city, town or village where your decedent lived when they died and you will be taken directly to the information for the Circuit Court that has probate jurisdiction over that decedent's Illinois estate. In some instances you may have to determine in which County your decedent lived, as several towns are in more than one county. If you know the county name, then you can click on the County name and be taken directly to the probate information for that Illinois County's Circuit Court. You will also find links to the Illinois Statutes relating to Probate and Rules adopted by the Illinois Supreme Court and various Circuit Courts relating to the probate procedures in those courts.
The Law office of Paul P. Didzerekis provides this information. Mr. Didzerekis has practiced Probate Law and Estate Planning in Illinois for more than 37 years and provides legal services in the areas of probate, estate administration, estate planning, general civil litigation and real estate law to the general public. Mr. Didzerekis has been selected by his peers among the top 5 % of lawyers practicing in these areas and is therefore a member of the Leading Lawyers network. He was recently (January 2004) listed in "West Suburban Living" magazine as a lawyer that other lawyers would choose when they personally needed estate plannning or probate assistance. By appointment of the Illinois Governor, he is also the former Public Administrator of DuPage County, Illinois. As former Public Administrator he probates and administered the estates of individuals who died without known heirs and other estates as assigned to him by the Probate Judge of DuPage County, Illinois. He is past Chairman of the DuPage County Estate Planning and Probate Committee of the DuPage County Bar Association. Mr. Didzerekis is a past Member of the DuPage County Board and the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission. He has served on the Republican Central committee of DuPage County and the boards of directors of several charities and service organizations and published numerous articles on Probate, Estate Planning, Wills, Trusts and other law related subjects.
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