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Condominiums and Short-Term Rentals
The Illinois State Bar Association recently published a description of a July 7, 2021 Illinois Appellate Court Decision concerning the rights and obligations of Condominium owners to engage in short-term rentals (“Airbnb” etc.) of their condominium units. The court...
Taxable Income from Online Sales
Many people mistakenly believe that their income from selling items through an online platform, such as Amazon or eBay, is not taxable and does not have to be reported to the IRS if their sales are below the platform’s Form 1099 reporting threshold. This belief is...
How Do I File for Divorce?
If you have reached the conclusion that divorce is necessary, the process by which to obtain the divorce may seem overwhelming and difficult. The first step to obtain a divorce is to prepare a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage. This Petition is the document that...
Using a Small Estate Affidavit
A Small Estate Affidavit is a tool that can be utilized, in certain circumstances, to transfer the property of a deceased individual without having to go to probate court. To use a Small Estate Affidavit, all of the following must be true: The total amount of the...
Illinois Civil Orders of Protection
An Order of Protection (“OP”) is a court order that protects one family or household member from the actions of another family or household member. Whether you are seeking an OP, or someone has filed an OP against you, it is important to understand what an OP is, how...
What is a Revocable Living Trust?
v A Revocable Living Trust (“RLT”) is a written estate planning document by which the person who creates the Trust, referred to as the Trustor, names a person or corporate entity to manage assets transferred to the Trust during the lifetime of the Trustor and after...
Residential Eviction Moratoriums
Federal Moratorium On Inauguration Day, Wednesday January 20, 2021, President Biden requested that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) extend the Federal moratorium on evictions through March 31, 2021 in order to avoid a massive wave of evictions that might...
Extension of FFCRA Paid Leave Into 2021
The Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) was passed to provide temporary paid leave benefits due to the COVID-19 Pandemic for qualifying employees. The FFCRA required most private employers with less than 500 employees to provide paid leave benefits to...
Estate Planning in Blended Families
Blended and stepfamilies are becoming increasingly common. According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2013, a staggering 42 million adults in the U.S. have been married more than once. This is up from 22 million in 1980, and up from 14 million in 1960....
