$200,000.00+ SETTLEMENT REACHED IN DISPUTED TRUST CONTEST. BELLEVILLE, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAW FIRM, ARTICLE REGARDING CASE SETTLEMENT WITH RESPECT TO TRUST DISPUTES. AN ACTION WAS BROUGHT BY TWO (2) SURVIVING CHILDREN AFTER THE DEATH OF THE FATHER AGAINST THEIR STEP-MOTHER. THE CLAIM WAS THAT THE STEP-MOTHER TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE FATHER DURING HIS LIFETIME IN REGARD TO FINANCIAL MANEUVERING AND/OR MANIPULATION THAT RESULTED IN THE STEP-MOTHER RECEIVING ESSENTIALLY ALL OF THE WEALTH AND ASSETS OF HER HUSBAND. AFTER A LAWSUIT WAS FILED, AND BEFORE ANY DEPOSITIONS WERE TAKEN, A SETTLEMENT WAS REACHED IN ACCESS OF $200,000.00. AVAILABLE TO REPRESENT CLIENTS FROM BOND COUNTY, GREENVILLE, POCAHONTAS AND MULBERRY GROVE, FAYETTE COUNTY, ST. ELMO, VANDALIA AND RAMSEY, EFFINGHAM COUNTY, EFFINGHAM, ALTAMONT AND BEECHER CITY, AREA.
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