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Paul Smolinski

Firm: Palos Elder Law, Ltd.

19550 S. Harlem Avenue , Frankfort , Illinois 60423

Practice Areas: Elder Law, Trusts, Probate, Medicaid & Medicare, Estate Planning

Paul Smolinski has been practicing law in Palos Heights since 1988. We work diligently to understand clients concerns and to offer clients logical and practical solutions. It is our goal to a establish a long term partnership with you and your family!. We are an Elder Law firm. Elder Law includes matters pertaining to nursing homes, probate court, guardianships, estate planning documents, medicaid and tax laws. But our experience comes also from having practiced in the areas of: bankrutpcy, divorce, adoption, real estate and business representation. Our broad experience helps you receive answers based on real-life situations and real-life resolutions to problems.. "Protecting Clients ... Families ... and their Assets - that's what we do!"

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Recent Q&As in Illinois (probate)

What counts as proof for Heir lineage in probate? | Aug 22, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Illinois Need to hire someone who can draw a map of my family tree for court, I talked to two Private Investigators and one heir service, can any of these work in court? Can I do this research myself and provide it to my attorney?
Illinois Probate still open after 15 years? | Aug 17, 2026 | Sourced from Reddit
Location: Champaign County, Illinois I’m looking for general guidance on an Illinois probate situation. October 2010: My husband’s father passed away in Champaign County, Illinois, shortly after signing a new will in late September 2010. October 25, 2010 (Pre-Filing): The primary beneficiary/executor executed a quitclaim deed transferring the decedent's real property directly into her own name. February 2011: A petition for probate was filed, and the will was admitted. The court docket shows the estate was opened. The Notice Failure: My husband was explicitly named as a statutory heir in the initial probate filings. However, he was never sent the legally required statutory notice packet (755 ILCS 5/6-10), never appeared, and never waived notice. He had no idea probate was happening and didn't know he had a right to contest the will or demand formal proof. Present Day: The Champaign County court docket still shows the estate as Open (no final discharge or closing order has ever been entered). Our Main Concerns Total Lack of Notice / Due Process: Because my husband was never notified despite being listed in the paperwork, the court never acquired proper personal jurisdiction over him. (We've been looking at cases like In re Estate of Stanford and In re Estate of Denlinger, which discuss how statutory notice is equivalent to service of process and triggers the proper timeline for heirs). The Will Itself: Signed right before death while vulnerable (the executor encouraged us to leave town and had the will signed while we were gone…

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