Revocable Trusts

Revocable trusts, otherwise known as “living trusts,” do not protect your assets from creditors. In fact, they are subject to collections actions and lawsuits, and they are included when third parties evaluate your personal assets. With a revocable trust, you are typically both the founder and the trustee. This means that you both create the trust and manage its assets and operations. You also have full access to the trust’s terms, beneficiaries and assets at all times. You can change how the trust operates, who benefits from it and even dissolve the trust at will. In addition, you can also take assets back out of the trust as you see fit. #revocabletrust,

Assult Weapon Ban

Illinois Governor Pritzker signed the Protect Illinois Communities Act banning the sale and distribution of assault weapons, high-capacity magazines, and switches in Illinois, effective immediately. #assultweaponban,

Illinois Safe-T Act

One of the most comprehensive, and likely the most contentious, laws to be signed into law this year was the Illinois SAFE-T Act, a massive criminal justice reform legislative package updating rules governing jail time while awaiting trial and the use of force by police. The greatest controversy in the SAFE-T Act is the key provision for ending cash bail, which advocates said causes poor people to sit in jail because they can't make bail, even on minor charges, while affluent people can pay for their pre-trial release, even for more serious crimes. #IllinoisSafe-TAct, #eliminationofcashbail,

Electronic Order Of Protection

A new Illinois law addressing electronic orders of protection makes filing paperwork to take your abuser to court should not be dangerous. To better protect survivors, this law allows anyone to file for a protective order at any time by email or online in addition to the in-person option. It also requires counties with populations above 250,000 to offer the option of a remote hearing.#electronicorderof protection,