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Estate Planning

Estate Planning Lawyers in Rockford, Illinois

In a world filled with unexpected twists and turns, advanced planning is essential. Through effective estate planning, you can ensure that your wishes regarding health care, asset distribution and other important matters are clear.

At Schlueter Ecklund in Rockford, Illinois, our skilled estate planning attorneys can help you prepare for all contingencies. Whether you are a new parent worried about who will care for your children if something happens to you or you are approaching the later years in your life and want to clearly establish your health care wishes, we can effectively serve you.

Contact us today to schedule your confidential consultation with one of our experienced estate planning attorneys.

Effectively Handling All Aspects of Estate Planning

Our attorneys address all elements of estate planning. We will help you arrange your assets to minimize estate taxes and to enhance the efficiency of the probate administration process. We will draft wills and create trusts as necessary to distribute your assets. We prepare durable powers of attorney for health care and finances, so that you can select the people who will make essential decisions should you become unable to make these decisions yourself. We creative living wills, so that you can make your health care wishes clear.

If you are a small business owner, we can address your business succession planning needs. We have extensive experience handling Medicaid planning, helping clients reduce the assets they may lose to the cost of nursing home care later in life. No matter what your estate planning concerns may be, we can effectively represent you.

Contact Us Today

Now is the time to prepare for life's unexpected twists and turns. By planning ahead, you can ensure that you are prepared for all contingencies. Contact us today to schedule your confidential consultation with a skilled estate planning lawyer.


From our office in Rockford, Illinois, our attorneys at Schlueter Ecklund provide representation in the areas of civil law and litigation matters for individuals and businesses throughout the Rock River area, including the Illinois cities of Rockford, Belvidere, Freeport, Sycamore, Loves Park, Roscoe, Rockton, Winnebago, Cherry Valley, Machesney Park, and Oregon in Winnebago County, Boone County, Ogle County, Stephenson County, and DeKalb County, IL. We also represent clients in business and estate planning matters in the Wisconsin cities of Madison, Janesville, and Beloit, and Rock County, Dane County, and Green County, WI.

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