(755 ILCS 5/20-17) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 20-17)
Sec. 20-17.
Completion of contract to convey or lease real estate.) Upon
petition of a representative of a decedent's or ward's estate or other interested
person,
the court, without notice or upon such notice as it orders, may direct the
representative
to perform a contract of the decedent or ward, which was legally subsisting at the time
of his death or adjudication, to convey real estate or interest therein and to execute a
deed, lease or other instrument in fulfillment thereof. The petition must show the
description of the real estate and the facts upon which the right to a conveyance or
lease is based. The court may authorize the representative to waive a default or to
compound or compromise any balance due upon such terms as the court orders. If the
contract requires the giving of warranties, the instrument to be given by
the representative
shall contain the warranties required and they shall bind the estate as
though made by the
decedent or ward but shall not bind the representative personally.
(Source: P.A. 79-328.)
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