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| 1 | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing | ||||||
| 5 | Sections 15-1, 15-2, and 25-1 as follows:
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| 6 | (755 ILCS 5/15-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 15-1)
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| 7 | Sec. 15-1. Spouse's award.
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| 8 | (a) The surviving spouse of
a deceased resident of this | ||||||
| 9 | State whose estate, whether
testate or intestate, is | ||||||
| 10 | administered in this State, shall be
allowed as the surviving | ||||||
| 11 | spouse's own property, exempt from the enforcement
of a | ||||||
| 12 | judgment, garnishment or attachment in the possession of the
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| 13 | representative, a sum of money that the court deems reasonable
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| 14 | for the proper support of the surviving spouse for the
period | ||||||
| 15 | of 9 months after the death of the decedent in a manner
suited | ||||||
| 16 | to the condition in life of the surviving spouse
and to the | ||||||
| 17 | condition of the estate and an additional sum
of money that the | ||||||
| 18 | court deems reasonable for the proper
support, during that | ||||||
| 19 | period, of minor and adult dependent
children of the decedent | ||||||
| 20 | who reside with the surviving spouse at
the time of decedent's | ||||||
| 21 | death. The award may in no case
be less than $20,000 $10,000, | ||||||
| 22 | together with an additional sum not
less than $10,000 $5,000 | ||||||
| 23 | for each such child. The award shall be
paid to the surviving | ||||||
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| 1 | spouse at such time or times, not
exceeding 3 installments, as | ||||||
| 2 | the court directs. If the
surviving spouse dies before the | ||||||
| 3 | award for his support is paid
in full, the amount unpaid shall | ||||||
| 4 | be paid to his estate. If
the surviving spouse dies or abandons | ||||||
| 5 | a child before the
award for the support of a child is paid in | ||||||
| 6 | full, the amount
unpaid shall be paid for the benefit of the | ||||||
| 7 | child to such
person as the court directs.
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| 8 | (b) The surviving spouse is entitled to the award
unless | ||||||
| 9 | the will of the decedent expressly provides that the
provisions | ||||||
| 10 | thereof for the surviving spouse are in lieu of
the award and | ||||||
| 11 | the surviving spouse does not renounce the will. | ||||||
| 12 | (c) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
| 13 | General Assembly apply to a decedent whose date of death is on | ||||||
| 14 | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
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| 15 | General Assembly.
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| 16 | (Source: P.A. 87-287.)
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| 17 | (755 ILCS 5/15-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 15-2)
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| 18 | Sec. 15-2. Child's award.
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| 19 | (a) If a minor or adult dependent child of the decedent | ||||||
| 20 | does not reside
with the surviving spouse of the decedent at | ||||||
| 21 | the time of decedent's death,
there shall be allowed to that | ||||||
| 22 | child, exempt from the enforcement of a
judgment, garnishment | ||||||
| 23 | or attachment in the possession of the
representative, a sum of | ||||||
| 24 | money that the court deems reasonable for the
proper support of | ||||||
| 25 | the child for the period of 9 months after the death of
the | ||||||
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| 1 | decedent, in a manner suited to the condition in life of the | ||||||
| 2 | minor
child and to the condition of the estate. The award may | ||||||
| 3 | in no case be less
than $10,000 $5,000 and shall be paid for | ||||||
| 4 | the benefit of the child to such person
as the court directs.
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| 5 | (b) If a deceased resident of this State leaves no
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| 6 | surviving spouse, there shall be allowed to all children of the
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| 7 | decedent who were minors at the date of death and all adult
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| 8 | dependent children, exempt from the enforcement of a judgment, | ||||||
| 9 | garnishment
or attachment in the possession of the | ||||||
| 10 | representative, a sum of money that
the court deems reasonable | ||||||
| 11 | for the proper support of those children for the
period of 9 | ||||||
| 12 | months after the death of the decedent in a manner suited to
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| 13 | the condition in life of those children and to the condition of | ||||||
| 14 | the estate.
The award may in no case be less than $10,000 | ||||||
| 15 | $5,000 for each of those children,
together with an additional | ||||||
| 16 | sum not less than $20,000 $10,000 that shall be divided
equally | ||||||
| 17 | among those children or apportioned as the court directs and | ||||||
| 18 | that
shall be paid for the benefit of any of those children to | ||||||
| 19 | any person that
the court directs.
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| 20 | (c) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
| 21 | General Assembly apply to a decedent whose date of death is on | ||||||
| 22 | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
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| 23 | General Assembly. | ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 87-287.)
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| 25 | (755 ILCS 5/25-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 25-1)
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| 1 | Sec. 25-1. Payment or delivery of small estate of decedent | ||||||
| 2 | upon
affidavit. | ||||||
| 3 | (a) When any person or corporation (1) indebted to or | ||||||
| 4 | holding
personal estate of a decedent, (2) controlling the | ||||||
| 5 | right of access to
decedent's safe deposit box or (3) acting as | ||||||
| 6 | registrar or transfer agent
of any evidence of interest, | ||||||
| 7 | indebtedness, property or right is
furnished with a small | ||||||
| 8 | estate affidavit in substantially the
form hereinafter set | ||||||
| 9 | forth, that person or corporation shall pay the
indebtedness, | ||||||
| 10 | grant access to the safe deposit box, deliver the personal
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| 11 | estate or transfer or issue the evidence of interest, | ||||||
| 12 | indebtedness,
property or right to persons and in the manner | ||||||
| 13 | specified in paragraph 11 of
the affidavit or to an agent | ||||||
| 14 | appointed as hereinafter set forth.
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| 15 | (b) Small Estate Affidavit
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| 16 | I, (name of affiant) , on oath state:
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| 17 | 1. (a) My post office address is: ;
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| 18 | (b) My residence address is: ; and
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| 19 | (c) I understand that, if I am an out-of-state | ||||||
| 20 | resident, I submit myself
to the jurisdiction of Illinois | ||||||
| 21 | courts for all matters related to the preparation
and use of | ||||||
| 22 | this affidavit. My agent for service of process in Illinois is:
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| 23 | NAME..........................
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| 24 | ADDRESS.......................
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| 25 | CITY..........................
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| 26 | TELEPHONE (IF ANY)............
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| 1 | I understand that if no person is named above as my agent for | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | service or,
if for any reason, service on the named person | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | cannot be effectuated, the
clerk of the circuit court of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | ......(County) (Judicial Circuit) Illinois
is recognized by | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Illinois law as my agent for service of process.
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| 6 | 2. The decedent's name is ;
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| 7 | 3. The date of the decedent's death was , and I | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | have
attached a copy of the death certificate hereto.
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| 9 | 4. The decedent's place of residence immediately before his
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| 10 | death was ;
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| 11 | 5. No letters of office are now outstanding on the | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | decedent's estate and
no petition for letters is contemplated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | or pending in Illinois or in any
other jurisdiction, to my | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | knowledge;
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| 15 | 6. The gross value of the decedent's entire personal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | estate, including
the value of all property passing to any | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | party either by intestacy or
under a will, does not exceed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | $100,000. (Here, list each asset, e.g., cash,
stock, and its | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | fair market value.);
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| 1 | The foregoing statement is made under the penalties of | ||||||
| 2 | perjury*.
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| 3 | .........................
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| 4 | Signature of Affiant
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| 5 | *(Note: A fraudulent statement made under the penalties of | ||||||
| 6 | perjury is
perjury, as defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal | ||||||
| 7 | Code of 1961.)
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| 8 | (c) Appointment of Agent. If safe deposit access is | ||||||
| 9 | involved or if sale
of any personal property is desirable to | ||||||
| 10 | facilitate distribution pursuant
to the small estate | ||||||
| 11 | affidavit, all persons named in paragraph 11 of the
small | ||||||
| 12 | estate affidavit (excluding minors and unascertained or | ||||||
| 13 | disabled
persons) may in writing appoint one or more persons as | ||||||
| 14 | their agent for that
purpose. The agent shall have power, | ||||||
| 15 | without court approval, to gain access
to, sell, and distribute | ||||||
| 16 | the property for the benefit of all persons named
in paragraph | ||||||
| 17 | 11 of the affidavit; and the payment, delivery, transfer,
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| 18 | access or issuance shall be made or granted to or on the order | ||||||
| 19 | of the agent.
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| 20 | (d) Release. Upon payment, delivery, transfer, access or | ||||||
| 21 | issuance
pursuant to a properly executed affidavit, the person | ||||||
| 22 | or corporation is
released to the same extent as if the | ||||||
| 23 | payment, delivery, transfer, access
or issuance had been made | ||||||
| 24 | or granted to the representative of the estate.
Such person or | ||||||
| 25 | corporation is not required to see to the application or
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| 1 | disposition of the property; but each person to whom a payment, | ||||||
| 2 | delivery,
transfer, access or issuance is made or given is | ||||||
| 3 | answerable therefor to any
person having a prior right and is | ||||||
| 4 | accountable to any representative of the
estate.
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| 5 | (e) The affiant signing the small estate affidavit prepared | ||||||
| 6 | pursuant to
subsection (b) of this Section shall indemnify and | ||||||
| 7 | hold harmless all creditors
and heirs of the decedent and other | ||||||
| 8 | persons relying upon the affidavit who
incur loss because of | ||||||
| 9 | such reliance. That indemnification shall only be
up to the | ||||||
| 10 | amount lost because of the act or omission of the affiant. Any
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| 11 | person recovering under this subsection (e) shall be entitled | ||||||
| 12 | to reasonable
attorney's fees and the expenses of recovery.
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| 13 | (f) The affiant of a small estate affidavit who is a | ||||||
| 14 | non-resident of
Illinois submits himself or herself to the | ||||||
| 15 | jurisdiction of Illinois courts
for all matters related to the | ||||||
| 16 | preparation or use of the affidavit. The
affidavit shall | ||||||
| 17 | provide the name, address, and phone number of a person
whom | ||||||
| 18 | the affiant names as his agent for service of process. If no | ||||||
| 19 | such
person is named or if, for any reason, service on the | ||||||
| 20 | named person cannot
be effectuated, the clerk of the circuit | ||||||
| 21 | court of the county or judicial
circuit of which the decedent | ||||||
| 22 | was a resident at the time of his death shall
be the agent for | ||||||
| 23 | service of process.
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| 24 | (g) Any action properly taken under this Section, as | ||||||
| 25 | amended by Public Act 93-877, on or after August 6, 2004 (the | ||||||
| 26 | effective date of Public Act 93-877) is valid regardless of the | ||||||
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| 1 | date of death of the decedent.
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| 2 | (h) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
| 3 | General Assembly apply to a decedent whose date of death is on | ||||||
| 4 | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
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| 5 | General Assembly. | ||||||
| 6 | (Source: P.A. 93-877, eff. 8-6-04; 94-57, eff. 6-17-05.)
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| 7 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 8 | becoming law.
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