Full Text of HB3287 99th General Assembly
HB3287ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Mary E. Flowers Filed: 3/17/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3287
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3287 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 25-1 and adding Section 11-13.4 as follows: | 6 | | (755 ILCS 5/11-13.4 new) | 7 | | Sec. 11-13.4. Financial institution; guardianship accounts | 8 | | established on behalf of minors. | 9 | | (a) If an account at a financial institution is a | 10 | | guardianship account established on behalf of a minor, the | 11 | | terms of the account must provide for compliance with orders of | 12 | | the court, if any, regarding the establishment and management | 13 | | of that account. A financial institution has a duty to inquire | 14 | | as to the existence of any court orders when opening a | 15 | | guardianship account on behalf of a minor. If the financial | 16 | | institution holds an account that is subject to a court order, |
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| 1 | | the financial institution must obtain a court order granting | 2 | | the authority to release funds from the account. An order | 3 | | authorizing the disbursement of funds in the account may be | 4 | | granted only upon a showing of good cause. | 5 | | (b) A guardian of a minor that establishes an account with | 6 | | a financial institution on behalf of the minor pursuant to a | 7 | | court order has a duty to present the court order to the | 8 | | financial institution at the time the account is opened. | 9 | | (c) The creation of and any withdrawals from a guardianship | 10 | | account established on behalf of a minor that is subject to | 11 | | this Section requires the signatures of 2 adult persons. | 12 | | (d) A withdrawal of more than $5,000 from a guardianship | 13 | | account established on behalf of a minor that is subject to | 14 | | this Section requires a court order. | 15 | | (e) As used in this Section, "financial institution" | 16 | | includes, but is not limited to, a bank, credit union, | 17 | | investment company, savings bank, savings and loan | 18 | | association, securities dealer, and trust company.
| 19 | | (755 ILCS 5/25-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 25-1)
| 20 | | Sec. 25-1. Payment or delivery of small estate of decedent | 21 | | upon
affidavit. | 22 | | (a) When any person, corporation, or financial institution | 23 | | (1) indebted to or holding
personal estate of a decedent, (2) | 24 | | controlling the right of access to
decedent's safe deposit box | 25 | | or (3) acting as registrar or transfer agent
of any evidence of |
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| 1 | | interest, indebtedness, property or right is
furnished with a | 2 | | small estate affidavit in substantially the
form hereinafter | 3 | | set forth, that person, corporation, or financial institution , | 4 | | upon examining and approving the documents presented by the | 5 | | affiant which are attached to the small estate affidavit, shall | 6 | | pay the
indebtedness, grant access to the safe deposit box, | 7 | | deliver the personal
estate or transfer or issue the evidence | 8 | | of interest, indebtedness,
property or right to persons and in | 9 | | the manner specified in
the affidavit or to an agent appointed | 10 | | as hereinafter set forth.
| 11 | | (a-5) A person, corporation, or financial institution may | 12 | | not pay the
indebtedness, grant access to the safe deposit box, | 13 | | deliver the personal
estate, or transfer or issue the evidence | 14 | | of interest, indebtedness,
property or right as provided in | 15 | | subsection (a) of this Section, unless the affiant, or his or | 16 | | her agent, has first obtained a court order as provided in this | 17 | | subsection (a-5). A judge shall grant an order under this | 18 | | subsection (a-5) if the affiant presents: (i) the small estate | 19 | | affidavit; (ii) evidence of notice having been given to the | 20 | | heirs or legatees identified in paragraph 10 of the affidavit; | 21 | | and (iii) a petition asking the court to find that the | 22 | | affidavit does not appear to have been fraudulently executed | 23 | | and to grant access to property in the manner specified in | 24 | | paragraph 11 of the affidavit. A person, corporation, or | 25 | | financial institution has a duty to inquire as to the existence | 26 | | of any court orders before taking action under this Section. |
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| 1 | | (b) Small Estate Affidavit
| 2 | | I, (name of affiant) , on oath state:
| 3 | | 1. (a) My post office address is: ;
| 4 | | (b) My residence address is: ; and
| 5 | | (c) I understand that, if I am an out-of-state | 6 | | resident, I submit myself
to the jurisdiction of Illinois | 7 | | courts for all matters related to the preparation
and use of | 8 | | this affidavit. My agent for service of process in Illinois is:
| 9 | | NAME..........................
| 10 | | ADDRESS.......................
| 11 | | CITY..........................
| 12 | | TELEPHONE (IF ANY)............
| 13 | | I understand that if no person is named above as my agent for | 14 | | service or,
if for any reason, service on the named person | 15 | | cannot be effectuated, the
clerk of the circuit court of | 16 | | ......(County) (Judicial Circuit) Illinois
is recognized by | 17 | | Illinois law as my agent for service of process.
| 18 | | 2. The decedent's name is ;
| 19 | | 3. The date of the decedent's death was , and I | 20 | | have
attached a copy of the death certificate hereto.
| 21 | | 4. The decedent's place of residence immediately before his
| 22 | | death was ;
| 23 | | 5. No letters of office are now outstanding on the | 24 | | decedent's estate and
no petition for letters is contemplated | 25 | | or pending in Illinois or in any
other jurisdiction, to my | 26 | | knowledge;
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| 1 | | 6. The gross value of the decedent's entire personal | 2 | | estate, including
the value of all property passing to any | 3 | | party either by intestacy or
under a will, does not exceed | 4 | | $100,000. (Here, list each asset, e.g., cash,
stock, and its | 5 | | fair market value.);
| 6 | | 7. (a) All of the decedent's burial and funeral expenses | 7 | | and other debts have been paid,
or | 8 | | (b) All of the decedent's known unpaid debts are listed and | 9 | | classified as follows (include the name, post office address, | 10 | | and amount): | 11 | | Class 1: funeral and burial expenses, which include | 12 | | reasonable amounts paid for a burial space, crypt, or | 13 | | niche; a marker on the burial space; and care of the burial | 14 | | space, crypt, or niche; expenses of administration; and | 15 | | statutory custodial claims as follows: | 16 | | ......................................................... | 17 | | Class 2: the surviving spouse's award or child's award, if | 18 | | applicable, as follows: | 19 | | ......................................................... | 20 | | Class 3: debts due the United States, as follows: | 21 | | ......................................................... | 22 | | Class 4: money due employees of the decedent of not more | 23 | | than $800 for each claimant for services rendered within 4 | 24 | | months prior to the decedent's death and expenses attending | 25 | | the last illness, as follows: | 26 | | ......................................................... |
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| 1 | | Class 5: money and property received or held in trust by | 2 | | the decedent which cannot be identified or traced, as | 3 | | follows: | 4 | | ......................................................... | 5 | | Class 6: debts due the State of Illinois and any county, | 6 | | township, city, town, village, or school district located | 7 | | within Illinois, as follows: | 8 | | ......................................................... | 9 | | Class 7: all other claims, including medical and credit | 10 | | card bills, as follows: | 11 | | ................................ | 12 | | (Strike either 7(a) or 7(b)).
| 13 | | 7.5. I understand that all valid claims against the | 14 | | decedent's estate described in paragraph 7 must be paid by me | 15 | | from the decedent's estate before any distribution is made to | 16 | | any heir or legatee. I further understand that the decedent's | 17 | | estate should pay all claims in the order set forth above, and | 18 | | if the decedent's estate is insufficient to pay the claims in | 19 | | any one class, the claims in that class shall be paid pro rata. | 20 | | 8. There is no known unpaid claimant or contested claim | 21 | | against the
decedent, except as stated in paragraph 7. | 22 | | 9. (a) The names and places of residence of any surviving | 23 | | spouse, minor
children and adult dependent* children of the | 24 | | decedent are as follows: |
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25 | | Name and |
Place of |
Age of |
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26 | | Relationship |
Residence |
minor child |
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| 1 | | *(Note: An adult dependent child is one who is unable to | 2 | | maintain himself
and is likely to become a public charge.) | 3 | | (b) The award allowable to the surviving spouse of a | 4 | | decedent who was
an Illinois resident is $..........
($20,000, | 5 | | plus $10,000 multiplied by the number of minor children and | 6 | | adult
dependent children who resided with the surviving spouse | 7 | | at the time of the
decedent's death. If any such child did not | 8 | | reside with the surviving
spouse at the time of the decedent's | 9 | | death, so indicate). | 10 | | (c) If there is no surviving spouse, the award allowable to | 11 | | the minor
children and adult dependent children of a decedent | 12 | | who was an Illinois
resident is $.......... ($20,000, plus | 13 | | $10,000
multiplied by the number of minor children and adult | 14 | | dependent children),
to be divided among them in equal shares. | 15 | | If there is no surviving spouse and there are minor children, | 16 | | the affiant must be a court appointed guardian for one or more | 17 | | of the children. If this provision applies, the date of the | 18 | | court order making this appointment was .........., and I have | 19 | | attached a copy of the court order. | 20 | | 10. (a) The decedent left no will. The names, places of | 21 | | residence and
relationships of the decedent's heirs, and the | 22 | | portion of the estate to
which each heir is entitled under the | 23 | | law , after all just debts and expenses described in paragraph 7 | 24 | | are fully paid, where decedent died intestate
are as follows: |
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25 | | Name, relationship |
Age of |
Portion of |
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Estate |
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OR |
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| 3 | | (b) The decedent left a will, which has been filed with the | 4 | | clerk of
an appropriate court. A certified copy of the will on | 5 | | file is attached.
To the best of my knowledge and belief the | 6 | | will on file is the decedent's
last will and was signed by the | 7 | | decedent and the attesting witnesses as
required by law and | 8 | | would be admittable to probate. The names and places
of | 9 | | residence of the legatees and the portion of the estate, if | 10 | | any, to
which each legatee is entitled are as follows: |
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11 | | Name, relationship |
Age of |
Portion of |
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12 | | and place of residence |
minor |
Estate |
| 13 | | (Strike either 10(a) or 10(b)). | 14 | | (c) Affiant is unaware of any dispute or potential conflict | 15 | | as to the
heirship or will of the decedent. | 16 | | 10.1. I, ............(the affiant) state that I am the | 17 | | surviving spouse and the decedent and I resided together as | 18 | | husband and wife and we were not legally separated, or | 19 | | otherwise separated, at the time of decedent's death. | 20 | | 10.2. I, ........... (the affiant) state that my | 21 | | relationship to the decedent is ................. and (check | 22 | | all that apply): | 23 | | ... there is no surviving spouse; or | 24 | | ... there is a surviving spouse, but the surviving spouse is: | 25 | | ... unable to prepare the small estate affidavit for |
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| 1 | | medical reasons as shown by the attached letter of a physician | 2 | | for the surviving spouse, based upon the physician's | 3 | | examination of the surviving spouse within 90 days prior to the | 4 | | date of the affidavit, attesting to and describing this | 5 | | disabling medical condition; or | 6 | | ... has declined, refused, or asked affiant to prepare the | 7 | | small estate affidavit. The reason that the
affiant has | 8 | | prepared this small estate affidavit rather than the surviving | 9 | | spouse is that
(state here the precise time, date, and | 10 | | circumstances of the surviving spouse declining,
refusing, or | 11 | | asking affiant to prepare the small estate affidavit): | 12 | | .......................................................... | 13 | | Attached is a statement of the surviving spouse in which | 14 | | the surviving spouse expressly declines or states that he or | 15 | | she refuses to prepare the small estate affidavit or expressly | 16 | | requests that the affiant prepare the small estate affidavit. | 17 | | This statement must be signed by the surviving spouse, | 18 | | witnessed by 2 persons unrelated to the affiant, and be | 19 | | notarized. | 20 | | 10.3. My relationship to the decedent or the decedent's | 21 | | estate is as follows: ........................................ | 22 | | 10.5. (The following paragraph should appear in bold type | 23 | | and in not less than 14-point font): | 24 | | I understand that the decedent's estate must be | 25 | | distributed first to satisfy claims against the decedent's | 26 | | estate as set forth in paragraph 7.5 of this affidavit |
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| 1 | | before any distribution is made to any heir or legatee. By | 2 | | signing this affidavit, I agree to indemnify and hold | 3 | | harmless all creditors of the decedent's estate, the | 4 | | decedent's heirs and legatees, and other persons, | 5 | | corporations, or financial institutions relying upon this | 6 | | affidavit who incur any loss because of reliance on this | 7 | | affidavit, up to the amount lost because of any act or | 8 | | omission by me. I further understand that any person, | 9 | | corporation, or financial institution recovering under | 10 | | this indemnification provision shall be entitled to | 11 | | reasonable attorney's fees and the expenses of recovery. | 12 | | 11. After payment by me from the decedent's estate of all | 13 | | debts and expenses listed in paragraph 7, any remaining | 14 | | property described in paragraph 6 of this affidavit should be
| 15 | | distributed as follows: | 16 | | Name Specific sum or property to be distributed | 17 | | The foregoing statement is made under the penalties of | 18 | | perjury*.
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| 20 | | Signature of Affiant
| 21 | | Signed and sworn before me on (insert date). | 22 | | .........................
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| 1 | | Notary Public
| 2 | | *(Note: A fraudulent statement made under the penalties of | 3 | | perjury is
perjury, as defined in Section 32-2 of the Criminal | 4 | | Code of 2012.)
| 5 | | (c) Appointment of Agent. If safe deposit access is | 6 | | involved or if sale
of any personal property is desirable to | 7 | | facilitate distribution pursuant
to the small estate | 8 | | affidavit, the affiant under the small estate affidavit may in | 9 | | writing appoint one or more persons as the affiant's agent for | 10 | | that
purpose , provided that the writing contains the signature | 11 | | of each person, is witnessed by 2 persons unrelated to the | 12 | | affiant and is notarized, and also shows the written consent of | 13 | | the surviving spouse and all adult children . The agent shall | 14 | | have power, with without court approval, to gain access
to, | 15 | | sell, and distribute the property in the manner specified in | 16 | | paragraphs 7.5 and 11 of the affidavit; and the payment, | 17 | | delivery, transfer,
access or issuance shall be made or granted | 18 | | to or on the order of the agent. The affiant may appoint | 19 | | himself or herself as the designated representative to exercise | 20 | | the powers and perform the duties of an agent described in this | 21 | | subsection (c).
| 22 | | (c-5) The affiant of a small estate affidavit shall submit | 23 | | to the court proof of payment of all valid claims against the | 24 | | decedent's estate described in paragraph 7. | 25 | | (d) Reliance and Release. Any person, corporation, or | 26 | | financial institution who , upon examination and approval of all |
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| 1 | | documents presented by the affiant with this small estate | 2 | | affidavit, acts in good faith reliance on a copy of a document | 3 | | purporting to be a small estate affidavit that is substantially | 4 | | in compliance with subsection (b) of this Section shall be | 5 | | fully protected and released upon payment, delivery, transfer, | 6 | | access or issuance
pursuant to such a document to the same | 7 | | extent as if the payment, delivery, transfer, access
or | 8 | | issuance had been made or granted to the representative of the | 9 | | estate.
Such person, corporation, or financial institution is | 10 | | not required to see to the application or
disposition of the | 11 | | property; but each person to whom a payment, delivery,
| 12 | | transfer, access or issuance is made or given is answerable | 13 | | therefor to any
person having a prior right and is accountable | 14 | | to any representative of the
estate.
| 15 | | (e) Distributions pursuant to an affidavit substantially | 16 | | in the form set forth in subsection (b) of this Section may be | 17 | | made to the affiant, if so specified in paragraph 11, | 18 | | notwithstanding the disclosure of known unpaid debts. The | 19 | | affiant, acting on behalf of the decedent's estate, is | 20 | | obligated to pay all valid claims against the decedent's estate | 21 | | before any distribution is made to any heir or legatee. The | 22 | | affiant signing the small estate affidavit prepared pursuant to
| 23 | | subsection (b) of this Section shall indemnify and hold | 24 | | harmless all creditors,
heirs, and legatees of the decedent and | 25 | | other persons, corporations, or financial institutions relying | 26 | | upon the affidavit who
incur loss because of such reliance. |
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| 1 | | That indemnification shall only be
up to the amount lost | 2 | | because of the act or omission of the affiant. Any
person, | 3 | | corporation, or financial institution recovering under this | 4 | | subsection (e) shall be entitled to reasonable
attorney's fees | 5 | | and the expenses of recovery.
| 6 | | (f) The affiant of a small estate affidavit who is a | 7 | | non-resident of
Illinois submits himself or herself to the | 8 | | jurisdiction of Illinois courts
for all matters related to the | 9 | | preparation or use of the affidavit. The
affidavit shall | 10 | | provide the name, address, and phone number of a person
whom | 11 | | the affiant names as his agent for service of process. If no | 12 | | such
person is named or if, for any reason, service on the | 13 | | named person cannot
be effectuated, the clerk of the circuit | 14 | | court of the county or judicial
circuit of which the decedent | 15 | | was a resident at the time of his death shall
be the agent for | 16 | | service of process.
| 17 | | (f-5) If the affiant makes distributions from the estate in | 18 | | violation of this Section, an heir or legatee may file with the | 19 | | court an affidavit, under penalty of perjury, alleging the | 20 | | facts which constitute making distributions from the estate in | 21 | | violation of this Section. The affidavit shall be accompanied | 22 | | by any evidence the heir or legatee has to support his or her | 23 | | claim. If the court determines that distributions from the | 24 | | estate have been made in violation of this Section, the court | 25 | | shall enter an order directing all persons or entities which | 26 | | received a distribution under the affidavit to submit any |
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| 1 | | property received to the clerk of the circuit court within 30 | 2 | | days of the order. The court shall then commence proceedings to | 3 | | determine the proper distribution of the estate and enter | 4 | | orders for the distribution of the property in accordance with | 5 | | this Section. | 6 | | (g) Any action properly taken under this Section, as | 7 | | amended by Public Act 93-877, on or after August 6, 2004 (the | 8 | | effective date of Public Act 93-877) is valid regardless of the | 9 | | date of death of the decedent.
| 10 | | (h) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 96th | 11 | | General Assembly apply to a decedent whose date of death is on | 12 | | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th
| 13 | | General Assembly. | 14 | | (i) The changes made by this amendatory Act of the 98th | 15 | | General Assembly apply to a decedent whose date of death is on | 16 | | or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th
| 17 | | General Assembly. | 18 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13; 98-836, eff. 1-1-15 .)".
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