(750 ILCS 65/17) (from Ch. 40, par. 1017)
Sec. 17.
When the husband or wife is under legal disability and therefore
incapable of executing a deed or mortgage, and relinquishing or conveying
his or her right to homestead in the real property of the other, such
other
person may present his or her petition to the circuit court in the county where the
petitioner resides, or where the real estate to be affected is situated,
setting forth the facts, and particularly describing the real estate sought
to be conveyed or mortgaged, and asking for an order authorizing the
petitioner, or some other person, to execute a deed or
mortgage for the person who is under legal disability,
and thereby relinquish his or her right of
homestead in the real estate.
(Source: P.A. 83-706.)
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