(755 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 10-3)
Sec. 10-3.
Administrator to collect for missing person - notice.)
When letters of administration to collect are sought for the estate of a
missing person, the petitioner must publish a notice of the
hearing on the petition once a week for 3 successive weeks, the first
publication to be not less than 30 days before the hearing. The notice
must state the time and place of the hearing, the name of the missing
person and his last known address and the name and address of each of
his relatives listed in the petition. Not less than 20 days before the
hearing, the petitioner must send a
copy of the petition and notice by mail
to the missing person at his last known address and to each of his
relatives whose name and address is listed in the petition. If it
appears to the court that the estate of a missing person is liable to
waste, loss or embezzlement, the court may appoint an administrator to
collect for a missing person without prior notice in which event the
administrator (a) must forthwith
publish a notice stating that the person named
was appointed administrator to collect of the estate of the missing
person and that the appointment will remain in effect unless application
to vacate the order is made on or before a date designated by the court,
the notice to be published once a week for 3 successive weeks, the first
publication to be not less than 30 days before the designated date, and
(b) not less than 20 days before the designated date, shall send a copy
of the petition and notice by mail to the missing person at his last
known address and to each of his relatives whose name and address are
listed on the petition. The notice required by this Section must be
published in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county
where the petition is filed. The petitioner or administrator, as the
case may be, must file proof of mailing and publication with the clerk of the court.
(Source: P.A. 81-1453.)
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