(755 ILCS 5/15-4) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 15-4)
Sec. 15-4.
Selection.) (a) The surviving spouse is entitled to
receive the amount of the award in money or, at the election of the
surviving spouse, to accept payment thereof in whole or in part in goods
and chattels of the decedent not specifically bequeathed, at their
appraised value. The selection shall be made in writing by the surviving
spouse within 30 days after he is notified in writing of the allowance
of the award and shall be filed in the court. If the surviving spouse
dies before the expiration of the time within which he may make the
selection, the representative of his estate may make the selection for
the benefit of the estate.
(b) If the decedent leaves no surviving spouse, the children of the
decedent have the same right of selection of goods and chattels as the
surviving spouse under this Section. The selection shall be made and
filed in the same manner as the surviving spouse's selection.
(c) If a surviving spouse or child entitled to make a selection is a
ward his representative may make the selection on his
behalf.
(Source: P.A. 80-1415.)
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