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90_HB2367enr

      755 ILCS 5/1-2.23
      755 ILCS 5/1-2.24
      755 ILCS 5/11a-3.1 new
      755 ILCS 5/11a-3.2 new
      755 ILCS 5/11a-8          from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-8
      755 ILCS 5/11a-8.1 new
      755 ILCS 5/11a-10.2 new
      755 ILCS 5/11a-17         from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-17
      755 ILCS 5/11a-18         from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-18
      755 ILCS 5/11a-18.2 new
      755 ILCS 5/11a-18.3 new
      755 ILCS 5/11a-23
      755 ILCS 5/12-2           from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 12-2
          Amends  the  Probate  Act  of  1975.   Provides  for  the
      designation by the current guardian of a disabled adult of  a
      standby  guardian to act on an interim basis as guardian upon
      the death of the current guardian and in other circumstances,
      for a period of 60 days, allowing time for a petition  to  be
      filed and another guardian to be appointed.  Provides for the
      establishment  of  a  short-term  guardian of the person of a
      disabled adult, to be designated by the current guardian,  to
      act  as  guardian  for  up  to  60  days  for health or other
      reasons.   Establishes  procedures  and  conditions  for  the
      appointment of these guardians.
                                                    LRB9006820SMpkA
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 1        AN ACT concerning probate, amending named Acts.
 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section  2.   The  Clerks  of  Courts  Act  is amended by
 5    changing Sections 27.1, 27.1a, 27.2, and 27.2a as follows:
 6        (705 ILCS 105/27.1) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1)
 7        Sec. 27.1.  The fees of the Clerk of the Circuit Court in
 8    all counties having a population of  180,000  inhabitants  or
 9    less  shall be paid in advance, except as otherwise provided,
10    and shall be as follows:
11    (a)  Civil Cases
12             (1)  All  civil  cases  except  as   otherwise
13        provided...........................................   $40
14             (2)  Judicial Sales (except Probate)..........   $40
15    (b)  Family
16             (1)  Commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
17        Health  and Developmental Disabilities Code, filing
18        transcript  of  commitment  proceedings   held   in
19        another  county, and cases under the Juvenile Court
20        Act of 1987........................................   $25
21             (2)  Petition for Marriage Licenses...........   $10
22             (3)  Marriages in Court.......................   $10
23             (4)  Paternity................................   $40
24    (c)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal
25             (1)  Each person convicted of a felony........   $40
26             (2)  Each person convicted of  a  misdemeanor,
27        leaving   scene   of  an  accident,  driving  while
28        intoxicated,  reckless  driving  or  drag   racing,
29        driving   when   license   revoked   or  suspended,
30        overweight, or no interstate commerce  certificate,
31        or when the disposition is court supervision.......   $25
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 1             (3)  Each   person  convicted  of  a  business
 2        offense............................................   $25
 3             (4)  Each person convicted of a petty offense.   $25
 4             (5)  Minor    traffic,    conservation,     or
 5        ordinance           violation,            including
 6        without    limitation  when  the   disposition   is
 7        court  supervision:
 8                  (i)  For each offense....................   $10
 9                  (ii)  For   each   notice   sent  to  the
10        defendant's  last   known   address   pursuant   to
11        subsection  (c)  of Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois
12        Vehicle Code.......................................    $2
13                  (iii)  For  each  notice  sent   to   the
14        Secretary  of  State  pursuant to subsection (c) of
15        Section 6-306.4 of the Illinois Vehicle Code.......    $2
16             (6)  When Court Appearance required...........   $15
17             (7)  Motions to vacate or amend final orders..   $10
18             (8)  In ordinance violation  cases  punishable
19        by  fine only, the clerk of the circuit court shall
20        be entitled to receive, unless the fee  is  excused
21        upon  a  finding by the court that the defendant is
22        indigent,  in  addition  to  other  fees  or  costs
23        allowed or imposed by law, the sum of $50 as a  fee
24        for  the services of a jury.  The jury fee shall be
25        paid by the defendant at the time of filing his  or
26        her  jury demand.  If the fee is not so paid by the
27        defendant, no jury shall be called,  and  the  case
28        shall be tried by the court without a jury.
29    (d)  Other Civil Cases
30             (1)  Money  or  personal property claimed does
31        not exceed $500....................................   $10
32             (2)  Exceeds $500 but not more than $10,000...   $25
33             (3)  Exceeds $10,000, when relief in  addition
34        to  or  supplemental  to recovery of money alone is
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 1        sought in an action to  recover  personal  property
 2        taxes  or  retailers occupational tax regardless of
 3        amount claimed.....................................   $45
 4             (4)  The Clerk of the Circuit Court  shall  be
 5        entitled  to  receive,  in  addition  to other fees
 6        allowed by law, the sum of $50, as a  fee  for  the
 7        services  of  a  jury  in  every  civil  action not
 8        quasi-criminal in its nature and not  a  proceeding
 9        for  the  exercise  of the right of eminent domain,
10        and in every equitable action wherein the right  of
11        trial  by jury is or may be given by law.  The jury
12        fee shall be paid by the party demanding a jury  at
13        the  time of filing his jury demand.  If such a fee
14        is not paid by  either  party,  no  jury  shall  be
15        called  in the action, suit, or proceeding, and the
16        same shall be tried by the court without a jury.
17    (e)  Confession of judgment and answer
18             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $1,000...   $20
19             (2)  Exceeds $1,000...........................   $40
20    (f)  Auxiliary Proceedings
21             Any  auxiliary  proceeding  relating  to   the
22        collection   of   a   money   judgment,   including
23        garnishment, citation, or wage deduction action....    $5
24    (g)  Forcible entry and detainer
25             (1)  For  possession  only  or  possession and
26        rent not in excess of $10,000......................   $10
27             (2)  For possession  and  rent  in  excess  of
28        $10,000............................................   $40
29    (h)  Eminent Domain
30             (1)  Exercise of Eminent Domain...............   $45
31             (2)  For  each  and every lot or tract of land
32        or  right  or  interest  therein  subject   to   be
33        condemned,  the  damages  in respect to which shall
34        require separate assessments by a jury.............   $45
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 1    (i)  Reinstatement
 2             Each case including petition for  modification
 3        of a judgment or order of Court if filed later than
 4        30  days  after  the  entry of a judgment or order,
 5        except in forcible entry  and  detainer  cases  and
 6        small  claims  and  except  a  petition  to modify,
 7        terminate, or enforce  a  judgement  or  order  for
 8        child  or spousal support or to modify, suspend, or
 9        terminate an order  for  withholding,  petition  to
10        vacate   judgment   of   dismissal   for   want  of
11        prosecution whenever filed, petition to  reopen  an
12        estate, or redocketing of any cause................   $20
13    (j)  Probate
14             (1)  Administration   of  decedent's  estates,
15        whether testate or intestate, guardianships of  the
16        person  or  estate  or both of a person under legal
17        disability, guardianships of the person  or  estate
18        or  both of a minor or minors, or petitions to sell
19        real estate in the administration of any estate....   $50
20             (2)  Small estates in cases where the real and
21        personal property of  an  estate  does  not  exceed
22        $5,000.............................................   $25
23             (3)  At  any time during the administration of
24        the estate, however, at the request of  the  Clerk,
25        the  Court  shall  examine the record of the estate
26        and the personal representative  to  determine  the
27        total  value  of  the real and personal property of
28        the estate, and if such value exceeds $5,000  shall
29        order  the  payment  of  an  additional  fee in the
30        amount of..........................................   $40
31             (4)  Inheritance tax proceedings..............   $15
32             (5)  Issuing  letters  only  for   a   certain
33        specific reason other than the administration of an
34        estate, including but not limited to the release of
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 1        mortgage;  the  issue of letters of guardianship in
 2        order that consent to marriage may  be  granted  or
 3        for  some  other specific reason other than for the
 4        care of  property  or  person;  proof  of  heirship
 5        without  administration;  or  when  a will is to be
 6        admitted to  probate,  but  the  estate  is  to  be
 7        settled without administration.....................   $10
 8             (6)  When a separate complaint relating to any
 9        matter  other  than  a routine claim is filed in an
10        estate,  the  required  additional  fee  shall   be
11        charged for such filing............................   $45
12    (k)  Change of Venue
13             From a court, the charge is the same amount as
14        the  original  filing  fee;  however,  the  fee for
15        preparation and certification of record  on  change
16        of  venue,  when  original  documents or copies are
17        forwarded..........................................   $10
18    (l)  Answer,   adverse    pleading,    or    appearance
19                                   In civil cases..........   $15
20             With the following exceptions:
21             (1)  When the amount does not exceed $500.....    $5
22             (2)  When amount exceeds $500 but not $10,000.   $10
23             (3)  When amount exceeds $10,000..............   $15
24             (4)  Court    appeals   when   documents   are
25        forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
26        over 200...........................................   10¢
27    (m)  Tax objection complaints
28             For  each  tax  objection complaint containing
29        one or  more  tax  objections,  regardless  of  the
30        number   of  parcels  involved  or  the  number  of
31        taxpayers joining the complaint....................   $10
32    (n)  Tax deed
33             (1)  Petition for tax deed, if only one parcel
34        is involved........................................   $45
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 1             (2)  For each additional parcel  involved,  an
 2        additional fee of..................................   $10
 3    (o)  Mailing Notices and Processes
 4             (1)  All notices that the clerk is required to
 5        mail as first class mail...........................    $2
 6             (2)  For all processes or notices the Clerk is
 7        required  to  mail by certified or registered mail,
 8        the fee will be $2 plus cost of postage.
 9    (p)  Certification or Authentication
10             (1)  Each certification or authentication  for
11        taking  the  acknowledgement  of  a  deed  or other
12        instrument in writing with seal of office..........    $2
13             (2)  Court appeals when original documents are
14        forwarded, 100 pages or under, plus delivery costs.   $25
15             (3)  Court appeals when original documents are
16        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery costs.....   $60
17             (4)  Court appeals when original documents are
18        forwarded, over 200 pages, additional fee per  page
19        over 200...........................................   10¢
20    (q)  Reproductions
21             Each   record  of  proceedings  and  judgment,
22        whether  on  appeal,  change  of  venue,  certified
23        copies of  orders  and  judgments,  and  all  other
24        instruments, documents, records, or papers:
25                  (1)  First page..........................    $1
26                  (2)  Next 19 pages, per page.............   50¢
27                  (3)  All remaining pages, per page.......   25¢
28    (r)  Counterclaim
29             When  any  defendant  files  a counterclaim as
30        part of his or her answer or otherwise,   or  joins
31        another  party as a third party defendant, or both,
32        he  or  she  shall  pay  a  fee   for   each   such
33        counterclaim  or  third  party  action in an amount
34        equal to the fee he or she would have  had  to  pay
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 1        had  he  or  she  brought a separate action for the
 2        relief sought in the counterclaim  or  against  the
 3        third  party  defendant,  less  the  amount  of the
 4        appearance fee, if that has been paid.
 5    (s)  Transcript of Judgment
 6             From  a  court,  the  same  fee  as  if   case
 7        originally filed.
 8    (t)  Publications
 9             The cost of publication shall be paid directly
10        to   the   publisher  by  the  person  seeking  the
11        publication, whether the clerk is required  by  law
12        to publish, or the parties to the action.
13    (u)  Collections
14             (1)  For  all  collections  made  for  others,
15        except   the   State   and  County  and  except  in
16        maintenance or child support cases, a sum equal  to
17        2% of the amount collected and turned over.
18             (2)  In  any  cases  remanded  to  the Circuit
19        Court from  the  Supreme  Court  or  the  Appellate
20        Court, the Clerk shall file the remanding order and
21        reinstate  the case with either its original number
22        or a new number.  The Clerk shall  not  charge  any
23        new  or additional fee for the reinstatement.  Upon
24        reinstatement the Clerk shall advise the parties of
25        the reinstatement.  A party  shall  have  the  same
26        right  to  a jury trial on remand and reinstatement
27        as  he  or  she  had  before  the  appeal,  and  no
28        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a
29        jury trial after remand.
30             (3)  In maintenance and child support matters,
31        the Clerk may deduct from each  payment  an  amount
32        equal  to  the  United States postage to be used in
33        mailing the maintenance or child support  check  to
34        the  recipient.  In  such  cases,  the  Clerk shall
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 1        collect an annual fee of up to $36 from the  person
 2        making   such   payment   for   administering   the
 3        collection  and  distribution  of  maintenance  and
 4        child  support  payments.  Such  sum  shall  be  in
 5        addition to and separate from amounts ordered to be
 6        paid  as  maintenance or child support and shall be
 7        deposited  in  a  separate  Maintenance  and  Child
 8        Support Collection Fund of which the Clerk shall be
 9        the custodian, ex officio, to be used by the  Clerk
10        to further maintenance and child support collection
11        efforts  in  his  office.  Unless  paid  in cash or
12        pursuant to an order for withholding,  the  payment
13        of  the  fee shall be by a separate instrument from
14        the support payment and shall be made to the  order
15        of the Clerk. The Clerk may recover from the person
16        making the maintenance or child support payment any
17        additional  cost incurred in the collection of this
18        annual fee.
19             The Clerk shall also be entitled to a  fee  of
20        $5  for  certifications  made  to  the Secretary of
21        State as provided in Section 7-703  of  the  Family
22        Financial  Responsibility  Law and these fees shall
23        also be deposited into the Separate Maintenance and
24        Child Support Collection Fund.
25    (v)  Correction of Cases
26             For correcting the case number or  case  title
27        on  any document filed in his office, to be charged
28        against the party that filed the document..........   $10
29    (w)  Record Search
30             For searching a record, per year searched.....    $4
31    (x)  Printed Output
32             For each page of hard copy print output,  when
33        case records are maintained on an automated medium.    $2
34    (y)  Alias Summons
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 1             For each alias summons issued.................    $2
 2    (z)  Expungement of Records
 3             For each expungement petition filed...........   $15
 4    (aa)  Other Fees
 5             Any fees not covered by this Section shall be set by
 6        rule  or  administrative order of the Circuit Court, with
 7        the approval of the Supreme Court.
 8    (bb)  Exemptions
 9             No fee provided for herein shall be charged  to  any
10        unit  of  State  or  local  government or school district
11        unless the Court orders another party to pay such fee  on
12        its  behalf.  The  fee requirements of this Section shall
13        not apply to police departments or other law  enforcement
14        agencies.    In  this  Section,  "law enforcement agency"
15        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
16        government that is vested by law or  ordinance  with  the
17        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
18        laws and ordinances. The fee requirements of this Section
19        shall not apply to any action instituted under subsection
20        (b) of Section 11-31-1 of the Illinois Municipal Code  by
21        a  private  owner  or tenant of real property within 1200
22        feet of a dangerous or unsafe building seeking  an  order
23        compelling  the  owner  or owners of the building to take
24        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
25    (cc)  Adoptions
26             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
27             (2)  Upon good cause shown, the court may waive  the
28        adoption  filing  fee  in  a special needs adoption.  The
29        term "special needs  adoption"  shall  have  the  meaning
30        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
31        Family Services.
32    (dd)  Adoption exemptions
33             No  fee other than that set forth in subsection (cc)
34        shall be charged to any  person  in  connection  with  an
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 1        adoption proceeding.
 2    (ee)  Additional Services
 3             Beginning  July  1,  1993,  the clerk of the circuit
 4        court may provide  such  additional  services  for  which
 5        there  is  no fee specified by statute in connection with
 6        the operation of the clerk's office as may  be  requested
 7        by  the  public  and  agreed  to by the public and by the
 8        clerk.  Any charges for additional services shall  be  as
 9        agreed  to  between  the  clerk  and the party making the
10        request.  Nothing in this subsection shall be  as  agreed
11        to  between  the  clerk and the party making the request.
12        Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to  require
13        any  clerk  to provide any service not otherwise required
14        by law.
15    (Source:  P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.  8-1-96;
16    90-466, eff. 8-17-97.)
17        (705 ILCS 105/27.1a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.1a)
18        Sec. 27.1a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit  court
19    in  all counties having a population in excess of 180,000 but
20    not more than 650,000 inhabitants in the instances  described
21    in  this  Section  shall be as provided in this Section.  The
22    fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
23    (a)  Civil Cases.
24             The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
25        pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
26        exceptions, shall be $150.
27                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
28             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
29             $250, $10.
30                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
31             exceed $500, $20.
32                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
33             exceed $2500, $30.
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 1                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
 2             not exceed $15,000, $75.
 3                  (E)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
 4             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
 5             interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
 6             damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
 7             assessment by a jury, $150.
 8    (a-1)  Family.
 9             For  filing  a petition under the Juvenile Court Act
10        of 1987, $25.
11             For filing a petition for a marriage license, $10.
12             For performing a marriage in court, $10.
13             For filing a petition under the  Illinois  Parentage
14        Act of 1984, $40.
15    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
16             In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
17        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
18        claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
19        damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $40.
20        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
21        with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
22        $15,000, $150.
23    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
24             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
25        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
26        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
27        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
28        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
29        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
30        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
31        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
32        has been paid.
33    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
34             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
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 1        exceed  $1500,  $50.  When  the amount exceeds $1500, but
 2        does not exceed $15,000, $115. When  the  amount  exceeds
 3        $15,000, $200.
 4    (e)  Appearance.
 5             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
 6        shall be $50, except as follows:
 7                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
 8             detainer case seeks possession only, $20.
 9                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
10             exceed $1500, $20.
11                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
12             not exceed $15,000, $40.
13    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
14             In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
15        and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
16        $1,000, $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
17        exceed  $5,000,  $20; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
18        $30.
19    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
20             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
21        or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
22        cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
23        estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
24        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
25        suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
26        before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
27        $40.
28             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
29        or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
30        terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
31        spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
32        order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
33        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
34             (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
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 1        $20.
 2    (h)  Mailing.
 3             When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
 4        $6, plus the cost of postage.
 5    (i)  Certified Copies.
 6             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
 7        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
 8        cases, $10.
 9    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
10             For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
11        $80.
12    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
13             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
14        the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
15        writing with the seal of office, $4.
16             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
17        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
18             (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
19        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
20             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
21        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20  cents
22        per page.
23             (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
24        the clerk's files:
25                  (A)  First page, $2.
26                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
27                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
28    (l)  Remands.
29             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
30        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
31        clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
32        case with either its original number or a new number. The
33        Clerk  shall not charge any new or additional fee for the
34        reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement the Clerk shall advise
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 1        the parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall have the
 2        same right to a jury trial on remand and reinstatement as
 3        he or she had before the appeal, and no additional or new
 4        fee or charge shall  be  made  for  a  jury  trial  after
 5        remand.
 6    (m)  Record Search.
 7             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
 8        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
 9        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
10    (n)  Hard Copy.
11             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
12        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
13        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
14    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
15             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
16        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
17        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
18        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
19        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
20        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
21        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
22        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
23        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
24        Court.
25    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
26             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
27        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code and for filing
28        a transcript of commitment proceedings  held  in  another
29        county, $25.
30    (q)  Alias Summons.
31             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
32        clerk, $4.
33    (r)  Other Fees.
34             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
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 1        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
 2        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 3        Courts.
 4             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
 5        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
 6        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
 7        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
 8        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
 9        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
10        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
11        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
12        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
13        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
14        otherwise required by law.
15    (s)  Jury Services.
16             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
17        to  other  fees allowed by law, the sum of $180, as a fee
18        for the services of a jury  in  every  civil  action  not
19        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
20        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
21        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
22        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
23        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
24        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
25        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
26        tried by the court without a jury.
27    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
28             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
29        for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
30        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
31        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
32        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
33        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
34        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
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 1        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
 2        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
 3        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
 4        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 5        actions.
 6    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 7             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
 8        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
 9        of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
10        arrest records.
11    (v)  Probate.
12        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
13    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
14    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
15    release the costs payable under this subsection:
16             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
17        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
18        $100,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
19        except:
20                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
21             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
22             $25.
23                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
24             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
25             probate without administration (including  proof  of
26             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
27             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
28             estate, the fee shall be $25.
29             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
30        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
31        except:
32                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
33             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
34             $25.
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 1                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 2             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
 3             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
 4             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
 5             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 6             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
 7             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
 8             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
 9        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
10        following fees are payable:
11                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
12             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
13             $15.
14                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
15             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
16             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
17             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
18             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
19             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
20             filing fee paid by the claimant.
21                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
22             or supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an  action
23             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
24             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
25             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
26             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
27             $40.
28                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
29             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
30             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
31             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
32             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
33                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
34             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
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 1             or persons, $10.
 2                  (F)  For each jury demand, $90.
 3                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 4             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
 5             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
 6             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
 7             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
 8             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
 9             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
10             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
11             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
12                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
13             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
14             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
15             document certified.
16                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
17             for certification.
18             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
19        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
20        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
21        directly to the newspaper.
22             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
23        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
24        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
25        person entitled thereto.
26             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
27        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
28        attorney shall pay  to  the  clerk  all  postage  charges
29        incurred  by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions, orders,
30        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
31        the Probate Act of 1975.
32    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
33             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
34        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
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 1        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 2                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
 3                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 4                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
 5                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
 6                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 7             $20.
 8                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
 9                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
10             $20.
11                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
12             $20.
13                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
14             whenever filed, $20.
15                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
16             whenever filed, $20.
17                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
18             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
19             State, $20.
20             (2)  In  counties  having  a population in excess of
21        180,000 but not more than 650,000 inhabitants,  when  the
22        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
23        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
24        each person convicted therein as follows:
25                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
26             $10.
27                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
28             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
29        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
30        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
31        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
32        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
33        $50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
34        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
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 1        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
 2        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 3        tried by the court without a jury.
 4    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 5             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 6        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 7        commencement of a new suit.
 8    (y)  Change of Venue.
 9             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
10        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
11        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
12             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
13        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
14        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
15    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
16             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
17        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
18        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  on  the
19        complaint, $25.
20    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
21             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
22        involved, $150.
23             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
24    (bb)  Collections.
25             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
26        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
27        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
28        collected and turned over.
29             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
30        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
31        earning of the office.
32             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
33        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
34        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
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 1             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
 2        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 3        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 4        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 5        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
 6        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
 7        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
 8        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
 9        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
10        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
11        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
12        his or her office. The clerk may recover from the  person
13        making  the  maintenance  or  child  support payment  any
14        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
15        fee.
16             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
17        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
18        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
19        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
20        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
21    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
22             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
23        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
24        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
25        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
26        document, $15.
27    (dd)  Exceptions.
28             (1)  The  fee requirements of this Section shall not
29        apply to police  departments  or  other  law  enforcement
30        agencies.   In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement agency"
31        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
32        government which is vested by law or ordinance  with  the
33        duty  to  maintain  public  order and to enforce criminal
34        laws or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also  means
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 1        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
 2             (2)  No  fee provided herein shall be charged to any
 3        unit of local government or school district.
 4             (3)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
 5        apply  to  any  action instituted under subsection (b) of
 6        Section 11-31-1 of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by  a
 7        private owner or tenant of real property within 1200 feet
 8        of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe  building  seeking  an order
 9        compelling the owner or owners of the  building  to  take
10        any of the actions authorized under that subsection.
11    (ee)  Adoptions.
12             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
13             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
14        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
15        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
16        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
17        Family Services.
18    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
19             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
20        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
21        adoption proceeding.
22    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
23    90-466, eff. 8-17-97.)
24        (705 ILCS 105/27.2) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2)
25        Sec.  27.2.  The  fees of the clerks of the circuit court
26    in all counties having a  population  in  excess  of  650,000
27    inhabitants  but  less  than  3,000,000  inhabitants  in  the
28    instances  described  in this Section shall be as provided in
29    this Section.  In addition, the fees provided in this Section
30    shall apply to all  units  of  local  government  and  school
31    districts  in  counties with more than 3,000,000 inhabitants.
32    The fees shall be paid in advance and shall be as follows:
33    (a)  Civil Cases.
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 1             The fee for filing a complaint, petition,  or  other
 2        pleading  initiating  a  civil action, with the following
 3        exceptions, shall be $150.
 4                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
 5             value of personal property claimed does  not  exceed
 6             $250, $10.
 7                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 8             exceed $500, $20.
 9                  (C)  When that amount exceeds $500 but does not
10             exceed $2500, $30.
11                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
12             not exceed $15,000, $75.
13                  (E)  For the exercise of eminent domain,  $150.
14             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
15             interest   therein  subject  to  be  condemned,  the
16             damages in respect to which shall  require  separate
17             assessment by a jury, $150.
18    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
19             In  each  forcible  entry and detainer case when the
20        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
21        claim for possession of the property a claim for rent  or
22        damages  or  both  in the amount of $15,000 or less, $40.
23        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
24        with a claim  for  rent  or  damages  or  both  exceeding
25        $15,000, $150.
26    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
27             When  any  defendant files a counterclaim as part of
28        his or her answer or otherwise or joins another party  as
29        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
30        a  fee  for each counterclaim or third party action in an
31        amount equal to the fee he or she would have had  to  pay
32        had  he  or  she brought a separate action for the relief
33        sought in the counterclaim or  against  the  third  party
34        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
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 1        has been paid.
 2    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
 3             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 4        exceed  $1500,  $50.  When  the amount exceeds $1500, but
 5        does not exceed $15,000, $115. When  the  amount  exceeds
 6        $15,000, $200.
 7    (e)  Appearance.
 8             The  fee for filing an appearance in each civil case
 9        shall be $50, except as follows:
10                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
11             detainer case seeks possession only; $20.
12                  (B)  When the  amount  in  the  case  does  not
13             exceed $1500, $20.
14                  (C)  When  that  amount  exceeds $1500 but does
15             not exceed $15,000, $40.
16    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
17             In garnishment affidavit, wage deduction  affidavit,
18        and  citation  petition  when  the amount does not exceed
19        $1,000, $10; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does  not
20        exceed  $5,000,  $20; and when the amount exceeds $5,000,
21        $30.
22    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
23             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
24        or order of court, except in forcible entry and  detainer
25        cases  and  small claims cases or a petition to reopen an
26        estate, to modify, terminate, or enforce  a  judgment  or
27        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
28        suspend,  or terminate an order for withholding, if filed
29        before 30 days after the entry of the judgment or  order,
30        $40.
31             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
32        or   order   of  court,  except  a  petition  to  modify,
33        terminate, or enforce a judgment or order  for  child  or
34        spousal  support  or  to modify, suspend, or terminate an
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 1        order for withholding, if filed later than 30 days  after
 2        the entry of the judgment or order, $60.
 3             (3)  Petition  to  vacate  order of bond forfeiture,
 4        $20.
 5    (h)  Mailing.
 6             When the clerk is required to mail, the fee will  be
 7        $6, plus the cost of postage.
 8    (i)  Certified Copies.
 9             Each  certified  copy of a judgment after the first,
10        except in small claims and forcible  entry  and  detainer
11        cases, $10.
12    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
13             For  filing  a petition for relief by habeas corpus,
14        $80.
15    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
16             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
17        the acknowledgment of  a  deed  or  other  instrument  in
18        writing with the seal of office, $4.
19             (2)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
20        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $50.
21             (3)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
22        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $120.
23             (4)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
24        forwarded, over 200 pages, an additional fee of 20  cents
25        per page.
26             (5)  For  reproduction  of any document contained in
27        the clerk's files:
28                  (A)  First page, $2.
29                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
30                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
31    (l)  Remands.
32             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
33        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
34        clerk shall file the remanding order  and  reinstate  the
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 1        case  with  either  its  original number or a new number.
 2        The Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee  for
 3        the  reinstatement.  Upon  reinstatement  the Clerk shall
 4        advise the parties of the reinstatement.  A  party  shall
 5        have  the  same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on remand and
 6        reinstatement as he or she had before the appeal, and  no
 7        additional  or new fee or charge shall be made for a jury
 8        trial after remand.
 9    (m)  Record Search.
10             For  each  record  search,  within  a  division   or
11        municipal  district,  the  clerk  shall  be entitled to a
12        search fee of $4 for each year searched.
13    (n)  Hard Copy.
14             For each page of hard copy print output,  when  case
15        records  are maintained on an automated medium, the clerk
16        shall be entitled to a fee of $4.
17    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
18             No   fee   shall   be   charged   for    a    single
19        plaintiff/defendant  index  inquiry or single case record
20        inquiry when this request  is  made  in  person  and  the
21        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
22        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
23        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
24        and  multiple  journal  records  may  be specified by the
25        Chief Judge pursuant to the  guidelines  for  access  and
26        dissemination  of  information  approved  by  the Supreme
27        Court.
28    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
29             For filing commitment  petitions  under  the  Mental
30        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $25.
31    (q)  Alias Summons.
32             For  each  alias  summons  or citation issued by the
33        clerk, $4.
34    (r)  Other Fees.
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 1             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
 2        rule or administrative order of the  Circuit  Court  with
 3        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 4        Courts.
 5             The   clerk   of   the  circuit  court  may  provide
 6        additional services for which there is no  fee  specified
 7        by  statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of the
 8        clerk's office as may be  requested  by  the  public  and
 9        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
10        the  circuit  court.  Any charges for additional services
11        shall be as agreed to between the  clerk  and  the  party
12        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
13        circuit  court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall be
14        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
15        otherwise required by law.
16    (s)  Jury Services.
17             The clerk shall be entitled to receive, in  addition
18        to  other  fees allowed by law, the sum of $180, as a fee
19        for the services of a jury  in  every  civil  action  not
20        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
21        exercise  of  the  right  of  eminent domain and in every
22        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
23        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
24        demanding a jury at the time of filing the  jury  demand.
25        If  the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall be
26        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
27        tried by the court without a jury.
28    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
29             For filing each deed of voluntary  assignment,  $10;
30        for   recording   the  same,  25¢  for  each  100  words.
31        Exceptions filed to claims presented to an assignee of  a
32        debtor  who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for the
33        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
34        the purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in  which
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 1        the  party  or  parties  filing  the  exceptions shall be
 2        considered  as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and   the
 3        claimant  or claimants as party or parties defendant, and
 4        those parties respectively shall pay  to  the  clerk  the
 5        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 6        actions.
 7    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 8             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of $30
 9        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
10        of $2 for  each certified copy of  an  order  to  expunge
11        arrest records.
12    (v)  Probate.
13        The  clerk  is  entitled to receive the fees specified in
14    this subsection (v), which shall be paid in  advance,  except
15    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
16    release the costs payable under this subsection:
17             (1)  For  administration of the estate of a decedent
18        (whether testate or intestate) or of  a  missing  person,
19        $100,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection (v)(3),
20        except:
21                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
22             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
23             $25.
24                  (B)  When (i) proof of heirship alone is  made,
25             (ii)  a  domestic  or  foreign  will  is admitted to
26             probate without administration (including  proof  of
27             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
28             a  particular  purpose without administration of the
29             estate, the fee shall be $25.
30             (2)  For administration of the  estate  of  a  ward,
31        $50,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
32        except:
33                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
34             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
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 1             $25.
 2                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 3             guardian  of  the  person or persons, but not of the
 4             estate or (ii) letters of office are issued  in  the
 5             estate  of  a  ward  without  administration  of the
 6             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 7             a tax return or releasing a mortgage  or  consenting
 8             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $10.
 9             (3)  In   addition   to   the   fees  payable  under
10        subsection  (v)(1)  or  (v)(2)  of  this   Section,   the
11        following fees are payable:
12                  (A)  For  each  account  (other  than one final
13             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
14             $15.
15                  (B)  For filing a claim in an estate  when  the
16             amount  claimed  is $150 or more but less than $500,
17             $10; when the amount claimed is  $500  or  more  but
18             less  than  $10,000, $25; when the amount claimed is
19             $10,000 or more, $40; provided  that  the  court  in
20             allowing  a  claim may add to the amount allowed the
21             filing fee paid by the claimant.
22                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
23             or supplemental proceeding   based  upon  an  action
24             seeking  equitable relief including the construction
25             or contest of a will, enforcement of a  contract  to
26             make  a will, and proceedings involving testamentary
27             trusts or the appointment of testamentary  trustees,
28             $40.
29                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
30             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
31             appearance    of    an    executor,   administrator,
32             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
33             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
34                  (E)  Except   as   provided    in    subsection
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 1             (v)(3)(D),  for  filing the appearance of any person
 2             or persons, $10.
 3                  (F)  For each jury demand, $90.
 4                  (G)  For disposition of  the  collection  of  a
 5             judgment  or  settlement  of  an action or claim for
 6             wrongful death of a decedent  or  of  any  cause  of
 7             action   of   a   ward,   when  there  is  no  other
 8             administration of the estate, $30, less  any  amount
 9             paid  under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B) except
10             that if the amount involved does not exceed  $5,000,
11             the  fee, including any amount paid under subsection
12             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $10.
13                  (H)  For each  certified  copy  of  letters  of
14             office,  of  court order or other certification, $1,
15             plus 50¢ per page in  excess  of  3  pages  for  the
16             document certified.
17                  (I)  For each exemplification, $1, plus the fee
18             for certification.
19             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
20        petitioner,  or  other  interested  person  or his or her
21        attorney shall pay the cost of publication by  the  clerk
22        directly to the newspaper.
23             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
24        for   witness,   court   reporter,  appraiser,  or  other
25        miscellaneous fee shall pay  the  same  directly  to  the
26        person entitled thereto.
27             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
28        petitioner,  or  other  interested person or his attorney
29        shall pay to the clerk all postage  charges  incurred  by
30        the clerk in mailing petitions, orders, notices, or other
31        documents  pursuant  to the provisions of the Probate Act
32        of 1975.
33    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
34             (1)  The clerk shall be entitled  to  costs  in  all
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 1        criminal   and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each  person
 2        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 3                  (A)  Felony complaints, $80.
 4                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $50.
 5                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $50.
 6                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $50.
 7                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 8             $20.
 9                  (F)  When court appearance required, $30.
10                  (G)  Motions to vacate or amend  final  orders,
11             $20.
12                  (H)  Motions  to vacate bond forfeiture orders,
13             $20.
14                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
15             whenever filed, $20.
16                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
17             whenever filed, $20.
18                  (K)  Motions to vacate "failure to  appear"  or
19             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
20             State, $20.
21             (2)  In  counties  having  a population of more than
22        650,000 but fewer than 3,000,000  inhabitants,  when  the
23        violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a  municipal police
24        department, the clerk shall be  entitled  to  costs  from
25        each person convicted therein as follows:
26                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
27             $10.
28                  (B)  When court appearance required, $15.
29             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
30        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
31        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
32        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
33        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
34        $50  as  a  fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
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 1        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
 2        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
 3        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 4        tried by the court without a jury.
 5    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 6             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 7        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 8        commencement of new suit.
 9    (y)  Change of Venue.
10             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
11        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
12        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
13             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
14        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
15        when original documents are forwarded, $25.
16    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
17             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
18        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
19        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
20        complaint, $25.
21    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
22             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
23        involved, $150.
24             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $50.
25    (bb)  Collections.
26             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
27        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
28        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  2.5%  of  the  amount
29        collected and turned over.
30             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
31        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
32        earning of the office.
33             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
34        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
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 1        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
 2             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
 3        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 4        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 5        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 6        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
 7        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
 8        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
 9        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
10        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
11        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
12        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
13        his or her office. The clerk may recover from the  person
14        making  the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment any
15        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
16        fee.
17             The clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5  for
18        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
19        in  Section  7-703 of the Family Financial Responsibility
20        Law and these fees  shall  also  be  deposited  into  the
21        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
22    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
23             For  correction  of  the case number, case title, or
24        attorney computer identification number, if  required  by
25        rule  of  court,  on  any  document  filed in the clerk's
26        office, to be charged against the party  that  filed  the
27        document, $15.
28    (dd)  Exceptions.
29             The fee requirements of this Section shall not apply
30        to  police departments or other law enforcement agencies.
31        In this Section, "law enforcement agency" means an agency
32        of the State or a  unit  of  local  government  which  is
33        vested  by  law  or  ordinance  with the duty to maintain
34        public order and to enforce criminal laws or  ordinances.
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 1        "Law  enforcement agency" also means the Attorney General
 2        or any state's attorney. The  fee  requirements  of  this
 3        Section  shall  not  apply to any action instituted under
 4        subsection  (b)  of  Section  11-31-1  of  the   Illinois
 5        Municipal  Code  by  a  private  owner  or tenant of real
 6        property within  1200  feet  of  a  dangerous  or  unsafe
 7        building  seeking an order compelling the owner or owners
 8        of the building to take any  of  the  actions  authorized
 9        under that subsection.
10    (ee)  Adoptions.
11             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
12             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
13        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
14        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
15        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
16        Family Services.
17    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
18             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
19        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
20        adoption proceeding.
21    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
22    90-466, eff. 8-17-97.)
23        (705 ILCS 105/27.2a) (from Ch. 25, par. 27.2a)
24        Sec.  27.2a.  The fees of the clerks of the circuit court
25    in all counties having a  population  of  3,000,000  or  more
26    inhabitants  in the instances described in this Section shall
27    be as provided in this Section.  The fees shall  be  paid  in
28    advance and shall be as follows:
29    (a)  Civil Cases.
30             The  fee  for filing a complaint, petition, or other
31        pleading initiating a civil action,  with  the  following
32        exceptions, shall be $190.
33                  (A)  When the amount of money or damages or the
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 1             value  of  personal property claimed does not exceed
 2             $250, $15.
 3                  (B)  When that amount exceeds $250 but does not
 4             exceed $1000, $40.
 5                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1000  but  does
 6             not exceed $2500, $50.
 7                  (D)  When  that  amount  exceeds $2500 but does
 8             not exceed $5000, $100.
 9                  (E)  When that amount exceeds  $5000  but  does
10             not exceed $15,000, $150.
11                  (F)  For  the exercise of eminent domain, $150.
12             For each additional lot or tract of land or right or
13             interest  therein  subject  to  be  condemned,   the
14             damages  in  respect to which shall require separate
15             assessment by a jury, $150.
16    (b)  Forcible Entry and Detainer.
17             In each forcible entry and detainer  case  when  the
18        plaintiff seeks possession only or unites with his or her
19        claim  for possession of the property a claim for rent or
20        damages or both in the amount of $15,000  or  less,  $75.
21        When the plaintiff unites his or her claim for possession
22        with  a  claim  for  rent  or  damages  or both exceeding
23        $15,000, $225.
24    (c)  Counterclaim or Joining Third Party Defendant.
25             When any defendant files a counterclaim as  part  of
26        his  or her answer or otherwise or joins another party as
27        a third party defendant, or both, the defendant shall pay
28        a fee for each counterclaim or third party action  in  an
29        amount  equal  to the fee he or she would have had to pay
30        had he or she brought a separate action  for  the  relief
31        sought  in  the  counterclaim  or against the third party
32        defendant, less the amount of the appearance fee, if that
33        has been paid.
34    (d)  Confession of Judgment.
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 1             In a confession of judgment when the amount does not
 2        exceed $1500, $60.  When the amount  exceeds  $1500,  but
 3        does  not  exceed  $5000,  $75.   When the amount exceeds
 4        $5000, but does not exceed $15,000, $175. When the amount
 5        exceeds $15,000, $250.
 6    (e)  Appearance.
 7             The fee for filing an appearance in each civil  case
 8        shall be $75, except as follows:
 9                  (A)  When the plaintiff in a forcible entry and
10             detainer case seeks possession only, $40.
11                  (B)  When  the  amount  in  the  case  does not
12             exceed $1500, $40.
13                  (C)  When that amount exceeds  $1500  but  does
14             not exceed $15,000, $60.
15    (f)  Garnishment, Wage Deduction, and Citation.
16             In  garnishment affidavit, wage deduction affidavit,
17        and citation petition when the  amount  does  not  exceed
18        $1,000,  $15; when the amount exceeds $1,000 but does not
19        exceed $5,000, $30; and when the amount  exceeds  $5,000,
20        $50.
21    (g)  Petition to Vacate or Modify.
22             (1)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
23        or  order of court, except in forcible entry and detainer
24        cases and small claims cases or a petition to  reopen  an
25        estate,  to  modify,  terminate, or enforce a judgment or
26        order  for  child  or  spousal  support,  or  to  modify,
27        suspend, or terminate an order for withholding, if  filed
28        before  30 days after the entry of the judgment or order,
29        $50.
30             (2)  Petition to vacate or modify any final judgment
31        or  order  of  court,  except  a  petition   to   modify,
32        terminate,  or  enforce  a judgment or order for child or
33        spousal support or to modify, suspend,  or  terminate  an
34        order  for withholding, if filed later than 30 days after
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 1        the entry of the judgment or order, $75.
 2             (3)  Petition to vacate order  of  bond  forfeiture,
 3        $40.
 4    (h)  Mailing.
 5             When  the clerk is required to mail, the fee will be
 6        $10, plus the cost of postage.
 7    (i)  Certified Copies.
 8             Each certified copy of a judgment after  the  first,
 9        except  in  small  claims and forcible entry and detainer
10        cases, $15.
11    (j)  Habeas Corpus.
12             For filing a petition for relief by  habeas  corpus,
13        $125.
14    (k)  Certification, Authentication, and Reproduction.
15             (1)  Each certification or authentication for taking
16        the  acknowledgment  of  a  deed  or  other instrument in
17        writing with the seal of office, $6.
18             (2)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
19        forwarded, under 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $75.
20             (3)  Court   appeals  when  original  documents  are
21        forwarded, over 100 pages, plus delivery and costs, $150.
22             (4)  Court  appeals  when  original  documents   are
23        forwarded,  over 200 pages, an additional fee of 25 cents
24        per page.
25             (5)  For reproduction of any document  contained  in
26        the clerk's files:
27                  (A)  First page, $2.
28                  (B)  Next 19 pages, 50 cents per page.
29                  (C)  All remaining pages, 25 cents per page.
30    (l)  Remands.
31             In any cases remanded to the Circuit Court  from the
32        Supreme Court or the Appellate Court for a new trial, the
33        clerk  shall  file  the remanding order and reinstate the
34        case with either its original number  or  a  new  number.
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 1        The  Clerk shall not charge any new or additional fee for
 2        the reinstatement.  Upon reinstatement  the  Clerk  shall
 3        advise  the  parties of the reinstatement.  A party shall
 4        have the same  right  to  a  jury  trial  on  remand  and
 5        reinstatement  as he or she had before the appeal, and no
 6        additional or new fee or charge shall be made for a  jury
 7        trial after remand.
 8    (m)  Record Search.
 9             For   each  record  search,  within  a  division  or
10        municipal district, the clerk  shall  be  entitled  to  a
11        search fee of $6 for each year searched.
12    (n)  Hard Copy.
13             For  each  page of hard copy print output, when case
14        records are maintained on an automated medium, the  clerk
15        shall be entitled to a fee of $6.
16    (o)  Index Inquiry and Other Records.
17             No    fee    shall   be   charged   for   a   single
18        plaintiff/defendant index inquiry or single  case  record
19        inquiry  when  this  request  is  made  in person and the
20        records are maintained in a current automated medium, and
21        when no hard copy print output is requested.  The fees to
22        be charged for management records, multiple case records,
23        and multiple journal records  may  be  specified  by  the
24        Chief  Judge  pursuant  to  the guidelines for access and
25        dissemination of  information  approved  by  the  Supreme
26        Court.
27    (p)  Commitment Petitions.
28             For  filing  commitment  petitions  under the Mental
29        Health and Developmental Disabilities Code, $50.
30    (q)  Alias Summons.
31             For each alias summons or  citation  issued  by  the
32        clerk, $5.
33    (r)  Other Fees.
34             Any fees not covered in this Section shall be set by
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 1        rule  or  administrative  order of the Circuit Court with
 2        the approval of the Administrative Office of the Illinois
 3        Courts.
 4             The  clerk  of  the  circuit   court   may   provide
 5        additional  services  for which there is no fee specified
 6        by statute  in  connection  with  the  operation  of  the
 7        clerk's  office  as  may  be  requested by the public and
 8        agreed to by the clerk and approved by the chief judge of
 9        the circuit court.  Any charges for  additional  services
10        shall  be  as  agreed  to between the clerk and the party
11        making the request and approved by the chief judge of the
12        circuit court.   Nothing  in  this  subsection  shall  be
13        construed to require any clerk to provide any service not
14        otherwise required by law.
15    (s)  Jury Services.
16             The  clerk shall be entitled to receive, in addition
17        to other fees allowed by law, the sum of $200, as  a  fee
18        for  the  services  of  a  jury in every civil action not
19        quasi-criminal in its nature and not a proceeding for the
20        exercise of the right of  eminent  domain  and  in  every
21        other action wherein the right of trial by jury is or may
22        be given by law.  The jury fee shall be paid by the party
23        demanding  a  jury at the time of filing the jury demand.
24        If the fee is not paid by either party, no jury shall  be
25        called in the action or proceeding, and the same shall be
26        tried by the court without a jury.
27    (t)  Voluntary Assignment.
28             For  filing  each deed of voluntary assignment, $20;
29        for  recording  the  same,  50¢  for  each   100   words.
30        Exceptions  filed to claims presented to an assignee of a
31        debtor who  has  made  a  voluntary  assignment  for  the
32        benefit of creditors shall be considered and treated, for
33        the  purpose of taxing costs therein, as actions in which
34        the party or  parties  filing  the  exceptions  shall  be
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 1        considered   as  party  or  parties  plaintiff,  and  the
 2        claimant or claimants as party or parties defendant,  and
 3        those  parties  respectively  shall  pay to the clerk the
 4        same fees as provided by this Section to be paid in other
 5        actions.
 6    (u)  Expungement Petition.
 7             The clerk shall be entitled to receive a fee of  $60
 8        for each expungement petition filed and an additional fee
 9        of  $4  for   each  certified copy of an order to expunge
10        arrest records.
11    (v)  Probate.
12        The clerk is entitled to receive the  fees  specified  in
13    this  subsection  (v), which shall be paid in advance, except
14    that, for good cause shown, the court may suspend, reduce, or
15    release the costs payable under this subsection:
16             (1)  For administration of the estate of a  decedent
17        (whether  testate  or  intestate) or of a missing person,
18        $150, plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
19        except:
20                  (A)  When  the  value  of the real and personal
21             property does not exceed $15,000, the fee  shall  be
22             $40.
23                  (B)  When  (i) proof of heirship alone is made,
24             (ii) a domestic  or  foreign  will  is  admitted  to
25             probate  without  administration (including proof of
26             heirship), or (iii) letters of office are issued for
27             a particular purpose without administration  of  the
28             estate, the fee shall be $40.
29             (2)  For  administration  of  the  estate of a ward,
30        $75,  plus  the  fees  specified  in  subsection  (v)(3),
31        except:
32                  (A)  When the value of the  real  and  personal
33             property  does  not exceed $15,000, the fee shall be
34             $40.
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 1                  (B)  When (i) letters of office are issued to a
 2             guardian of the person or persons, but  not  of  the
 3             estate  or  (ii) letters of office are issued in the
 4             estate of  a  ward  without  administration  of  the
 5             estate, including filing or joining in the filing of
 6             a  tax  return or releasing a mortgage or consenting
 7             to the marriage of the ward, the fee shall be $20.
 8             (3)  In  addition  to   the   fees   payable   under
 9        subsection   (v)(1)   or  (v)(2)  of  this  Section,  the
10        following fees are payable:
11                  (A)  For each account  (other  than  one  final
12             account) filed in the estate of a decedent, or ward,
13             $25.
14                  (B)  For  filing  a claim in an estate when the
15             amount claimed is $150 or more but less  than  $500,
16             $20;  when  the  amount  claimed is $500 or more but
17             less than $10,000, $40; when the amount  claimed  is
18             $10,000  or  more,  $60;  provided that the court in
19             allowing a claim may add to the amount  allowed  the
20             filing fee paid by the claimant.
21                  (C)  For filing in an estate a claim, petition,
22             or  supplemental  proceeding  based  upon  an action
23             seeking equitable relief including the  construction
24             or  contest  of a will, enforcement of a contract to
25             make a will, and proceedings involving  testamentary
26             trusts  or the appointment of testamentary trustees,
27             $60.
28                  (D)  For filing in an estate (i) the appearance
29             of any person for the purpose of consent or (ii) the
30             appearance   of    an    executor,    administrator,
31             administrator  to  collect,  guardian,  guardian  ad
32             litem, or special administrator, no fee.
33                  (E)  Except    as    provided   in   subsection
34             (v)(3)(D), for filing the appearance of  any  person
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 1             or persons, $30.
 2                  (F)  For each jury demand, $125.
 3                  (G)  For  disposition  of  the  collection of a
 4             judgment or settlement of an  action  or  claim  for
 5             wrongful  death  of  a  decedent  or of any cause of
 6             action  of  a  ward,  when   there   is   no   other
 7             administration  of  the estate, $50, less any amount
 8             paid under subsection (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B)  except
 9             that  if the amount involved does not exceed $5,000,
10             the fee, including any amount paid under  subsection
11             (v)(1)(B) or (v)(2)(B), shall be $20.
12                  (H)  For  each  certified  copy  of  letters of
13             office, of court order or other  certification,  $2,
14             plus  $1  per  page  in  excess  of  3 pages for the
15             document certified.
16                  (I)  For each exemplification, $2, plus the fee
17             for certification.
18             (4)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
19        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
20        attorney  shall  pay the cost of publication by the clerk
21        directly to the newspaper.
22             (5)  The person on whose behalf a charge is incurred
23        for  witness,  court  reporter,   appraiser,   or   other
24        miscellaneous  fee  shall  pay  the  same directly to the
25        person entitled thereto.
26             (6)  The    executor,    administrator,    guardian,
27        petitioner, or other interested  person  or  his  or  her
28        attorney  shall  pay  to  the  clerk  all postage charges
29        incurred by  the  clerk  in  mailing  petitions,  orders,
30        notices, or other documents pursuant to the provisions of
31        the Probate Act of 1975.
32    (w)  Criminal and Quasi-Criminal Costs and Fees.
33             (1)  The  clerk  shall  be  entitled to costs in all
34        criminal  and  quasi-criminal  cases  from  each   person
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 1        convicted or sentenced to supervision therein as follows:
 2                  (A)  Felony complaints, $125.
 3                  (B)  Misdemeanor complaints, $75.
 4                  (C)  Business offense complaints, $75.
 5                  (D)  Petty offense complaints, $75.
 6                  (E)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
 7             $30.
 8                  (F)  When court appearance required, $50.
 9                  (G)  Motions  to  vacate or amend final orders,
10             $40.
11                  (H)  Motions to vacate bond forfeiture  orders,
12             $30.
13                  (I)  Motions  to  vacate  ex  parte  judgments,
14             whenever filed, $30.
15                  (J)  Motions to vacate judgment on forfeitures,
16             whenever filed, $25.
17                  (K)  Motions  to  vacate "failure to appear" or
18             "failure to comply" notices sent to the Secretary of
19             State, $40.
20             (2)  In counties having a population of 3,000,000 or
21        more,  when  the  violation  complaint  is  issued  by  a
22        municipal police department, the clerk shall be  entitled
23        to costs from each person convicted therein as follows:
24                  (A)  Minor  traffic  or  ordinance  violations,
25             $30.
26                  (B)  When court appearance required, $50.
27             (3)  In ordinance violation cases punishable by fine
28        only, the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to
29        receive,  unless the fee is excused upon a finding by the
30        court that the defendant  is  indigent,  in  addition  to
31        other fees or costs allowed or imposed by law, the sum of
32        $100  as  a fee for the services of a jury.  The jury fee
33        shall be paid by the defendant at the time of filing  his
34        or  her  jury  demand.   If the fee is not so paid by the
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 1        defendant, no jury shall be called, and the case shall be
 2        tried by the court without a jury.
 3    (x)  Transcripts of Judgment.
 4             For the filing of  a  transcript  of  judgment,  the
 5        clerk shall be entitled to the same fee as if it were the
 6        commencement of a new suit.
 7    (y)  Change of Venue.
 8             (1)  For  the filing of a change of case on a change
 9        of venue, the clerk shall be entitled to the same fee  as
10        if it were the commencement of a new suit.
11             (2)  The  fee  for the preparation and certification
12        of a record on a change of venue to another jurisdiction,
13        when original documents are forwarded, $40.
14    (z)  Tax objection complaints.
15             For each tax objection complaint containing  one  or
16        more  tax objections, regardless of the number of parcels
17        involved or  the  number  of  taxpayers  joining  in  the
18        complaint, $50.
19    (aa)  Tax Deeds.
20             (1)  Petition  for  tax  deed, if only one parcel is
21        involved, $250.
22             (2)  For each additional parcel, add a fee of $100.
23    (bb)  Collections.
24             (1)  For all collections made of others, except  the
25        State  and  county  and  except  in  maintenance or child
26        support  cases,  a  sum  equal  to  3.0%  of  the  amount
27        collected and turned over.
28             (2)  Interest earned on any funds held by the  clerk
29        shall  be  turned  over  to the county general fund as an
30        earning of the office.
31             (3)  For any check, draft, or other bank  instrument
32        returned  to  the clerk for non-sufficient funds, account
33        closed, or payment stopped, $25.
34             (4)  In child support  and  maintenance  cases,  the
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 1        clerk, if authorized by an ordinance of the county board,
 2        may  collect  an  annual fee of up to $36 from the person
 3        making  payment  for  administering  the  collection  and
 4        distribution of maintenance and child  support  payments.
 5        This  fee  shall  be  in  addition  to  and separate from
 6        amounts ordered  to  be  paid  as  maintenance  or  child
 7        support   and   shall   be   deposited  into  a  Separate
 8        Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund,  of  which
 9        the  clerk shall be the custodian, ex-officio, to be used
10        by the clerk to further maintenance and child supports in
11        his or her office.  The clerk may recover from the person
12        making the  maintenance  or  child  support  payment  any
13        additional cost incurred in the collection of this annual
14        fee.
15             The  clerk shall also be entitled to a fee of $5 for
16        certifications made to the Secretary of State as provided
17        in Section 7-703 of the Family  Financial  Responsibility
18        Law  and  these  fees  shall  also  be deposited into the
19        Separate Maintenance and Child Support Collection Fund.
20    (cc)  Corrections of Numbers.
21             For correction of the case number,  case  title,  or
22        attorney  computer  identification number, if required by
23        rule of court, on  any  document  filed  in  the  clerk's
24        office,  to  be  charged against the party that filed the
25        document, $25.
26    (dd)  Exceptions.
27             (1)  The fee requirements of this Section shall  not
28        apply  to  police  departments  or  other law enforcement
29        agencies.  In  this  Section,  "law  enforcement  agency"
30        means  an  agency  of  the  State  or  a  unit  of  local
31        government  which  is vested by law or ordinance with the
32        duty to maintain public order  and  to  enforce  criminal
33        laws  or ordinances.  "Law enforcement agency" also means
34        the Attorney General or any state's attorney.
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 1             (2)  No fee provided herein shall be charged to  any
 2        unit  of  local  government  or  school district. The fee
 3        requirements of this  Section  shall  not  apply  to  any
 4        action instituted under subsection (b) of Section 11-31-1
 5        of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code  by a private owner or
 6        tenant of real property within 1200 feet of  a  dangerous
 7        or  unsafe building seeking an order compelling the owner
 8        or owners of the building to  take  any  of  the  actions
 9        authorized under that subsection.
10    (ee)  Adoption.
11             (1)  For an adoption.............................$65
12             (2)  Upon  good cause shown, the court may waive the
13        adoption filing fee in a  special  needs  adoption.   The
14        term  "special  needs  adoption"  shall  have the meaning
15        ascribed to it by the Illinois Department of Children and
16        Family Services.
17    (ff)  Adoption exemptions.
18             No fee other than that set forth in subsection  (ee)
19        shall  be  charged  to  any  person in connection with an
20        adoption proceeding.
21    (Source: P.A.  89-92,  eff.  7-1-96;  89-593,  eff.   8-1-96;
22    90-466, eff. 8-17-97.)
23        Section  5.   The  Probate  Act  of  1975  is  amended by
24    changing Sections 1-2.23, 1-2.24, 11-5, 11-5.3, 11-5.4, 11-8,
25    11-8.1, 11-13.1,  11-14.1,  11a-8,  11a-17,  11a-18,  11a-23,
26    12-2,  21-2,  21-2.04,  21-2.05,  21-2.07,  21-2.08, 21-2.11,
27    21-2.12,  and  21-2.13,  and  by  adding  Sections   11a-3.1,
28    11a-3.2,   11a-8.1,   11a-10.2,  11a-18.2,  and  11a-18.3  as
29    follows:
30        (755 ILCS 5/1-2.23)
31        Sec. 1-2.23. "Standby guardian" means: (i) a guardian  of
32    the  person  or  estate, or both, of a minor, as appointed by
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 1    the court under Section 11-5.3,  to  become  effective  at  a
 2    later  date  under  Section 11-13.1 or (ii) a guardian of the
 3    person or estate, or both, of a disabled person, as appointed
 4    by the court under Section 11a-3.1, to become effective at  a
 5    later date under Section 11a-18.2.
 6    (Source: P.A. 88-202; 88-529.)
 7        (755 ILCS 5/1-2.24)
 8        Sec.  1-2.24.  "Short-term  guardian" means a guardian of
 9    the person of a minor as appointed by a parent of  the  minor
10    under  Section  11-5.4  or  a  guardian  of  the  person of a
11    disabled person as appointed by the guardian of the  disabled
12    person under Section 11a-3.2.
13    (Source: P.A. 88-529.)
14        (755 ILCS 5/11-5) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11-5)
15        Sec. 11-5. Appointment of guardian.
16        (a)  Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of
17    a  guardian  or  on  its  own motion, the court may appoint a
18    guardian of the estate or of both the person and estate, of a
19    minor, or may appoint a guardian of  the  person  only  of  a
20    minor or minors, the person or estate, or both, of a minor as
21    the  court  finds  to be in the best interest of the minor or
22    minors.
23        (a-1)  A parent, adoptive parent or  adjudicated  parent,
24    whose parental rights have not been terminated, may designate
25    in  any  writing, including a will, a person qualified to act
26    under Section 11-3 to be appointed as guardian of the  person
27    or  estate,  or  both,  of  an  unmarried minor or of a child
28    likely to be born.  A parent, adoptive parent or  adjudicated
29    parent,  whose parental rights have not been terminated, or a
30    guardian or a standby guardian of an unmarried minor or of  a
31    child  likely  to  be  born  may  designate  in  any writing,
32    including a will, a person qualified  to  act  under  Section
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 1    11-3  to  be  appointed  as successor guardian of the minor's
 2    person or estate, or both.  The designation must be witnessed
 3    by 2 or more credible witnesses at least  18  years  of  age,
 4    neither  of  whom  is  the person designated as the guardian.
 5    The designation may be proved by any competent evidence.   If
 6    the  designation  is executed and attested in the same manner
 7    as  a  will,  it  shall  have  prima  facie   validity.   The
 8    designation  of  a  guardian  or  successor guardian does not
 9    affect the rights of the other parent in the minor.
10        (b)  The  court  lacks  jurisdiction  to  proceed  on   a
11    petition  for the appointment of a guardian of a minor if (i)
12    the minor has a living parent, adoptive parent or adjudicated
13    parent, whose parental rights have not been terminated, whose
14    whereabouts are known, and who is willing and  able  to  make
15    and  carry out day-to-day child care decisions concerning the
16    minor,  unless  the  parent  or  parents   consent   to   the
17    appointment  or,  after receiving notice of the hearing under
18    Section 11-10.1, fail to object to  the  appointment  at  the
19    hearing  on  the petition or (ii) there is a guardian for the
20    minor appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.   There
21    shall be a rebuttable presumption that a parent of a minor is
22    willing  and able to make and carry out day-to-day child care
23    decisions concerning the minor, but the  presumption  may  be
24    rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.
25        (b-1)  If  the  court finds the appointment of a guardian
26    of the minor to be in the best interest of the minor, and  if
27    a  standby  guardian  has  previously  been appointed for the
28    minor under Section  11-5.3,  the  court  shall  appoint  the
29    standby  guardian as the guardian of the person or estate, or
30    both, of the minor unless the court finds,  upon  good  cause
31    shown,  that  the  appointment would no longer be in the best
32    interest of the minor.
33        (c)  If the minor is 14 years of age or more,  the  minor
34    may  nominate  the guardian of the minor's person and estate,
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 1    subject to approval of the court. If the minor's  nominee  is
 2    not  approved  by the court or if, after notice to the minor,
 3    the minor fails to nominate a guardian of the minor's  person
 4    or  estate,  the  court  may  appoint  the  guardian  without
 5    nomination.
 6        (d)  The  court  shall  not  appoint  as  guardian of the
 7    person of the minor any person whom the court has  determined
 8    had caused or substantially contributed to the minor becoming
 9    a  neglected or abused minor as defined in the Juvenile Court
10    Act of 1987 unless 2 years have elapsed since the last proven
11    incident of abuse or neglect and the  court  determines  that
12    appointment  of  such  person  as  guardian  is  in  the best
13    interests of the minor.
14        (e)  Previous statements made by the  minor  relating  to
15    any  allegations  that  the  minor  is an abused or neglected
16    child within the meaning of the Abused  and  Neglected  Child
17    Reporting  Act,  or  an  abused or neglected minor within the
18    meaning  of  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987,  shall   be
19    admissible in evidence in a hearing concerning appointment of
20    a  guardian  of  the  person or estate of the minor.  No such
21    statement, however, if  uncorroborated  and  not  subject  to
22    cross-examination, shall be sufficient in itself to support a
23    finding of abuse or neglect.
24    (Source: P.A. 90-430, eff. 8-16-97; 90-472, eff. 8-17-97.)
25        (755 ILCS 5/11-5.3)
26        Sec. 11-5.3.  Appointment of standby guardian.
27        (a)  A  parent,  adoptive  parent, or adjudicated parent,
28    whose parental  rights  have  not  been  terminated,  or  the
29    guardian  of  the  person  of  a  minor  may designate in any
30    writing, including a will, a person qualified  to  act  under
31    Section  11-3  to  be  appointed  as  standby guardian of the
32    person or estate, or both, of an  unmarried  minor  or  of  a
33    child  likely  to  be  born.   A  parent, adoptive parent, or
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 1    adjudicated parent,  whose  parental  rights  have  not  been
 2    terminated,  or  the  guardian  of the person of a minor or a
 3    standby guardian of an unmarried minor or of a  child  likely
 4    to  be born may designate in any writing, including a will, a
 5    person qualified to act under Section 11-3 to be appointed as
 6    successor standby guardian of the minor's person  or  estate,
 7    or  both.  The  designation  must  be  witnessed by 2 or more
 8    credible witnesses at least 18 years of age, neither of  whom
 9    is  the  person  designated  as  the  standby  guardian.  The
10    designation  may be proved by any competent evidence.  If the
11    designation is executed and attested in the same manner as  a
12    will,  it shall have prima facie validity. The designation of
13    a standby guardian or successor  standby  guardian  does  not
14    affect the rights of the other parent in the minor.
15        (b)  Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of
16    a  standby guardian, the court may appoint a standby guardian
17    of the person or estate, or both, of a  minor  as  the  court
18    finds to be in the best interest of the minor.
19        (c)  The   court  lacks  jurisdiction  to  proceed  on  a
20    petition for the appointment of a standby guardian of a minor
21    if (i) the minor has a  living  parent,  adoptive  parent  or
22    adjudicated  parent,  whose  parental  rights  have  not been
23    terminated, whose whereabouts are known, and who  is  willing
24    and  able  to  make  and  carry  out  day-to-day  child  care
25    decisions  concerning the minor, unless the parent or parents
26    consent to the appointment or, after receiving notice of  the
27    hearing   under  Section  11-10.1,  fail  to  object  to  the
28    appointment at the hearing on the petition or (ii) there is a
29    guardian for the minor appointed  by  a  court  of  competent
30    jurisdiction.  There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a
31    parent  of  a minor is willing and able to make and carry out
32    day-to-day child care decisions concerning the minor, but the
33    presumption  may  be  rebutted  by  a  preponderance  of  the
34    evidence.
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 1        (d)  The standby guardian shall take and file an oath  or
 2    affirmation   that   the  standby  guardian  will  faithfully
 3    discharge the  duties  of  the  office  of  standby  guardian
 4    according  to law, and shall file in and have approved by the
 5    court a bond binding the standby guardian so to do, but shall
 6    not be required to file a bond  until  the  standby  guardian
 7    assumes  all  duties  as  guardian of the minor under Section
 8    11-13.1.
 9        (e)  The designation of a standby guardian may, but  need
10    not, be in the following form:
11                   DESIGNATION OF STANDBY GUARDIAN
12        [IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:
13        A  standby  guardian is someone who has been appointed by
14    the court as the person who will act as guardian of the child
15    when the child's parents or the guardian of the person of the
16    child die or are no longer willing or able to make and  carry
17    out  day-to-day child care decisions concerning the child. By
18    properly completing this form, a parent or  the  guardian  of
19    the  person of the child is naming the person that the parent
20    or the guardian wants to be appointed as the standby guardian
21    of the child or children of the parent.  Both  parents  of  a
22    child  may  join  together and co-sign this form. Signing the
23    form does not appoint the standby guardian; to be  appointed,
24    a petition must be filed in and approved by the court.]
25             1.  Parent  (or  guardian)  and Children. I, (insert
26        name  of  designating  parent  or  guardian),   currently
27        residing  at  (insert  address  of  designating parent or
28        guardian), am a parent (or the guardian of the person) of
29        the following child or children (or of a child likely  to
30        be  born):  (insert name and date of birth of each child,
31        or insert the words "not yet born" to designate a standby
32        guardian for a child likely to be born  and  the  child's
33        expected date of birth).
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 1             2.  Standby   Guardian.    I  hereby  designate  the
 2        following person to be appointed as standby guardian  for
 3        the  my  child  or children listed above (insert name and
 4        address of person designated).
 5             3.  Successor Standby Guardian.  If the person named
 6        in item 2  above  cannot  or  will  not  act  as  standby
 7        guardian,   I   designate  the  following  person  to  be
 8        appointed as successor standby guardian for the my  child
 9        or   children:   (insert   name  and  address  of  person
10        designated).
11             4.  Date and Signature.  This  designation  is  made
12        this (insert day) day of (insert month and year).
13                  Signed:  (designating parent or guardian)
14             5.  Witnesses.  I saw the parent (or the guardian of
15        the  person  of  the  child) sign this designation or the
16        parent (or the guardian of the person of the child)  told
17        me  that  (he or she) the parent signed this designation.
18        Then I  signed  the  designation  as  a  witness  in  the
19        presence  of  the  parent  (or  the  guardian).  I am not
20        designated  in  this  instrument  to  act  as  a  standby
21        guardian for the parent's  child  or  children.   (insert
22        space   for   names,   addresses,  and  signatures  of  2
23        witnesses).
24    (Source: P.A. 88-529.)
25        (755 ILCS 5/11-5.4)
26        Sec. 11-5.4.  Short-term guardian.
27        (a)  A parent, adoptive parent,  or  adjudicated  parent,
28    whose  parental  rights  have  not  been  terminated,  or the
29    guardian of the person of a minor  may  appoint  in  writing,
30    without court approval, a short-term guardian of an unmarried
31    minor  or  a child likely to be born.  The written instrument
32    appointing a short-term guardian shall  be  dated  and  shall
33    identify  the  appointing  parent or guardian, the minor, and
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 1    the person appointed to  be  the  short-term  guardian.   The
 2    written  instrument  shall  be signed by, or at the direction
 3    of, the appointing parent in  the  presence  of  at  least  2
 4    credible  witnesses at least 18 years of age, neither of whom
 5    is the person appointed  as  the  short-term  guardian.   The
 6    person  appointed  as the short-term guardian shall also sign
 7    the written instrument, but need not sign at the same time as
 8    the appointing parent.
 9        (b)  A parent or guardian shall not appoint a  short-term
10    guardian  of  a  minor  if  (i)  the minor has another living
11    parent, adoptive parent or adjudicated parent, whose parental
12    rights have not been terminated, whose whereabouts are known,
13    and who is willing and able to make and carry out  day-to-day
14    child   care  decisions  concerning  the  minor,  unless  the
15    nonappointing parent consents to the appointment  by  signing
16    the  written  instrument  of  appointment  or (ii) there is a
17    guardian for the minor appointed  by  a  court  of  competent
18    jurisdiction.
19        (c)  The   appointment  of  the  short-term  guardian  is
20    effective immediately upon the date the written instrument is
21    executed, unless the  written  instrument  provides  for  the
22    appointment  to  become effective upon a later specified date
23    or event.  The short-term guardian shall  have  authority  to
24    act  as  guardian of the minor as provided in Section 11-13.2
25    for a period of 60 days from  the  date  the  appointment  is
26    effective,  unless  the  written  instrument provides for the
27    appointment to terminate upon an earlier  specified  date  or
28    event.  Only  one  written instrument appointing a short-term
29    guardian may be in force at any given time.
30        (d)  Every appointment of a short-term  guardian  may  be
31    amended  or  revoked  by  the  appointing  parent  or  by the
32    appointing guardian of the person of the minor  at  any  time
33    and  in any manner communicated to the short-term guardian or
34    to any other person.  Any person other  than  the  short-term
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 1    guardian to whom a revocation or amendment is communicated or
 2    delivered  shall  make  all  reasonable efforts to inform the
 3    short-term guardian of that fact as promptly as possible.
 4        (e)  The  appointment  of  a   short-term   guardian   or
 5    successor  short-term  guardian does not affect the rights of
 6    the other parent in the minor.
 7        (f)  The  written  instrument  appointing  a   short-term
 8    guardian may, but need not, be in the following form:
 9                 APPOINTMENT OF SHORT-TERM GUARDIAN
10          [IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:
11        By  properly  completing  this  form,  a  parent  or  the
12    guardian  of the person of the child is appointing a guardian
13    of a child of the parent (or a minor ward of the guardian, as
14    the case may be) for a period of up to 60 days.   A  separate
15    form should be completed for each child. The person appointed
16    as the guardian must sign the form, but need not do so at the
17    same time as the parent or parents or guardian.
18        This  form may not be used to appoint a guardian if there
19    is a guardian already appointed for the child, except that if
20    a guardian of the person of the  child  has  been  appointed,
21    that  guardian  may  use  this  form  to appoint a short-term
22    guardian.  Both  living  parents  of  a  child  may  together
23    appoint  a  guardian  of  the  child,  or the guardian of the
24    person of the child may appoint a guardian of the child,  for
25    a  period  of  up to 60 days through the use of this form. If
26    the short-term guardian is appointed by both  living  parents
27    of  the child, the parents need not sign the form at the same
28    time.]
29             1.  Parent (or guardian) and Child.  I, (insert name
30        of appointing parent or guardian), currently residing  at
31        (insert  address  of appointing parent or guardian), am a
32        parent (or the guardian of the person) of  the  following
33        child  (or  of  a child likely to be born):  (insert name
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 1        and date of birth of child, or insert the words "not  yet
 2        born" to appoint a short-term guardian for a child likely
 3        to be born and the child's expected date of birth).
 4             2.  Guardian.  I hereby appoint the following person
 5        as the short-term guardian for the my child: (insert name
 6        and address of appointed person).
 7             3.  Effective   date.    This   appointment  becomes
 8        effective: (check one if you wish it to be applicable)
 9                  ( )  On the date that I state in writing that I
10             am no longer either willing  or  able  to  make  and
11             carry out day-to-day child care decisions concerning
12             the my child.
13                  ( )  On the date that a physician familiar with
14             my  condition  certifies  in  writing  that  I am no
15             longer  willing  or  able  to  make  and  carry  out
16             day-to-day child care decisions  concerning  the  my
17             child.
18                  ( )  On  the  date  that  I  am  admitted as an
19             in-patient  to  a  hospital  or  other  health  care
20             institution.
21                  ( )  On the following date: (insert date).
22                  ( )  Other: (insert other).
23    [NOTE:  If this item is not  completed,  the  appointment  is
24    effective  immediately  upon  the date the form is signed and
25    dated below.]
26             4.  Termination.  This appointment  shall  terminate
27        60  days  after  the effective date, unless it terminates
28        sooner  as  determined  by  the  event  or  date  I  have
29        indicated  below:  (check  one  if  you  wish  it  to  be
30        applicable)
31                  ( )  On the date that I state in writing that I
32             am willing and able to make and carry out day-to-day
33             child care decisions concerning the my child.
34                  ( )  On the date that a physician familiar with
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 1             my condition certifies in writing that I am  willing
 2             and able to make and carry out day-to-day child care
 3             decisions concerning the my child.
 4                  ( )  On  the date that I am discharged from the
 5             hospital or other health care  institution  where  I
 6             was admitted as an in-patient, which established the
 7             effective date.
 8                  ( )  On  the  date  which is (state a number of
 9             days, but no more  than  60  days)  days  after  the
10             effective date.
11                  ( )  Other: (insert other).
12    [NOTE:  If  this  item is not completed, the appointment will
13    be effective for a  period  of  60  days,  beginning  on  the
14    effective date.]
15             5.  Date  and  signature  of  appointing  parent  or
16        guardian.  This appointment is made this (insert day) day
17        of (insert month and year).
18                  Signed:  (appointing parent)
19             6.  Witnesses.  I saw the parent (or the guardian of
20        the  person  of  the child) sign this instrument or I saw
21        the parent (or the guardian of the person of  the  child)
22        direct someone to sign this instrument for the parent (or
23        the guardian). Then I signed this instrument as a witness
24        in  the  presence  of the parent (or the guardian).  I am
25        not appointed in this instrument to act as the short-term
26        guardian for the  parent's  child.    (Insert  space  for
27        names, addresses, and signatures of 2 witnesses)
28             7.  Acceptance  of  short-term  guardian.   I accept
29        this appointment as short-term guardian on  this  (insert
30        day) day of (insert month and year).
31                  Signed:  (short-term guardian)
32             8.  Consent  of  child's  other  parent.  I, (insert
33        name of  the  child's  other  living  parent),  currently
34        residing  at  (insert  address  of  child's  other living
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 1        parent), hereby  consent  to  this  appointment  on  this
 2        (insert day) day of (insert month and year).
 3                  Signed:  (consenting parent)
 4    [NOTE:  The signature of a consenting parent is not necessary
 5    if one of the following applies: (i) the child's other parent
 6    has died; or (ii) the whereabouts of the child's other parent
 7    are  not  known;  or  (iii)  the  child's other parent is not
 8    willing or able to make and carry out day-to-day  child  care
 9    decisions  concerning  the child; or (iv) the child's parents
10    were  never  married  and  no  court  has  issued  an   order
11    establishing parentage.]
12    (Source: P.A. 88-529; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
13        (755 ILCS 5/11-8) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11-8)
14        Sec. 11-8. Petition for guardian of minor.
15        (a)  The  petition  for  appointment of a guardian of the
16    estate, or of both the person and estate, of a minor, or  for
17    appointment  of the guardian of the person only of a minor or
18    minors the person or estate, or both, of a minor must  state,
19    if known:
20        (1)  (a)  The  name,  date  of birth and residence of the
21    minor; (2) (b)  the names and post office  addresses  of  the
22    nearest  relatives  of  the minor in the following order: (i)
23    (1) the spouse, if any; if none, (ii)  (2)  the  parents  and
24    adult  brothers  and  sisters, if any; if none, (iii) (3) the
25    nearest adult kindred; (3)  (c)  the  name  and  post  office
26    address  of  the  person having the custody of the minor; (4)
27    (d) the approximate value of the personal estate; (5) (e) the
28    amount of the  anticipated  gross  annual  income  and  other
29    receipts;  (6) (f) the name, post office address and, in case
30    of an individual, the age  and  occupation  of  the  proposed
31    guardian;  (7)  (g)  the  facts  concerning  the execution or
32    admission to  probate  of  the  written  designation  of  the
33    guardian,  if  any,  a  copy of which shall be attached to or
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 1    filed with the petition; and (8) (h) the facts concerning any
 2    juvenile, adoption, parentage, dissolution,  or  guardianship
 3    court  actions pending concerning the minor or the parents of
 4    the minor and whether any guardian is  currently  acting  for
 5    the minor. In addition, if the petition seeks the appointment
 6    of a previously appointed standby guardian as guardian of the
 7    minor,  the  petition  must  also  state:  (9)  (i) the facts
 8    concerning the standby guardian's  previous  appointment  and
 9    (10)  (j)  the date of death of the minor's parent or parents
10    or the facts concerning the consent of the minor's parent  or
11    parents  to  the  appointment  of  the  standby  guardian  as
12    guardian,  or  the  willingness  and  ability  of the minor's
13    parent or parents to make and carry out day-to-day child care
14    decisions concerning the minor.
15        (b)  A single petition for appointment of only a guardian
16    of the person of a minor may include  more  than  one  minor.
17    The  statements  required  in items (1) and (2) of subsection
18    (a) shall be listed separately for each minor.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-529.)
20        (755 ILCS 5/11-8.1)
21        Sec. 11-8.1.  Petition for standby guardian of minor. The
22    petition for appointment of a standby guardian of the  person
23    or  the estate, or both, of a minor must state, if known: (a)
24    the name, date of birth, and residence of the minor; (b)  the
25    names  and  post office addresses of the nearest relatives of
26    the minor in the following order: (1) the parents, if any; if
27    none, (2) the adult brothers and sisters, if  any;  if  none,
28    (3)  the  nearest adult kindred; (c) the name and post office
29    address of the person having custody of the  minor;  (d)  the
30    name,  post  office  address, and, in case of any individual,
31    the age and occupation of the proposed standby guardian;  (e)
32    the  facts  concerning  the  consent of the minor's parent or
33    parents or the guardian of the person of  the  minor  to  the
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 1    appointment  of  the standby guardian, or the willingness and
 2    ability of the minor's parent or  parents,  if  any,  or  the
 3    guardian  of  the  person  of the minor to make and carry out
 4    day-to-day child care decisions concerning the minor; (f) the
 5    facts concerning the execution or admission to probate of the
 6    written designation of the standby guardian, if any,  a  copy
 7    of which shall be attached to or filed with the petition; and
 8    (g)  the  facts concerning any juvenile, adoption, parentage,
 9    dissolution, or guardianship court actions pending concerning
10    the minor or  the  parents  of  the  minor  and  whether  any
11    guardian is currently acting for the minor.
12    (Source: P.A. 88-529.)
13        (755 ILCS 5/11-13.1)
14        Sec. 11-13.1.  Duties of standby guardian of a minor.
15        (a)  Before  a  standby  guardian of a minor may act, the
16    standby guardian must be appointed by the court of the proper
17    county and, in the case of a standby guardian of the  minor's
18    estate, the standby guardian must give the bond prescribed in
19    subsection (d) of Section 11-5.3 and Section 12-2.
20        (b)  The  standby  guardian  shall not have any duties or
21    authority  to  act  until  the  standby   guardian   receives
22    knowledge  (i)  of the death or consent of the minor's parent
23    or parents or of the guardian of the person of the minor,  or
24    (ii) the inability of the minor's parent or parents or of the
25    guardian  of  the  person  of the minor to make and carry out
26    day-to-day child care decisions concerning the minor for whom
27    the standby guardian has been appointed.  This  inability  of
28    the   minor's  parent  or  parents  to  make  and  carry  out
29    day-to-day child care decisions may be communicated either by
30    the parent's or  the  guardian's  own  admission  or  by  the
31    written certification of the parent's or guardian's attending
32    physician.   Immediately  upon receipt of that knowledge, the
33    standby guardian shall assume all duties as guardian  of  the
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 1    minor  as  previously  determined by the order appointing the
 2    standby guardian, and as set forth in Section 11-13, and  the
 3    standby  guardian  of  the person shall have the authority to
 4    act as guardian of the person without direction of court  for
 5    a period of up to 60 days, provided that the authority of the
 6    standby  guardian  may be limited or terminated by a court of
 7    competent jurisdiction.
 8        (c)  Within 60 days of the standby guardian's receipt  of
 9    knowledge  of  (i) the death or consent of the minor's parent
10    or parents or guardian, or (ii) the inability of the  minor's
11    parent   or  parents  or  guardian  to  make  and  carry  out
12    day-to-day child care decisions  concerning  the  minor,  the
13    standby  guardian  shall file or cause to be filed a petition
14    for the appointment of a guardian of the person or estate, or
15    both, of the minor under Section 11-5.
16    (Source: P.A. 88-529.)
17        (755 ILCS 5/11-14.1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11-14.1)
18        Sec. 11-14.1.  Revocation of  letters.   Upon  the  minor
19    reaching  the age of majority, the letters of office shall be
20    revoked only as to that minor and the guardianship over  that
21    minor  shall  be  terminated.   The letters of office and the
22    guardianship shall remain as to any other minors included  in
23    the same letters of office or guardianship order.
24    (Source: P.A. 80-1415.)
25        (755 ILCS 5/11a-3.1 new)
26        Sec. 11a-3.1.  Appointment of standby guardian.
27        (a)  The  guardian  of a disabled person may designate in
28    any writing, including a will,  a  person  qualified  to  act
29    under  Section  11a-5  to be appointed as standby guardian of
30    the person or estate, or both, of the disabled  person.   The
31    guardian  may  designate  in any writing, including a will, a
32    person qualified to act under Section 11a-5 to  be  appointed
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 1    as successor standby guardian of the disabled person's person
 2    or estate, or both. The designation must be witnessed by 2 or
 3    more  credible witnesses at least 18 years of age, neither of
 4    whom is the person designated as the  standby  guardian.  The
 5    designation  may be proved by any competent evidence.  If the
 6    designation is executed and attested in the same manner as  a
 7    will,   it   shall   have  prima  facie  validity.  Prior  to
 8    designating a proposed standby guardian, the  guardian  shall
 9    consult  with  the  disabled person to determine the disabled
10    person's preference as  to  the  person  who  will  serve  as
11    standby  guardian.  The guardian shall give due consideration
12    to the preference of  the  disabled  person  in  selecting  a
13    standby guardian.
14        (b)  Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of
15    a  standby guardian, the court may appoint a standby guardian
16    of the person or estate, or both, of the disabled  person  as
17    the  court  finds  to be in the best interest of the disabled
18    person. The court shall apply  the  same  standards  used  in
19    determining  the suitability of a plenary or limited guardian
20    in determining the suitability of a standby guardian,  giving
21    due consideration to the preference of the disabled person as
22    to  a  standby guardian. The court may not appoint the Office
23    of State Guardian, pursuant to Section 30 of the Guardianship
24    and Advocacy Act, or a public guardian, pursuant  to  Section
25    13-5  of this Act, as a standby guardian, without the written
26    consent of the  State  Guardian  or  public  guardian  or  an
27    authorized  representative  of  the  State Guardian or public
28    guardian.
29        (c)  The standby guardian shall take and file an oath  or
30    affirmation   that   the  standby  guardian  will  faithfully
31    discharge the  duties  of  the  office  of  standby  guardian
32    according  to law, and shall file in and have approved by the
33    court a bond binding the standby guardian so to do, but shall
34    not be required to file a bond  until  the  standby  guardian
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 1    assumes  all  duties as guardian of the disabled person under
 2    Section 11a-18.2.
 3        (d)  The designation of a standby guardian may, but  need
 4    not, be in the following form:
 5                   DESIGNATION OF STANDBY GUARDIAN
 6        [IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:
 7             A standby guardian is someone who has been appointed
 8        by  the  court  as the person who will act as guardian of
 9        the disabled person when the disabled  person's  guardian
10        dies  or  is  no longer willing or able to make and carry
11        out day-to-day care  decisions  concerning  the  disabled
12        person.   By properly completing this form, a guardian is
13        naming the person that the guardian wants to be appointed
14        as the standby guardian of the disabled  person.  Signing
15        the  form  does  not  appoint the standby guardian; to be
16        appointed, a petition must be filed in  and  approved  by
17        the court.]
18             1.  Guardian   and   Ward.   I,   (insert   name  of
19        designating  guardian),  currently  residing  at  (insert
20        address of designating guardian), am the guardian of  the
21        following disabled person:  (insert name of ward).
22             2.  Standby   Guardian.    I  hereby  designate  the
23        following person to be  appointed as standby guardian for
24        my ward listed above: (insert name and address of  person
25        designated).
26             3.  Successor Standby Guardian.  If the person named
27        in  item  2  above    cannot  or  will not act as standby
28        guardian,  I  designate  the  following  person   to   be
29        appointed  as  successor  standby  guardian  for my ward:
30        (insert name and address of person designated).
31             4.  Date and Signature.  This  designation  is  made
32        this (insert day) day of (insert month and year).
33             Signed:   (designating guardian)
34             5.  Witnesses.    I   saw  the  guardian  sign  this
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 1        designation or the guardian told  me  that  the  guardian
 2        signed this designation. Then I signed the designation as
 3        a  witness  in  the  presence  of the guardian.  I am not
 4        designated in this  instrument  to    act  as  a  standby
 5        guardian  for  the  guardian's  ward.   (insert space for
 6        names,  addresses, and signatures of 2 witnesses)
 7        (755 ILCS 5/11a-3.2 new)
 8        Sec. 11a-3.2.  Short-term guardian.
 9        (a)  The guardian of a disabled  person  may  appoint  in
10    writing, without court approval, a short-term guardian of the
11    disabled  person  to  take over the guardian's duties, to the
12    extent provided in Section 11a-18.3, each time  the  guardian
13    is  unavailable  or  unable  to  carry out those duties.  The
14    guardian shall consult with the disabled person to  determine
15    the  disabled person's preference concerning the person to be
16    appointed as short-term guardian and the guardian shall  give
17    due  consideration  to  the  disabled  person's preference in
18    choosing  a  short-term  guardian.  The  written   instrument
19    appointing  a  short-term  guardian  shall be dated and shall
20    identify the appointing guardian, the  disabled  person,  the
21    person  appointed  to  be  the  short-term  guardian, and the
22    termination date of the appointment.  The written  instrument
23    shall  be  signed  by, or at the direction of, the appointing
24    guardian in the presence of at least 2 credible witnesses  at
25    least  18  years  of  age,  neither  of  whom  is  the person
26    appointed as the short-term guardian. The person appointed as
27    the  short-term  guardian  shall  also   sign   the   written
28    instrument,  but  need  not  sign  at  the  same  time as the
29    appointing guardian. A guardian may not appoint the Office of
30    State Guardian or a public guardian as a short-term guardian,
31    without the written consent of the State Guardian  or  public
32    guardian   or  an  authorized  representative  of  the  State
33    Guardian or public guardian.
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 1        (b)  The  appointment  of  the  short-term  guardian   is
 2    effective immediately upon the date the written instrument is
 3    executed,  unless  the  written  instrument  provides for the
 4    appointment to become effective upon a later  specified  date
 5    or  event.   A  short-term guardian appointed by the guardian
 6    shall have authority to  act  as  guardian  of  the  disabled
 7    person  for a cumulative total of 60 days during any 12 month
 8    period.  Only one written instrument appointing a  short-term
 9    guardian may be in force at any given time.
10        (c)  Every  appointment  of  a short-term guardian may be
11    amended or revoked by the appointing guardian at any time and
12    in any manner communicated to the short-term guardian  or  to
13    any  other  person.   Any  person  other  than the short-term
14    guardian to whom a revocation or amendment is communicated or
15    delivered shall make all reasonable  efforts  to  inform  the
16    short-term guardian of that fact as promptly as possible.
17        (d)  The   appointment   of   a  short-term  guardian  or
18    successor short-term guardian does not affect the  rights  in
19    the disabled person of any guardian other than the appointing
20    guardian.
21        (e)  The   written  instrument  appointing  a  short-term
22    guardian may, but need not, be in the following form:
23                 APPOINTMENT OF SHORT-TERM GUARDIAN
24        [IT IS IMPORTANT TO READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS:
25             By properly completing  this  form,  a  guardian  is
26        appointing  a  short-term guardian of the disabled person
27        for a cumulative total of up to 60  days  during  any  12
28        month  period.   A  separate form shall be completed each
29        time  a  short-term  guardian  takes  over   guardianship
30        duties.    The   person   or  persons  appointed  as  the
31        short-term guardian shall sign the form, but need not  do
32        so at the same time as the guardian.]
33             1.  Guardian   and   Ward.    I,   (insert  name  of
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 1        appointing guardian),    currently  residing  at  (insert
 2        address  of  appointing guardian), am the guardian of the
 3        following disabled person:  (insert name of ward).
 4             2.  Short-term  Guardian.   I  hereby  appoint   the
 5        following person as the  short-term guardian for my ward:
 6        (insert name and address of appointed person).
 7             3.  Effective   date.    This   appointment  becomes
 8        effective: (check one if you wish it to be applicable)
 9             ( )  On the date that I state in writing that  I  am
10        no  longer  either  willing or able to make and carry out
11        day-to-day care decisions concerning  my ward.
12             ( )  On the date that a physician familiar  with  my
13        condition  certifies    in  writing  that  I am no longer
14        willing or able to make and  carry  out  day-to-day  care
15        decisions concerning my ward.
16             ( )  On the date that I am admitted as an in-patient
17        to a hospital or  other health care institution.
18             ( )  On the following date: (insert date).
19             ( )  Other: (insert other).
20             [NOTE:    If   this   item  is  not  completed,  the
21        appointment is effective immediately upon  the  date  the
22        form is signed and dated below.]
23             4.  Termination.   This  appointment shall terminate
24        on: (enter a date  corresponding  to  60  days  from  the
25        current  date, less the number of days within the past 12
26        months  that  any  short-term  guardian  has  taken  over
27        guardianship duties),  unless  it  terminates  sooner  as
28        determined  by  the event or date I have indicated below:
29        (check one if you wish it to be applicable)
30             ( )  On the date that I state in writing that  I  am
31        willing  and  able to  make and carry out day-to-day care
32        decisions concerning my ward.
33             ( )  On the date that a physician familiar  with  my
34        condition  certifies    in  writing that I am willing and
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 1        able to make and carry out  day-to-day  care    decisions
 2        concerning my ward.
 3             ( )  On  the  date  that  I  am  discharged from the
 4        hospital or other  health care institution  where  I  was
 5        admitted   as  an  in-patient,  which    established  the
 6        effective date.
 7             ( )  On the date which is (state a number  of  days)
 8        days after the effective date.
 9             ( )  Other: (insert other).
10             [NOTE:    If   this   item  is  not  completed,  the
11        appointment will be effective until the 60th  day  within
12        the  past  year during which time any short-term guardian
13        of this ward had taken over guardianship duties from  the
14        guardian, beginning on the effective date.]
15             5.  Date and signature of appointing guardian.  This
16        appointment  is  made    this (insert day) day of (insert
17        month and year).
18             Signed:  (appointing guardian)
19             6.  Witnesses.   I  saw  the  guardian   sign   this
20        instrument  or I saw the  guardian direct someone to sign
21        this instrument for the guardian.   Then  I  signed  this
22        instrument  as a witness in the presence of the guardian.
23        I am not appointed in  this  instrument  to  act  as  the
24        short-term  guardian  for  the  guardian's ward.  (insert
25        space  for  names,  addresses,  and   signatures   of   2
26        witnesses)
27             7.  Acceptance  of  short-term  guardian.   I accept
28        this appointment as short-term guardian on  this  (insert
29        day) day of (insert month and year).
30             Signed:  (short-term guardian)
31        (f)  Each   time   the  guardian  appoints  a  short-term
32    guardian, the guardian shall: (i) provide the disabled person
33    with  the  name,  address,  and  telephone  number   of   the
34    short-term  guardian; (ii) advise the disabled person that he
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 1    has the right to object to the appointment of the  short-term
 2    guardian  by filing a petition in court; and (iii) notify the
 3    disabled person when the short-term guardian will  be  taking
 4    over  guardianship  duties  and  the  length of time that the
 5    short-term guardian will be acting as guardian.
 6        (755 ILCS 5/11a-8) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-8)
 7        Sec. 11a-8.  Petition.)  The petition for adjudication of
 8    disability and for the  appointment  of  a  guardian  of  the
 9    estate  or  the  person or both of an alleged disabled person
10    must state, if known or  reasonably  ascertainable:  (a)  the
11    relationship   and   interest   of   the  petitioner  to  the
12    respondent; (b)  the  name,  date  of  birth,  and  place  of
13    residence   of  the  respondent;  (c)  the  reasons  for  the
14    guardianship; (d) the name and post  office  address  of  the
15    respondent's  guardian,  if any, or of the respondent's agent
16    or agents appointed under the Illinois Power of Attorney Act,
17    if any; (e) the name and post office addresses of the nearest
18    relatives of the respondent in the following order:  (1)  the
19    spouse  and  adult  children,  parents and adult brothers and
20    sisters, if any; if none, (2) nearest adult kindred known  to
21    the  petitioner;  (f) the name and address of the person with
22    whom or the facility in which the respondent is residing; (g)
23    the approximate value of the personal and  real  estate;  (h)
24    the  amount  of the anticipated annual gross income and other
25    receipts; (i) the name, post office address and in case of an
26    individual, the  age,  relationship  to  the  respondent  and
27    occupation  of  the  proposed  guardian.  In addition, if the
28    petition seeks the  appointment  of  a  previously  appointed
29    standby  guardian  as  guardian  of  the disabled person, the
30    petition must  also  state:  (j)  the  facts  concerning  the
31    standby  guardian's  previous appointment and (k) the date of
32    death  of  the  disabled  person's  guardian  or  the   facts
33    concerning  the  consent of the disabled person's guardian to
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 1    the appointment of the standby guardian as guardian,  or  the
 2    willingness  and ability of the disabled person's guardian to
 3    make and carry out day-to-day care decisions  concerning  the
 4    disabled  person.  A  petition for adjudication of disability
 5    and the appointment of a guardian of the estate or the person
 6    or both of an alleged disabled person may not be dismissed or
 7    withdrawn without leave of the court.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-396, eff. 8-20-95.)
 9        (755 ILCS 5/11a-8.1 new)
10        Sec. 11a-8.1.  Petition for standby guardian of  disabled
11    person.   The  petition for appointment of a standby guardian
12    of the person or the estate, or both, of  a  disabled  person
13    must  state,  if  known:  (a)  the  name,  date of birth, and
14    residence of the disabled person;  (b)  the  names  and  post
15    office  addresses  of  the  nearest relatives of the disabled
16    person in the following order:   (1)  the  spouse  and  adult
17    children,  parents and adult brothers and sisters, if any; if
18    none, (2) nearest adult kindred known to the petitioner;  (c)
19    the  name  and  post  office  address  of  the  person having
20    guardianship of the disabled person, and  of  any  person  or
21    persons  acting  as  agents  of the disabled person under the
22    Illinois Power of Attorney Act; (d)  the  name,  post  office
23    address,  and,  in  case  of  any  individual,  the  age  and
24    occupation   of   the  proposed  standby  guardian;  (e)  the
25    preference of the disabled person as to the choice of standby
26    guardian;  (f)  the  facts  concerning  the  consent  of  the
27    disabled person's guardian to the appointment of the  standby
28    guardian,  or  the  willingness  and  ability of the disabled
29    person's guardian to  make  and  carry  out  day-to-day  care
30    decisions  concerning  the  disabled  person;  (g)  the facts
31    concerning the execution  or  admission  to  probate  of  the
32    written  designation  of the standby guardian, if any, a copy
33    of which shall be attached to or filed with the petition; (h)
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 1    the facts concerning any guardianship court  actions  pending
 2    concerning  the disabled person; and (i) the facts concerning
 3    the willingness of the proposed standby  guardian  to  serve,
 4    and  in  the  case  of  the  Office of State Guardian and any
 5    public guardian, evidence of a written  acceptance  to  serve
 6    signed  by  the  State  Guardian  or  public  guardian  or an
 7    authorized representative of the  State  Guardian  or  public
 8    guardian, consistent with subsection (b) of Section 11a-3.1.
 9        (755 ILCS 5/11a-10.2 new)
10        Sec.  11a-10.2.   Procedure  for appointment of a standby
11    guardian  or  a  guardian  of  a  disabled  person.   In  any
12    proceeding for the appointment of a  standby  guardian  or  a
13    guardian  the  court  may  appoint  a  guardian  ad  litem to
14    represent the disabled person in the proceeding.
15        (755 ILCS 5/11a-17) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-17)
16        Sec. 11a-17.  Duties of personal guardian.
17        (a)  To the extent ordered by the  court  and  under  the
18    direction of the court, the guardian of the person shall have
19    custody  of the ward and the ward's minor and adult dependent
20    children; shall procure for them and shall make provision for
21    their  support,  care,   comfort,   health,   education   and
22    maintenance,  and  professional  services as are appropriate,
23    but the ward's spouse may not be deprived of the custody  and
24    education  of  the ward's minor and adult dependent children,
25    without the consent of the spouse,  unless  the  court  finds
26    that  the  spouse  is  not a fit and competent person to have
27    that custody and education. The  guardian  shall  assist  the
28    ward   in   the  development  of  maximum  self-reliance  and
29    independence. The guardian of the  person  may  petition  the
30    court  for  an  order directing the guardian of the estate to
31    pay an amount periodically for the provision of the  services
32    specified  by  the  court  order.   If  the  ward's estate is
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 1    insufficient to provide for education and the guardian of the
 2    ward's person fails to provide education, the court may award
 3    the custody of the ward to some other person for the  purpose
 4    of  providing education.  If a person makes a settlement upon
 5    or provision for the support or  education  of  a  ward,  the
 6    court may make an order for the visitation of the ward by the
 7    person  making the settlement or provision as the court deems
 8    proper.
 9        (b)  If the court directs, the  guardian  of  the  person
10    shall  file  with  the  court  at  intervals indicated by the
11    court, a report that shall state  briefly:  (1)  the  current
12    mental,  physical,  and  social condition of the ward and the
13    ward's minor and adult dependent children; (2) their  present
14    living  arrangement,  and  a  description  and the address of
15    every residence where they lived during the reporting  period
16    and  the  length  of stay at each place; (3) a summary of the
17    medical,  educational,  vocational,  and  other  professional
18    services given to them; (4) a resume of the guardian's visits
19    with and activities on behalf of  the  ward  and  the  ward's
20    minor  and  adult dependent children; (5) a recommendation as
21    to  the  need  for  continued  guardianship;  (6)  any  other
22    information requested by the court or useful in  the  opinion
23    of  the  guardian.  The  Office  of  the State Guardian shall
24    assist the guardian in filing the report  when  requested  by
25    the  guardian.   The  court  may take such action as it deems
26    appropriate pursuant to the report.
27        (c)  Absent court order pursuant to the Illinois Power of
28    Attorney Act directing a guardian to exercise powers  of  the
29    principal  under  an  agency  that  survives  disability, the
30    guardian has no power, duty, or liability with respect to any
31    personal or health care matters covered by the  agency.  This
32    subsection (c) applies to all agencies, whenever and wherever
33    executed.
34        (d)  A  guardian  acting  as  a  surrogate decision maker
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 1    under the Health Care Surrogate Act shall have all the rights
 2    of a surrogate under that Act without court  order  including
 3    the  right  to  make  medical  treatment  decisions  such  as
 4    decisions to forgo or withdraw life-sustaining treatment. Any
 5    decisions    by   the   guardian   to   forgo   or   withdraw
 6    life-sustaining treatment that are not authorized  under  the
 7    Health  Care  Surrogate  Act  shall  require  a  court order.
 8    Nothing in this Section shall prevent an agent acting under a
 9    power of attorney for health care from exercising his or  her
10    authority  under  the  Illinois Power of Attorney Act without
11    further court order, unless a court has acted  under  Section
12    2-10 of the Illinois Power of Attorney Act.  If a guardian is
13    also  a health care agent for the ward under a valid power of
14    attorney for health care, the guardian acting  as  agent  may
15    execute  his  or her authority under that act without further
16    court order.
17        (e)  Decisions made by a guardian on  behalf  of  a  ward
18    shall  be made in accordance with the following standards for
19    decision making. Decisions made by a guardian on behalf of  a
20    ward may be made by conforming as closely as possible to what
21    the ward, if competent, would have done or intended under the
22    circumstances,  taking  into  account evidence that includes,
23    but is not limited to, the  ward's  personal,  philosophical,
24    religious  and  moral beliefs, and ethical values relative to
25    the decision to be made by the guardian. Where possible,  the
26    guardian  shall  determine  how  the  ward  would have made a
27    decision   based   on   the   ward's   previously   expressed
28    preferences,  and  make  decisions  in  accordance  with  the
29    preferences of the ward. If the ward's wishes are unknown and
30    remain unknown after reasonable efforts to discern them,  the
31    decision  shall  be  made  on  the  basis  of the ward's best
32    interests as determined by the guardian. In  determining  the
33    ward's  best  interests,  the guardian shall weigh the reason
34    for and  nature  of  the  proposed  action,  the  benefit  or
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 1    necessity  of  the  action,  the  possible  risks  and  other
 2    consequences  of  the  proposed  action,  and  any  available
 3    alternatives  and their risks, consequences and benefits, and
 4    shall take into account any other information, including  the
 5    views  of  family and friends, that the guardian believes the
 6    ward would have considered if able  to  act  for  herself  or
 7    himself.
 8        (f)  Upon  petition  by  any interested person (including
 9    the standby or short-term  guardian),  with  such  notice  to
10    interested  persons as the court directs and a finding by the
11    court that it is in the best interest of the disabled person,
12    the court may terminate or limit the authority of  a  standby
13    or  short-term guardian or may enter such other orders as the
14    court deems necessary to provide for the best interest of the
15    disabled person.  The petition  for termination or limitation
16    of the authority of a standby or short-term guardian may, but
17    need not,  be  combined  with  a  petition  to  have  another
18    guardian appointed for the disabled person.
19    (Source: P.A. 90-250, eff. 7-29-97.)
20        (755 ILCS 5/11a-18) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-18)
21        Sec. 11a-18.  Duties of the estate guardian.
22        (a)  To  the  extent  specified in the order establishing
23    the guardianship, the guardian of the estate shall  have  the
24    care,  management  and investment of the estate, shall manage
25    the estate frugally and shall apply the income and  principal
26    of  the  estate  so  far  as  necessary  for  the comfort and
27    suitable support and education of the  ward,  his  minor  and
28    adult  dependent  children,  and  persons related by blood or
29    marriage who are dependent upon or entitled to  support  from
30    him, or for any other purpose which the court deems to be for
31    the best interests of the ward, and the court may approve the
32    making  on behalf of the ward of such agreements as the court
33    determines to be for the ward's best interests. The  guardian
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 1    may make disbursement of his ward's funds and estate directly
 2    to  the ward or other distributee or in such other manner and
 3    in such amounts as the court directs.  If  the  estate  of  a
 4    ward  is  derived  in  whole  or  in  part  from  payments of
 5    compensation, adjusted compensation,  pension,  insurance  or
 6    other  similar  benefits  made  directly to the estate by the
 7    Veterans Administration, notice of the application for  leave
 8    to invest or expend the ward's funds or estate, together with
 9    a  copy of the petition and proposed order, shall be given to
10    the Veterans' Administration Regional Office in this State at
11    least 7 days before the hearing on the application.
12        (a-5)  The probate court, upon petition  of  a  guardian,
13    other  than  the guardian of a minor, and after notice to all
14    other persons interested as the court directs, may  authorize
15    the  guardian  to  exercise any or all powers over the estate
16    and business affairs of the ward that the ward could exercise
17    if present and not under disability.  The court may authorize
18    the taking of an action  or  the  application  of  funds  not
19    required  for  the  ward's current and future maintenance and
20    support in any manner approved  by  the  court  as  being  in
21    keeping  with  the  ward's  wishes  so  far  as  they  can be
22    ascertained. The court must consider the  permanence  of  the
23    ward's  disabling  condition  and  the natural objects of the
24    ward's bounty. In ascertaining and carrying  out  the  ward's
25    wishes  the  court may consider, but shall not be limited to,
26    minimization  of  State  or  federal   income,   estate,   or
27    inheritance   taxes;   and   providing  gifts  to  charities,
28    relatives, and friends that would  be  likely  recipients  of
29    donations  from the ward.  The ward's wishes as best they can
30    be ascertained shall be  carried  out,  whether  or  not  tax
31    savings  are  involved.  Actions or applications of funds may
32    include, but shall not be limited to, the following:
33             (1)  making gifts of income or principal,  or  both,
34        of the estate, either outright or in trust;
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 1             (2)  conveying, releasing, or disclaiming his or her
 2        contingent and expectant interests in property, including
 3        marital  property  rights  and  any right of survivorship
 4        incident to joint tenancy or tenancy by the entirety;
 5             (3)  releasing or disclaiming his or her  powers  as
 6        trustee,  personal  representative, custodian for minors,
 7        or guardian;
 8             (4)  exercising, releasing, or  disclaiming  his  or
 9        her powers as donee of a power of appointment;
10             (5)  entering into contracts;
11             (6)  creating for the benefit of the ward or others,
12        revocable  or  irrevocable  trusts of his or her property
13        that may extend beyond his or her disability or life.
14             (7)  exercising options of the ward to  purchase  or
15        exchange securities or other property;
16             (8)  exercising  the  rights  of  the  ward to elect
17        benefit or  payment  options,  to  terminate,  to  change
18        beneficiaries  or ownership, to assign rights, to borrow,
19        or to receive cash value in return  for  a  surrender  of
20        rights under any one or more of the following:
21                  (i)  Life   insurance   policies,   plans,   or
22             benefits.
23                  (ii)  Annuity policies, plans, or benefits.
24                  (iii)  Mutual    fund    and   other   dividend
25             investment plans.
26                  (iv)  Retirement, profit sharing, and  employee
27             welfare plans and benefits;
28             (9)  exercising   his  or  her  right  to  claim  or
29        disclaim an elective share in the estate of  his  or  her
30        deceased  spouse  and to renounce any interest by testate
31        or intestate succession or by inter vivos transfer;
32             (10)  changing the ward's residence or domicile; or
33             (11)  modifying  by  means  of  codicil   or   trust
34        amendment  the  terms of the ward's will or any revocable
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 1        trust created by the ward,  as  the  court  may  consider
 2        advisable in light of changes in applicable tax laws. The
 3        guardian in his or her petition shall briefly outline the
 4        action  or application of funds for which he or she seeks
 5        approval,  the  results  expected  to   be   accomplished
 6        thereby, and the tax savings, if any, expected to accrue.
 7        The  proposed  action or application of funds may include
 8        gifts of the ward's personal property or real estate, but
 9        transfers  of  real  estate  shall  be  subject  to   the
10        requirements of Section 20 of this Act.  Gifts may be for
11        the  benefit  of prospective legatees, devisees, or heirs
12        apparent of the ward or may be  made  to  individuals  or
13        charities  in  which  the  ward  is  believed  to have an
14        interest.   The  guardian  shall  also  indicate  in  the
15        petition that any planned disposition is consistent  with
16        the  intentions  of  the  ward  insofar  as  they  can be
17        ascertained, and  if  the  ward's  intentions  cannot  be
18        ascertained, the ward will be presumed to favor reduction
19        in  the  incidents  of  various forms of taxation and the
20        partial distribution of his or her estate as provided  in
21        this  subsection.   The  guardian  shall not, however, be
22        required to include as a  beneficiary  or  fiduciary  any
23        person  who he has reason to believe would be excluded by
24        the ward.  A guardian shall be  required  to  investigate
25        and   pursue   a   ward's  eligibility  for  governmental
26        benefits.
27        (b)  Upon the direction of the  court  which  issued  his
28    letters,  a  guardian  may  perform the contracts of his ward
29    which were legally subsisting at the time of the commencement
30    of the  ward's  disability.   The  court  may  authorize  the
31    guardian  to  execute  and  deliver any bill of sale, deed or
32    other instrument.
33        (c)  The guardian of the estate of a  ward  shall  appear
34    for  and  represent  the ward in all legal proceedings unless
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 1    another person is appointed for that purpose as  guardian  or
 2    next  friend.  This does not impair the power of any court to
 3    appoint a guardian ad litem or  next  friend  to  defend  the
 4    interests  of  the ward in that court, or to appoint or allow
 5    any person  as  the  next  friend  of  a  ward  to  commence,
 6    prosecute  or  defend  any  proceeding in his behalf. Without
 7    impairing the power of the  court  in  any  respect,  if  the
 8    guardian  of  the estate of a ward and another person as next
 9    friend shall appear for and represent the  ward  in  a  legal
10    proceeding  in  which  the  compensation  of  the attorney or
11    attorneys representing the guardian and next friend is solely
12    determined under a contingent fee arrangement,  the  guardian
13    of  the  estate  of the ward shall not participate in or have
14    any  duty  to  review  the  prosecution  of  the  action,  to
15    participate  in  or  review  the   appropriateness   of   any
16    settlement  of the action, or to participate in or review any
17    determination of the appropriateness of any fees  awarded  to
18    the  attorney or attorneys employed in the prosecution of the
19    action.
20        (d)  Adjudication  of  disability  shall  not  revoke  or
21    otherwise terminate a trust which is revocable by  the  ward.
22    A  guardian of the estate shall have no authority to revoke a
23    trust that is revocable by the ward, except  that  the  court
24    may  authorize a guardian to revoke a Totten trust or similar
25    deposit or withdrawable  capital  account  in  trust  to  the
26    extent  necessary to provide funds for the purposes specified
27    in paragraph (a) of this Section.   If  the  trustee  of  any
28    trust  for the benefit of the ward has discretionary power to
29    apply income or principal for the ward's benefit, the trustee
30    shall not be required to distribute  any  of  the  income  or
31    principal  to  the  guardian  of  the  ward's estate, but the
32    guardian may bring an action on behalf of the ward to  compel
33    the  trustee  to exercise the trustee's discretion or to seek
34    relief from an abuse of discretion.  This paragraph shall not
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 1    limit the right of  a  guardian  of  the  estate  to  receive
 2    accountings from the trustee on behalf of the ward.
 3        (e)  Absent  court  order pursuant to the "Illinois Power
 4    of  Attorney  Act"  enacted  by  the  85th  General  Assembly
 5    directing a guardian to  exercise  powers  of  the  principal
 6    under  an  agency that survives disability, the guardian will
 7    have no power, duty or liability with respect to any property
 8    subject to the agency.  This subsection (e)  applies  to  all
 9    agencies, whenever and wherever executed.
10        (f)  Upon  petition  by  any interested person (including
11    the standby or short-term  guardian),  with  such  notice  to
12    interested  persons as the court directs and a finding by the
13    court that it is in the best interest of the disabled person,
14    the court may terminate or limit the authority of  a  standby
15    or  short-term guardian or may enter such other orders as the
16    court deems necessary to provide for the best interest of the
17    disabled person.  The petition for termination or  limitation
18    of the authority of a standby or short-term guardian may, but
19    need  not,  be  combined  with  a  petition  to  have another
20    guardian appointed for the disabled person.
21    (Source: P.A. 89-672, eff. 8-14-96; 90-345, eff. 8-8-97.)
22        (755 ILCS 5/11a-18.2 new)
23        Sec. 11a-18.2.  Duties of standby guardian of a  disabled
24    person.
25        (a)  Before  a  standby guardian of a disabled person may
26    act, the standby guardian must be appointed by the  court  of
27    the  proper  county and, in the case of a standby guardian of
28    the disabled person's estate, the standby guardian must  give
29    the  bond prescribed in subsection (c) of Section 11a-3.1 and
30    Section 12-2.
31        (b)  The standby guardian shall not have  any  duties  or
32    authority   to   act  until  the  standby  guardian  receives
33    knowledge of the death or consent of  the  disabled  person's
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 1    guardian,  or the inability of the disabled person's guardian
 2    to make and carry out day-to-day  care  decisions  concerning
 3    the  disabled  person  for whom the standby guardian has been
 4    appointed.  This inability of the disabled person's  guardian
 5    to  make  and  carry  out  day-to-day  care  decisions may be
 6    communicated either by the guardian's own admission or by the
 7    written certification of the guardian's attending  physician.
 8    Immediately  upon  receipt  of  that  knowledge,  the standby
 9    guardian shall assume all duties as guardian of the  disabled
10    person  as  previously determined by the order appointing the
11    standby guardian, and as set forth  in  Sections  11a-17  and
12    11a-18, and the standby guardian of the person shall have the
13    authority  to act as guardian of the person without direction
14    of court for a period of up to 60  days,  provided  that  the
15    authority   of   the  standby  guardian  may  be  limited  or
16    terminated by a court of competent jurisdiction.
17        (c)  Within 60 days of the standby guardian's receipt  of
18    knowledge  of  the  death or consent of the disabled person's
19    guardian, or the inability of the disabled person's  guardian
20    to  make  and  carry out day-to-day care decisions concerning
21    the disabled person, the standby guardian shall file or cause
22    to be filed a petition for the appointment of a  guardian  of
23    the  person  or estate, or both, of the disabled person under
24    Section 11a-3.
25        (755 ILCS 5/11a-18.3 new)
26        Sec.  11a-18.3.   Duties  of  short-term  guardian  of  a
27    disabled person.
28        (a)  Immediately  upon  the   effective   date   of   the
29    appointment of a short-term guardian, the short-term guardian
30    shall  assume  all  duties  as  short-term  guardian  of  the
31    disabled person as provided in this Section.   The short-term
32    guardian  of  the  person  shall  have  authority  to  act as
33    short-term guardian, without direction of the court, for  the
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 1    duration  of the appointment, which in no case shall exceed a
 2    cumulative total of 60 days in any 12 month  period  for  all
 3    short-term guardians appointed by the guardian. The authority
 4    of  the short-term guardian may be limited or terminated by a
 5    court of competent jurisdiction.
 6        (b)  Unless   further   specifically   limited   by   the
 7    instrument appointing the short-term guardian,  a  short-term
 8    guardian shall have the authority to act as a guardian of the
 9    person  of a disabled person as prescribed in Section 11a-17,
10    but shall not have any authority to act as  guardian  of  the
11    estate  of  a  disabled  person,  except  that  a  short-term
12    guardian shall have the authority to apply for and receive on
13    behalf  of the disabled person benefits to which the disabled
14    person may be entitled from or under federal, State, or local
15    organizations or programs.
16        (755 ILCS 5/11a-23)
17        Sec. 11a-23.  Reliance on authority of guardian,  standby
18    guardian, short-term guardian.
19        (a)  For   the   purpose  of  this  Section,  "guardian",
20    "standby  guardian",  and  "short-term   guardian"   includes
21    temporary, plenary, or limited guardians of all wards.
22        (b)  Every   health   care   provider  and  other  person
23    (reliant) has the right to rely on any decision or  direction
24    made   by  the  guardian,  standby  guardian,  or  short-term
25    guardian that is not clearly contrary to the law, to the same
26    extent and with the same effect as  though  the  decision  or
27    direction  had  been  made  or given by the ward.  Any person
28    dealing with the guardian, standby  guardian,  or  short-term
29    guardian  may  presume  in the absence of actual knowledge to
30    the contrary that the acts of the guardian, standby guardian,
31    or short-term guardian conform to the provisions of the  law.
32    A  reliant  shall  not be protected if the reliant has actual
33    knowledge that the guardian, standby guardian, or  short-term
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 1    guardian is not entitled to act or that any particular action
 2    or inaction is contrary to the provisions of the law.
 3        (c)  A  health care provider (provider) who relies on and
 4    carries out a guardian's, standby guardian's,  or  short-term
 5    guardian's  directions  and  who  acts  with  due care and in
 6    accordance with the law shall not be  subject  to  any  claim
 7    based  on  lack of consent, or to criminal prosecution, or to
 8    discipline  for  unprofessional  conduct.   Nothing  in  this
 9    Section shall be deemed to protect a provider from  liability
10    for  the  provider's own negligence in the performance of the
11    provider's duties or in carrying out any instructions of  the
12    guardian,  standby  guardian,  or  short-term  guardian,  and
13    nothing  in  this Section shall be deemed to alter the law of
14    negligence as it applies to  the  acts  of  any  guardian  or
15    provider.
16        (d)  A   guardian,   standby   guardian,  or  short  term
17    guardian, who acts or refrains from acting is not subject  to
18    criminal  prosecution  or any claim based upon lack of his or
19    her authority or failure to act, if the act or failure to act
20    was with due care and in accordance with law.  The  guardian,
21    standby guardian, or short term guardian, shall not be liable
22    merely  because  he  or  she  may  benefit  from the act, has
23    individual or conflicting interests in relation to  the  care
24    and  affairs  of the ward, or acts in a different manner with
25    respect to the guardian's, standby guardian's, or  short-term
26    guardian's own care or interests.
27    (Source: P.A. 89-438, eff. 12-15-95.)
28        (755 ILCS 5/12-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 12-2)
29        Sec. 12-2. Individual representative; oath and bond.
30        (a)  Except   as   provided  in  subsection  (b),  before
31    undertaking the  representative's  duties,  every  individual
32    representative  shall  take  and  file an oath or affirmation
33    that the individual will faithfully discharge the  duties  of
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 1    the  office  of the representative according to law and shall
 2    file in and have approved by the court  a  bond  binding  the
 3    individual  representative  so to do. The court may waive the
 4    filing of a bond of a representative of the person of a  ward
 5    or of a standby guardian of a minor or disabled person.
 6        (b)  Where  bond or security is excused by the will or as
 7    provided in subsection (b) of Section 12-4, the bond  of  the
 8    representative in the amount from time to time required under
 9    this  Article  shall  be  in  full  force  and effect without
10    writing, unless the court requires the filing  of  a  written
11    bond.
12    (Source: P.A. 88-529.)
13        (755 ILCS 5/21-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2)
14        Sec. 21-2.  Investments; Ward's Estate.)
15        (a)  It  is  the duty of the representative to invest the
16    ward's money.  A representative is chargeable  with  interest
17    at  a rate equal to the rate on 90-day United States Treasury
18    Bills  upon  any  money  that  the  representative  which  he
19    wrongfully or negligently  allows  to  remain  in  his  hands
20    uninvested  after  it  might  have been invested.  Reasonable
21    sums of money retained uninvested by  the  representative  in
22    order to pay for the current or imminent expenses of the ward
23    shall not be considered wrongfully or negligently uninvested.
24        (b)  Upon   receiving   the  approval  of  the  court,  a
25    representative may hold  any  investments,  or  any  increase
26    thereof,  received  by  the representative him at the time of
27    the representative's his appointment or acquired by the ward,
28    although the investment is  not  otherwise  authorized  under
29    this   Act,   and   the   court   has  power  to  direct  the
30    representative in connection therewith.
31        (c)  A representative may invest only  in  the  types  of
32    property specified in Sections 21-2.01 through 21-2.15.
33    (Source: P.A. 84-494.)
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 1        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.04) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.04)
 2        Sec.    21-2.04.    Insured   accounts,   deposits,   and
 3    certificates.    Withdrawable  capital  accounts,   deposits,
 4    investment  certificates  or certificates of deposit of state
 5    and  federal  savings  and  loan  associations  but,   unless
 6    otherwise  authorized  by  a court of competent jurisdiction,
 7    only  to  the  extent  that   the   accounts,   deposits   or
 8    certificates  are  insured by the United States or any of its
 9    agencies Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation,  and
10    share  accounts  in  federal  and  state credit unions if the
11    credit unions  are  insured  by  the  National  Credit  Union
12    Administration.  Amounts  invested  in  a  savings  and  loan
13    association  in  excess  of  the amount insured by the United
14    States or any  of  its  agencies  Federal  Savings  and  Loan
15    Insurance Corporation shall be secured by a surety bond taken
16    from  a  surety authorized to transact business in this State
17    in such sum, under such conditions, and  with  such  security
18    sufficient to save the estate from loss.
19    (Source: P.A. 81-0391; 81-0403; 81-1509.)
20        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.05) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.05)
21        Sec. 21-2.05.  Municipal bonds. Instruments providing for
22    the payment of money executed by or on behalf of any state of
23    the  United  States  or  the  District  of  Columbia  or  any
24    governmental  entity  organized  by  or under the laws of any
25    state of the United States or the District  of  Columbia,  to
26    carry  out  a  public  governmental  or proprietary function,
27    acting  through  its  corporate  authorities,  or  that   any
28    governmental entity has assumed or agreed to pay and that, at
29    the  time  of  investment,  have  been given one of the top 4
30    rating grades by a nationally recognized rating service.  The
31    direct obligations of any state, county, city, town, village,
32    school  district,  municipality and any political subdivision
33    of any of them, located in any state of the United States  or
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 1    the  District of Columbia, if the total direct obligations of
 2    that state, county, city,  town,  village,  school  district,
 3    municipality  or  political subdivision does not exceed 5 per
 4    cent of the assessed valuation of property  for  taxation  at
 5    the  time of the investment, but no investment may be made in
 6    obligations of any state, county, city, town, village, school
 7    district, municipality or  political  subdivision  which  has
 8    defaulted in a payment of principal or interest on any of its
 9    bonded  debt during the period of 5 years prior to the making
10    of the investment.
11    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
12        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.07) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.07)
13        Sec. 21-2.07.  Notes secured by real estate.  All of  the
14    notes secured by a first mortgage or trust deed upon improved
15    or  income  producing  real estate situated in this State and
16    not exceeding two-thirds 1/2 of the value thereof at the time
17    of the investment.
18    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
19        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.08) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.08)
20        Sec. 21-2.08.  Corporate obligations. Obligations of  any
21    company  incorporated  under the laws of the United States or
22    of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia
23    that, at the time of investment, have been given one  of  the
24    top 4 rating grades by a nationally recognized rating service
25    which  are  or  have been a part of an issue of not less than
26    $3,000,000.
27    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
28        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.11) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.11)
29        Sec. 21-2.11.   Life,  endowment,  or  annuity  policies.
30    Life,  endowment, or annuity policies on upon the life of the
31    ward, or on the life of any person in whose life the ward has
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 1    an insurable interest, if the ward is the  beneficiary,  when
 2    the   policies   of   insurance   are  issued  by  companies,
 3    associations or fraternal organizations that, at the time  of
 4    investment, have been given one of the top 4 rating grades by
 5    a  nationally recognized rating service licensed to engage in
 6    the business of  insurance  in  this  State.  The  order  may
 7    authorize  the  payment  of  annual  premiums without further
 8    application to the court.
 9    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
10        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.12) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.12)
11        Sec. 21-2.12.  Stock. Preferred and common Shares of  any
12    corporation with a market capitalization of over $200,000,000
13    if organized under the laws of the United States or any state
14    thereof or of the District of Columbia if:
15        (a)  in   the  case  of  preferred  shares,  the  issuing
16    corporation has earned a net profit in 8 of the preceding  10
17    fiscal  years  as reflected in its statements and during each
18    of the preceding 10 fiscal years has paid  dividends  in  the
19    specified  amounts  upon all of its preferred shares, if any,
20    outstanding during such year and has no  dividend  arrearages
21    on its preferred shares outstanding at the date of purchase;
22        (b)  in   the   case   of   common  shares,  the  issuing
23    corporation has earned a net profit in 8 of the  preceding 10
24    fiscal years as reflected in its statements and  during  each
25    of the preceding 10 years has paid dividends in the specified
26    amounts  upon  all  its preferred shares, if any, outstanding
27    during such year and in each of at least 8 of  the  preceding
28    10  fiscal years, including the preceding 5 fiscal years, has
29    paid dividends in some amount upon all its common shares,  if
30    any, outstanding during such years;
31        (c)  in  the  case  of  any  shares,  except shares of an
32    investment company or investment trust, the shares are  fully
33    listed and registered on upon an exchange registered with the
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 1    Securities  and  Exchange Commission as a national securities
 2    exchange  or  an  electronic  securities   quotation   system
 3    regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 4        If  a  corporation has acquired a substantial part of its
 5    property within 10 years immediately preceding the investment
 6    by  consolidation  or  merger  or  by  the  purchase   of   a
 7    substantial  part  of  the property of any other corporation,
 8    the earnings of the predecessor or  constituent  corporations
 9    shall be consolidated for the purpose of ascertaining whether
10    the requirements of this Section have been satisfied.
11        As  used  in  this  Section,  "corporation"  includes  an
12    open-end  or closed-end management type investment company or
13    investment trust which is registered with, and regulated  by,
14    the   Securities   and  Exchange  Commission,  which  has  no
15    preferred shares,  bonds,  loans  or  any  other  outstanding
16    securities  having  preference  or  priority  as to assets or
17    earnings over its common shares, and which has net assets  of
18    not  less  than  $10,000,000  at  the  date  of purchase, and
19    "common shares" includes shares,  units  or  certificates  of
20    beneficial   interest  or  trust  participation  certificates
21    issued by an investment company or investment trust.
22        No  investment  in  preferred  or  common  shares  of   a
23    corporation may be made under this Section that which, at the
24    time such investment is made, would cause the market value of
25    all  stock  held  in  the  ward's estate preferred and common
26    shares to exceed two-thirds 1/2 of the market  value  of  the
27    estate then held by the representative.
28    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
29        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.13) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 21-2.13)
30        Sec.  21-2.13.   Common trust funds.  Interests in one or
31    more common trust funds, as defined in and from time to  time
32    established,  maintained  and  administered  pursuant  to the
33    Common Trust Fund Act,  the  Investments  of  which  are  not
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 1    restricted   to  the  investments  otherwise  authorized  for
 2    representatives  by  Sections  21-2.01  through  21-2.12  and
 3    21-2.14 of this Act, provided that  the  investment  in  such
 4    common  trust fund meets the standard of the prudent investor
 5    person rule for the investment of trust funds.
 6    (Source: P.A. 84-494.)
 7        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.09 rep.)
 8        (755 ILCS 5/21-2.13a rep.)
 9        Section 10.  The  Probate  Act  of  1975  is  amended  by
10    repealing Sections 21-2.09 and 21-2.13a.
11        Section  15.   The  Statute  Concerning  Perpetuities  is
12    amended by changing Sections 3 and 4 as follows:
13        (765 ILCS 305/3) (from Ch. 30, par. 193)
14        Sec. 3. Definitions and Terms.
15        As   used  in  this  Act  unless  the  context  otherwise
16    requires:
17        (a)  "Trust" means  any  trust  created  by  any  written
18    instrument, including, without limitation, a trust created by
19    in the exercise of a power of appointment.
20        (a-5)  "Qualified   perpetual   trust"  means  any  trust
21    created by  any  written  instrument  executed  on  or  after
22    January  1,  1998, including an amendment to an instrument in
23    existence prior to that date and the exercise of a  power  of
24    appointment  granted  by an instrument executed or amended on
25    or after that date:
26             (i)  to which, by the specific terms  governing  the
27        trust, the rule against perpetuities does not apply; and
28             (ii)  the  power  of  which  the  trustee  (or other
29        person  to  whom  the  power  is  properly   granted   or
30        delegated)  to  sell  property of which is not limited by
31        the governing trust instrument has the power in the trust
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 1        document or under any provision of law to sell, lease, or
 2        mortgage property for  any  period  of  time  beyond  the
 3        period of the rule against perpetuities.
 4        (b)  "Trustee" includes the original trustee of any trust
 5    and also any succeeding or added trustee.
 6        (c)  "Instrument" means any writing pursuant to which any
 7    legal  or  equitable  interest  in  property or in the income
 8    therefrom is affected, disposed of or created.
 9        (d)  "Beneficiary"  includes  any  person  to  whom   any
10    interest,  whether  vested  or  contingent,  is  given  by an
11    instrument.
12        (e)  Any reference in this Act to income to be "paid"  or
13    to income "payments" or to "receiving" income includes income
14    payable  or distributable to or applicable for the benefit of
15    a beneficiary.
16        (f)  Words importing the  masculine  gender  include  the
17    feminine  and neuter, and words importing the singular number
18    include the plural and  words  importing  the  plural  number
19    include the singular.
20    (Source: P.A. 90-472, eff. 8-17-97.)
21        (765 ILCS 305/4) (from Ch. 30, par. 194)
22        Sec. 4. Application of the Rule Against Perpetuities.
23        (a)  The rule against perpetuities shall not apply:
24        (1)  to  any  disposition of property or interest therein
25    which, at the effective date of this Act, does  not  violate,
26    or  is  exempted by statute from the operation of, the common
27    law rule against perpetuities;
28        (2)  to powers of a trustee to sell,  lease  or  mortgage
29    property  or  to powers which relate to the administration or
30    management of trust assets,  including,  without  limitation,
31    discretionary  powers of a trustee to determine what receipts
32    constitute principal and what receipts constitute income  and
33    powers to appoint a successor trustee;
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 1        (3)  to  mandatory  powers  of  a  trustee  to distribute
 2    income, or to discretionary powers of a trustee to distribute
 3    principal prior to termination of a trust, to  a  beneficiary
 4    having  an  interest  in  the  principal which is irrevocably
 5    vested in quality and quantity;
 6        (4)  to discretionary powers of  a  trustee  to  allocate
 7    income  and principal among beneficiaries, but no exercise of
 8    any such power after the expiration of the period of the rule
 9    against perpetuities is valid;
10        (5)  to leases to commence in  the  future  or  upon  the
11    happening of a future event, but no such lease shall be valid
12    unless  the  term  thereof  actually  commences in possession
13    within 40 years from the date of execution of the lease;
14        (6)  to commitments (A) by a lessor to enter into a lease
15    with a subtenant or with the holder of a  leasehold  mortgage
16    or  (B)  by  a lessee or sublessee to enter into a lease with
17    the holder of a mortgage;
18        (7)  to options in gross or to preemptive rights  in  the
19    nature  of  a  right of first refusal, but no option in gross
20    shall be valid for more than 40 years from the  date  of  its
21    creation; or
22        (8)  to  qualified perpetual trusts as defined in Section
23    3 of this  Act  created  by  will  or  inter-vivos  agreement
24    executed  or  amended  on  or  after  January  1, 1998, or to
25    qualified perpetual trusts created by exercise of a power  of
26    appointment  granted under instruments executed or amended on
27    or after January 1, 1998.
28        (b)  The period of the rule  against  perpetuities  shall
29    not  commence  to  run  in connection with any disposition of
30    property or interest therein,  and  no  instrument  shall  be
31    regarded  as  becoming  effective  for  purposes  of the rule
32    against perpetuities, and  no  interest  or  power  shall  be
33    deemed  to  be  created  for  purposes  of  the  rule against
34    perpetuities as long as, by the terms of the instrument,  the
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 1    maker   of  the  instrument  has  the  power  to  revoke  the
 2    instrument or to transfer or  direct  to  be  transferred  to
 3    himself  the  entire  legal  and  equitable  ownership of the
 4    property or interest therein.
 5        (c)  In determining whether an interest violates the rule
 6    against perpetuities:
 7        (1)  it shall be  presumed  (A)  that  the  interest  was
 8    intended  to  be  valid,  (B)  in  the  case  of  an interest
 9    conditioned upon the probate of a will, the appointment of an
10    executor, administrator or trustee,  the  completion  of  the
11    administration  of  an estate, the payment of debts, the sale
12    or distribution of property, the determination of federal  or
13    state  tax liabilities or the happening of any administrative
14    contingency, that the contingency  must  occur,  if  at  all,
15    within  the  period of the rule against perpetuities, and (C)
16    where the instrument creates  an  interest  in  the  "widow",
17    "widower",  or  "spouse" of another person, that the maker of
18    the instrument intended to refer to a person who  was  living
19    at  the date that the period of the rule against perpetuities
20    commences to run;
21        (2)  where any interest, but for  this  subparagraph  (c)
22    (2),  would  be invalid because it is made to depend upon any
23    person attaining or failing to attain an age in excess of  21
24    years,  the  age specified shall be reduced to 21 years as to
25    every person to whom the age contingency applies;
26        (3)  if, notwithstanding the provisions of  subparagraphs
27    (c) (1) and (2) of this Section, the validity of any interest
28    depends  upon  the  possibility of the birth or adoption of a
29    child, (A) no person shall be  deemed  capable  of  having  a
30    child  until  he  has  attained  the age of 13 years, (B) any
31    person who has attained the age of 65 years shall  be  deemed
32    incapable of having a child, (C) evidence shall be admissible
33    as to the incapacity of having a child by a living person who
34    has not attained the age of 65 years, and (D) the possibility
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 1    of having a child or more remote descendant by adoption shall
 2    be disregarded.
 3        (d)  Subparagraphs (a) (2), (3) and (6) and paragraph (b)
 4    of  this Section shall be deemed to be declaratory of the law
 5    prevailing in this State at the effective date of this Act.
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-472, eff. 8-17-97.)
 7        Section 17.  The Trust Accumulation  Act  is  amended  by
 8    changing Section 1 as follows:
 9        (765 ILCS 315/1) (from Ch. 30, par. 153)
10        Sec. 1. No person shall, after this Act goes into effect,
11    by  any deed, will, agreement or otherwise, settle or dispose
12    of any real or personal property,  so  and  in  such  manner,
13    either  expressly  or by implication, that the income thereof
14    shall be wholly or partially accumulated for any longer  term
15    after  the  effective  date of such settlement or disposition
16    than a life or lives in being  at  that  date  and  21  years
17    beyond;  and  in  every  case where any accumulation shall be
18    directed otherwise, such direction shall be  null  and  void,
19    and   the   income   of  such  property  so  directed  to  be
20    accumulated, shall, so long as the same shall be directed  to
21    be  accumulated contrary to the provisions of this Act, go to
22    and be received by the person in whom the beneficial interest
23    in the corpus of  the  estate  from  which  such  income  was
24    derived  is  vested. This Section does not apply to trusts to
25    which  Section  5  of  the  Statute  Concerning  Perpetuities
26    applies, to qualified perpetual trusts as defined in  Section
27    3  of  the Statute Concerning Perpetuities, to trusts created
28    for the purpose of care of burial places, and  or  to  trusts
29    created  as  part of a plan for the benefit of some or all of
30    the employes of one or more employers, including but  without
31    limitation,   a   stock  bonus,  pension,  disability,  death
32    benefit, profit sharing, unemployment benefit or other  plan,
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 1    for  the  purpose  of  distributing  for  the benefit of such
 2    employes, including their beneficiaries, the earnings or  the
 3    principal,  or  both  earnings  and principal, of the fund so
 4    held in trust. Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to  affect
 5    or  modify  in  any  manner the rule of property known as the
 6    "rule against perpetuities". For  purposes  of  this  Act  no
 7    settlement  or  disposition shall be deemed effective as long
 8    as, by the terms of the instrument creating it, the maker  of
 9    the  instrument  has the power to revoke the instrument or to
10    transfer or direct to be transferred to  himself  the  entire
11    legal  and  equitable  ownership of the property which is the
12    subject matter of the settlement or disposition.
13        The amendatory Act of  1953  applies  only  to  deeds  or
14    agreements  inter  vivos which become legally effective on or
15    after July 1, 1953, and only to wills of testators  dying  on
16    or after such date.
17        The  amendatory  Act  of 1957 applies only to instruments
18    which become effective after July 1, 1957.
19        This amendatory Act of 1969 applies only  to  instruments
20    which  become  effective  after  the  effective  date of this
21    amendatory Act of 1969, but the last sentence  of  the  first
22    paragraph  of  this amendatory Act of 1969 shall be deemed to
23    be declaratory of the law prevailing in  this  state  at  the
24    effective date of this amendatory Act of 1969.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-472, eff. 8-17-97.)
26        Section   20.    The  Uniform  Disposition  of  Unclaimed
27    Property Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
28        (765 ILCS 1025/2) (from Ch. 141, par. 102)
29        Sec. 2.  The  following  property  held  or  owing  by  a
30    banking or financial organization is presumed abandoned:
31        (a)  Any  demand, savings, or matured time deposit with a
32    banking organization, together with any interest or  dividend
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 1    thereon, excluding any charges that may lawfully be withheld,
 2    unless the owner has, within 5 years:
 3             (1)  Increased   or  decreased  the  amount  of  the
 4        deposit, or  presented  the  passbook  or  other  similar
 5        evidence of the deposit for the crediting of interest; or
 6             (2)  Corresponded   in   writing  with  the  banking
 7        organization concerning the deposit; or
 8             (3)  Otherwise indicated an interest in the  deposit
 9        as  evidenced  by  a  memorandum on file with the banking
10        organization.
11        (b)  Any funds paid toward the purchase  of  withdrawable
12    shares  or other interest in a financial organization, or any
13    deposit  made,  and  any  interest  or   dividends   thereon,
14    excluding  any  charges that may be lawfully withheld, unless
15    the owner has within 5 years:
16             (1)  Increased or decreased the amount of the funds,
17        or deposit, or presented an appropriate  record  for  the
18        crediting of interest or dividends; or
19             (2)  Corresponded  in  writing  with  the  financial
20        organization concerning the funds or deposit; or
21             (3)  Otherwise indicated an interest in the funds or
22        deposit  as  evidenced  by  a memorandum on file with the
23        financial organization.
24        (c)  Any sum payable on checks or on written  instruments
25    on  which  a  banking  or  financial organization or business
26    association  is  directly  liable  including,   by   way   of
27    illustration  but not of limitation, certificates of deposit,
28    drafts, money orders and  travelers  checks,  that  with  the
29    exception  of  travelers checks has been outstanding for more
30    than 5 years from the date it was payable, or from  the  date
31    of  its  issuance  if  payable  on demand, or, in the case of
32    travelers checks, that has been outstanding for more than  15
33    years  from  the  date  of its issuance, unless the owner has
34    within 5 years or within 15 years in the  case  of  travelers
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 1    checks  corresponded in writing with the banking or financial
 2    organization  or  business  association  concerning  it,   or
 3    otherwise  indicated an interest as evidenced by a memorandum
 4    on  file  with  the  banking  or  financial  organization  or
 5    business association.
 6        (d)  Any funds or other personal  property,  tangible  or
 7    intangible,  removed  from  a  safe  deposit box or any other
 8    safekeeping repository or agency or collateral deposit box on
 9    which  the  lease  or  rental  period  has  expired  due   to
10    nonpayment  of rental charges or other reason, or any surplus
11    amounts arising from the sale thereof pursuant to  law,  that
12    have  been  unclaimed by the owner for more than 5 years from
13    the date  on  which  the  lease  or  rental  period  expired,
14    subject   to  lien  of  the holder for reimbursement of costs
15    incurred in the opening of a safe deposit box  as  determined
16    by the holder's regular schedule of charges.
17        (e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
18    no deposit except passbook, checking, NOW accounts, super NOW
19    accounts,  money market accounts, or such similar accounts as
20    established by Rule of the Director, held  by  a  banking  or
21    financial  organization  shall  be presumed abandoned if with
22    respect to such a deposit which specifies a definite maturity
23    date, such organization was authorized in writing  to  extend
24    or  rollover  the  account  for an additional like period and
25    such organization does  so  extend.  Such  deposits  are  not
26    presumed abandoned less than 5 years from that final maturity
27    date.  Property  of any kind held in an individual retirement
28    account (IRA) is not presumed abandoned earlier than 5  years
29    after  the  owner attains the age at which distributions from
30    the account become mandatory under law.
31        (f)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section,
32    money of a minor deposited pursuant to Section 24-21  of  the
33    Probate  Act  of 1975 shall not be presumed abandoned earlier
34    than 5 years after the minor attains legal age.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 89-604, eff. 8-2-96; 90-167, eff. 7-23-97.)
 2        Section 99.   Effective  date.   This  Act  takes  effect
 3    September 1, 1998.

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