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92_SB1949

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning guardianship.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Probate  Act  of  1975  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 13-5 as follows:

 6        (755 ILCS 5/13-5) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 13-5)
 7        Sec. 13-5.  Powers and duties of public  guardian.)   The
 8    court  may appoint the public guardian as the guardian of any
 9    disabled adult who is in need of a public guardian and  whose
10    estate  exceeds  $25,000.   When  a  disabled adult who has a
11    smaller estate is in need of guardianship services, the court
12    shall appoint the State guardian under pursuant to Section 30
13    of the Guardianship and Advocacy Act. When appointed  by  the
14    court,  the public guardian has the same powers and duties as
15    other guardians appointed under this Act, with the  following
16    additions and modifications:
17        (a)  The  public  guardian shall monitor the ward and his
18    care and progress on a continuous basis.  Monitoring shall at
19    minimum consist of monthly contact with  the  ward,  and  the
20    receipt   of   periodic  reports  from  all  individuals  and
21    agencies,  public  or  private,  providing  care  or  related
22    services to the ward.
23        (b)  Placement of a ward outside of the ward's  home  may
24    be  made only after the public guardian or his representative
25    has visited the facility in which placement is proposed.
26        (c)  The public guardian shall prepare  an  inventory  of
27    the ward's belongings and assets and shall maintain insurance
28    on all of the ward's real and personal property.  No personal
29    property  shall  be removed from the ward's possession except
30    for storage pending final placement  or  for  liquidation  in
31    accordance with this Act.
 
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 1        (d)  The   public  guardian  shall  make  no  substantial
 2    distribution of the ward's estate without a court order.
 3        (e)  The public guardian may liquidate assets of the ward
 4    to pay for the costs of the ward's care and  for  storage  of
 5    the  ward's  personal  property  only  after  notice  of such
 6    pending action is given to all potential heirs at law, unless
 7    notice is waived by the  court;  provided,  however,  that  a
 8    person  who has been so notified may elect to pay for care or
 9    storage or to pay fair market value of the  asset  or  assets
10    sought to be sold in lieu of liquidation.
11        (f)  Real property of the ward may be sold at fair market
12    value  after  an appraisal of the property has been made by a
13    licensed  appraiser;  provided,  however,  that  the   ward's
14    residence  may  be sold only if the court finds that the ward
15    is not likely to be able to return home at a future date.
16        (g)  The public guardian shall, at such intervals as  the
17    court  may  direct,  submit to the court an affidavit setting
18    forth in detail the services he has provided for the  benefit
19    of  the ward.  The court shall set reasonable and appropriate
20    fees for such services.
21        (h)  Upon the death of  the  ward,  the  public  guardian
22    shall  turn  over to the court-appointed administrator all of
23    the  ward's  assets  and  an  account  of  his  receipt   and
24    administration  of  the ward's property.  A guardian ad litem
25    shall be appointed for an accounting when the estate  exceeds
26    the amount set in Section 25-1 of this Act for administration
27    of small estates.
28        (i)  (1) On petition of any person who appears to have an
29        interest  in the estate, the court by temporary order may
30        restrain the public guardian  from  performing  specified
31        acts  of administration, disbursement or distribution, or
32        from exercise of any powers or discharge of any duties of
33        his office, or make any  other  order  to  secure  proper
34        performance  of his duty, if it appears to the court that
 
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 1        the public guardian  might  otherwise  take  some  action
 2        contrary to the best interests of the ward.  Persons with
 3        whom  the  public  guardian  may transact business may be
 4        made parties.
 5             (2)  The matter shall be set for hearing  within  10
 6        days  unless  the  parties  otherwise agree or unless for
 7        good cause shown the  court  determines  that  additional
 8        time  is  required.  Notice as the court directs shall be
 9        given to the public guardian and his attorney of  record,
10        if  any,  and to any other parties named defendant in the
11        petition.
12        (j)  On petition of the public guardian, the court in its
13    discretion may for good cause shown transfer guardianship  to
14    the State guardian.
15        (k)  No  later  than  January 31 of each year, the public
16    guardian shall file an annual report with the  clerk  of  the
17    Circuit Court, indicating, with respect to the period covered
18    by  the report, the number of cases which he has handled, the
19    date on which each case was assigned, the date of termination
20    of each case which has been closed  during  the  period,  the
21    disposition  of each terminated case, and the total amount of
22    fees collected during the period from each ward.
23    (Source: P.A. 87-287.)

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