Public Act 90-0430 of the 90th General Assembly

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Public Act 90-0430

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    AN ACT concerning probate, amending a named Act.

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

    Section  5.   The  Probate  Act  of  1975  is  amended by
changing Sections 1-11, 9-1, 9-3, 11-3, 11-5, 11a-5, and 23-2
as follows:

    (755 ILCS 5/1-11) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 1-11)
    Sec.   1-11.    Nonresident   representative.     If    a
representative is or becomes a nonresident of this State, the
representative he shall file in the court in which the estate
is  pending  a  designation  of  a  resident  agent to accept
service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by
law  to  be  served  upon   the   representative.    If   the
representative  he  fails to do so, the clerk of the court is
constituted as agent of  the  representative  upon  whom  the
process,  notice or demand may be served.  If service is made
upon the clerk of the court, the clerk of the court he  shall
mail  a  copy  of  the  process,  notice  or  demand  to  the
representative  at  the  representative's his last known post
office address and to the representative's  his  attorney  of
record.
(Source: P.A. 85-692.)

    (755 ILCS 5/9-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 9-1)
    Sec.  9-1.   Who  may act as administrator.) A person who
has attained the age of 18 years, and is a  resident  of  the
United  States  this State, is not of unsound mind, is not an
adjudged disabled person as defined in this Act and  has  not
been   convicted   of  a  felony,  is  qualified  to  act  as
administrator.
(Source: P.A. 85-692.)
    (755 ILCS 5/9-3) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 9-3)
    Sec. 9-3.  Persons entitled to  preference  in  obtaining
letters.) The following persons are entitled to preference in
the  following  order in obtaining the issuance of letters of
administration and of administration with the will annexed:
    (a)  The surviving spouse or any person nominated by  the
surviving spouse him.
    (b)  The  legatees  or any person nominated by them, with
preference to legatees who are children.
    (c)  The children or any person nominated by them.
    (d)  The grandchildren or any person nominated by them.
    (e)  The parents or any person nominated by them.
    (f)  The brothers and sisters or any person nominated  by
them.
    (g)  The nearest kindred or any person nominated by them.
    (h)  The representative of the estate of a deceased ward.
    (i)  The Public Administrator.
    (j)  A creditor of the estate.
    Only  a  person  qualified  to act as administrator under
this Act may  nominate,  except  that  the  guardian  of  the
estate,  if  any,  otherwise the guardian of the person, of a
person who is not qualified to act  as  administrator  solely
because of minority or legal disability non-residence in this
State  may nominate on behalf of the minor or disabled person
in accordance with the order of preference set forth in  this
Section  if  he  is a resident of the United States. A person
who has been removed as representative under this  Act  loses
the his right to name a his successor.
    When   several  persons  are  claiming  and  are  equally
entitled to administer or to nominate an  administrator,  the
court  may  grant  letters  to  one or more of them or to the
nominee of one or more of them.
(Source: P.A. 85-692.)
    (755 ILCS 5/11-3) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11-3)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
    Sec. 11-3.  Who may act as guardian.) (a)  A  person  who
has  attained  the  age of 18 years, and is a resident of the
United States, is not of unsound mind,  is  not  an  adjudged
disabled  person  as  defined  in  this Act, and has not been
convicted of a felony, and who the court finds is capable  of
providing  an active and suitable program of guardianship for
the minor is qualified to act as guardian of the person  and,
if he is a resident of this State, as guardian of the estate.
One  person  may  be  appointed  guardian  of  the person and
another person appointed guardian of the estate.
    (b)  The Department of Mental  Health  and  Developmental
Disabilities   or  the  Department  of  Children  and  Family
Services may with the approval of the court designate one  of
its employees to serve without fees as guardian of the estate
of  a  minor patient in a State mental hospital or a resident
in a State institution when the value of the personal  estate
does not exceed $1,000.
(Source: P.A. 85-692.)

    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
    Sec. 11-3.  Who may act as guardian.)
    (a)  A  person  who has attained the age of 18 years, and
is a resident of the United States, is not of  unsound  mind,
is  not  an  adjudged disabled person as defined in this Act,
and has not been convicted of a felony,  and  who  the  court
finds  is capable of providing an active and suitable program
of guardianship for the minor is qualified to act as guardian
of the person and, if he is a  resident  of  this  State,  as
guardian of the estate.  One person may be appointed guardian
of  the  person  and another person appointed guardian of the
estate.
    (b)  The Department of Human Services or  the  Department
of  Children and Family Services may with the approval of the
court designate one of its employees to serve without fees as
guardian of the estate of a minor patient in a  State  mental
hospital  or a resident in a State institution when the value
of the personal estate does not exceed $1,000.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

    (755 ILCS 5/11-5) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11-5)
    Sec. 11-5. Appointment of guardian.
    (a)  Upon the filing of a petition for the appointment of
a guardian or on its own motion,  the  court  may  appoint  a
guardian  of the person or estate, or both, of a minor as the
court finds to be in the best interest of the minor.
    (a-1)  A parent, adoptive parent or  adjudicated  parent,
whose parental rights have not been terminated, may designate
in  any  writing, including a will, a person qualified to act
under Section 11-3 to be appointed as guardian of the  person
or  estate,  or  both,  of  an  unmarried minor or of a child
likely to be born.  A parent, adoptive parent or  adjudicated
parent,  whose parental rights have not been terminated, or a
guardian or a standby guardian of an unmarried minor or of  a
child  likely  to  be  born  may  designate  in  any writing,
including a will, a person qualified  to  act  under  Section
11-3  to  be  appointed  as successor guardian of the minor's
person or estate, or both.  The designation must be witnessed
by 2 or more credible witnesses at least  18  years  of  age,
neither  of  whom  is  the person designated as the guardian.
The designation may be proved by any competent evidence.   If
the  designation  is executed and attested in the same manner
as  a  will,  it  shall  have  prima  facie   validity.   The
designation  of  a  guardian  or  successor guardian does not
affect the rights of the other parent in the minor.
    (b)  The  court  lacks  jurisdiction  to  proceed  on   a
petition  for the appointment of a guardian of a minor if (i)
the minor has a living parent, adoptive parent or adjudicated
parent, whose parental rights have not been terminated, whose
whereabouts are known, and who is willing and  able  to  make
and  carry out day-to-day child care decisions concerning the
minor,  unless  the  parent  or  parents   consent   to   the
appointment  or,  after receiving notice of the hearing under
Section 11-10.1, fail to object to  the  appointment  at  the
hearing  on  the petition or (ii) there is a guardian for the
minor appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.   There
shall be a rebuttable presumption that a parent of a minor is
willing  and able to make and carry out day-to-day child care
decisions concerning the minor, but the  presumption  may  be
rebutted by a preponderance of the evidence.
    (b-1)  If  the  court finds the appointment of a guardian
of the minor to be in the best interest of the minor, and  if
a  standby  guardian  has  previously  been appointed for the
minor under Section  11-5.3,  the  court  shall  appoint  the
standby  guardian as the guardian of the person or estate, or
both, of the minor unless the court finds,  upon  good  cause
shown,  that  the  appointment would no longer be in the best
interest of the minor.
    (c)  If the minor is 14 years of age or more,  the  minor
may  nominate  the guardian of the minor's person and estate,
subject to approval of the court. If the minor's  nominee  is
not approved by the court, or if the minor resides out of the
State,  or  if, after notice to the minor, the minor fails to
nominate a guardian of the  minor's  person  or  estate,  the
court may appoint the guardian without nomination.
    (d)  The  court  shall  not  appoint  as  guardian of the
person of the minor any person whom the court has  determined
had caused or substantially contributed to the minor becoming
a  neglected or abused minor as defined in the Juvenile Court
Act of 1987 unless 2 years have elapsed since the last proven
incident of abuse or neglect and the  court  determines  that
appointment  of  such  person  as  guardian  is  in  the best
interests of the minor.
    (e)  Previous statements made by the  minor  relating  to
any  allegations  that  the  minor  is an abused or neglected
child within the meaning of the Abused  and  Neglected  Child
Reporting  Act,  or  an  abused or neglected minor within the
meaning  of  the  Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987,  shall   be
admissible in evidence in a hearing concerning appointment of
a  guardian  of  the  person or estate of the minor.  No such
statement, however, if  uncorroborated  and  not  subject  to
cross-examination, shall be sufficient in itself to support a
finding of abuse or neglect.
(Source: P.A. 87-1081; 88-529.)

    (755 ILCS 5/11a-5) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 11a-5)
    Sec.  11a-5.  Who may act as guardian.)  (a) A person who
has attained the age of 18 years, is a resident of the United
States, is not of unsound mind, is not an  adjudged  disabled
person  as defined in this Act, and has not been convicted of
a felony, and who the court finds is capable of providing  an
active  and suitable program of guardianship for the disabled
person is qualified to act as guardian of the person and  as,
if  he is a resident of this State, guardian of the estate of
a disabled person.
    (b)  Any public  agency,  or  not-for-profit  corporation
found  capable  by  the  court  of  providing  an  active and
suitable program of guardianship  for  the  disabled  person,
taking   into  consideration  the  nature  of  such  person's
disability and the nature of  such  organization's  services,
may  be appointed guardian of the person or of the estate, or
both of the disabled person, or both.  The  court  shall  not
appoint  as  guardian  an agency which is directly  providing
residential services to the ward.  One person or  agency  may
be  appointed  guardian  of  the person and another person or
agency appointed guardian of the estate.
    (c)  Any corporation  qualified  to  accept  and  execute
trusts  in this State may be appointed guardian of the estate
of a disabled person.
(Source: P.A. 85-692.)

    (755 ILCS 5/23-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 23-2)
    Sec. 23-2.  Removal.)  (a) On petition of any  interested
person  or  on the court's own motion, the court may remove a
representative for any  of  the  following  causes.   If  the
representative:
    (1)  is acting under letters secured by false pretenses;
    (2)  is   adjudged   a   person  subject  to  involuntary
admission  under  the   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
Disabilities Code or is adjudged a disabled person;
    (3)  is convicted of a felony;
    (4)  wastes or mismanages the estate;
    (5)  conducts  himself  or herself in such a manner as to
endanger any his  co-representative  or  the  surety  on  the
representative's his bond;
    (6)  fails  to  give sufficient bond or security, counter
security or a new bond, after being ordered by the  court  to
do so;
    (7)  fails to file an inventory or accounting after being
ordered by the court to do so;
    (8)  conceals  himself  or herself so that process cannot
be served upon the representative him  or  notice  cannot  be
given to the representative him;
    (9)  becomes incapable of or unsuitable for the discharge
of the representative's his duties; or
    (10)  there is other good cause.
    (b)  If the representative executor becomes a nonresident
of  the  United States or the administrator, administrator to
collect, guardian of the estate or temporary guardian becomes
a nonresident  of  this  State,  the  court  may  remove  the
representative him as such representative.
(Source: P.A. 81-795.)

    Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
any other Public Act.

    Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
becoming law.

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