State of Illinois
91st General Assembly
Legislation

   [ Search ]   [ Legislation ]
[ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Bottom ]



91_HB3787

 
                                               LRB9112407DJtm

 1        AN ACT in relation to probate.

 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 18-1 as follows:

 6        (755 ILCS 5/18-1) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 18-1)
 7        Sec. 18-1.  Filing of  claims;  mailing  or  delivery  of
 8    copies).
 9        (a)  A  claim  against  the estate of a decedent or ward,
10    whether based on contract, tort, statutory custodial claim or
11    otherwise, may be filed with the representative or the  court
12    or  both.   When a claim is filed with the representative but
13    not with the court, the representative  may  file  the  claim
14    with the court but has no duty to do so.
15        (b)  Within  10  days  after  a claimant files his or her
16    claim with the court, the claimant (1) shall cause a copy  of
17    the claim to be mailed or delivered to each representative to
18    whom  letters  of  office  have  been issued and not revoked,
19    including the guardian of the person of a  ward  and  to  the
20    representative's    attorney    of    record,    unless   the
21    representative  or  the  attorney  has  in   writing   either
22    consented  to  allowance  of  the  claim or waived mailing or
23    delivery of a copy, and (2) shall file with the  court  proof
24    of  any  required  mailing or delivery of copies.  Failure to
25    mail or deliver copies of the claim or to file proof  thereof
26    does  not  affect  the  validity  of  the  claim filing under
27    subsection (a) 18-1(a).
28    (Source: P.A. 89-396, eff. 8-20-95.)

[ Top ]