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1    AN ACT concerning civil law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing
5Section 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 court
8may appoint the public guardian as the guardian of any disabled
9adult who is in need of a public guardian and whose estate
10exceeds $25,000. When a disabled adult who has a smaller estate
11is in need of guardianship services, the court shall appoint
12the State guardian pursuant to Section 30 of the Guardianship
13and Advocacy Act. If the public guardian is appointed guardian
14of a disabled adult and the estate of the disabled adult is
15thereafter reduced to less than $25,000, the court may, upon
16the petition of the public guardian and the approval by the
17court of a final accounting of the disabled adult's estate,
18discharge the public guardian and transfer the guardianship to
19the State guardian. The public guardian shall serve not less
20than 14 days' notice to the State guardian of the hearing date
21regarding the transfer. When appointed by the court, the public
22guardian has the same powers and duties as other guardians
23appointed under this Act, with the following additions and

 

 

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1modifications:
2    (a) The public guardian shall monitor the ward and his care
3and progress on a continuous basis. Monitoring shall at minimum
4consist of monthly contact with the ward, and the receipt of
5periodic reports from all individuals and agencies, public or
6private, providing care or related services to the ward.
7    (b) Placement of a ward outside of the ward's home may be
8made only after the public guardian or his representative has
9visited the facility in which placement is proposed.
10    (c) The public guardian shall prepare an inventory of the
11ward's belongings and assets and shall maintain insurance on
12all of the ward's real and personal property, unless the court
13determines that the real or personal property lacks sufficient
14equity, the estate lacks sufficient funds to pay for insurance,
15or the property is otherwise uninsurable. No personal property
16shall be removed from the ward's possession except for storage
17pending final placement or for liquidation in accordance with
18this Act.
19    (d) The public guardian shall make no substantial
20distribution of the ward's estate without a court order.
21    (e) The public guardian may liquidate assets of the ward to
22pay for the costs of the ward's care and for storage of the
23ward's personal property only after notice of such pending
24action is given to all potential heirs at law, unless notice is
25waived by the court; provided, however, that a person who has
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1fair market value of the asset or assets sought to be sold in
2lieu of liquidation.
3    (f) Real property of the ward may be sold at fair market
4value after an appraisal of the property has been made by a
5licensed appraiser; provided, however, that the ward's
6residence may be sold only if the court finds that the ward is
7not likely to be able to return home at a future date.
8    (g) The public guardian shall, at such intervals as the
9court may direct, submit to the court an affidavit setting
10forth in detail the services he has provided for the benefit of
11the ward.
12    (h) Upon the death of the ward, the public guardian shall
13turn over to the court-appointed administrator all of the
14ward's assets and an account of his receipt and administration
15of the ward's property. A guardian ad litem shall be appointed
16for an accounting when the estate exceeds the amount set in
17Section 25-1 of this Act for administration of small estates.
18    (i)(1) On petition of any person who appears to have an
19interest in the estate, the court by temporary order may
20restrain the public guardian from performing specified acts of
21administration, disbursement or distribution, or from exercise
22of any powers or discharge of any duties of his office, or make
23any other order to secure proper performance of his duty, if it
24appears to the court that the public guardian might otherwise
25take some action contrary to the best interests of the ward.
26Persons with whom the public guardian may transact business may

 

 

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1be made parties.
2    (2) The matter shall be set for hearing within 10 days
3unless the parties otherwise agree or unless for good cause
4shown the court determines that additional time is required.
5Notice as the court directs shall be given to the public
6guardian and his attorney of record, if any, and to any other
7parties named defendant in the petition.
8    (j) On petition of the public guardian, the court in its
9discretion may for good cause shown transfer guardianship to
10the State guardian.
11    (k) No later than January 31 of each year, the public
12guardian shall file an annual report with the clerk of the
13Circuit Court, indicating, with respect to the period covered
14by the report, the number of cases which he has handled, the
15date on which each case was assigned, the date of termination
16of each case which has been closed during the period, the
17disposition of each terminated case, and the total amount of
18fees collected during the period from each ward.
19    (l) (Blank).
20(Source: P.A. 96-752, eff. 1-1-10.)