(760 ILCS 20/17) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 267)
    Sec. 17. Exemption of Third Person from Liability. A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:
    (1) the validity of the purported custodian's designation;
    (2) the propriety of, or the authority under this Act for, any act of the purported custodian;
    (3) the validity or propriety under this Act of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or
    (4) the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.
(Source: P.A. 84-1129.)