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755 ILCS 5/6-10
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-10)Sec. 6-10. Notice - waiver.)(a) Not more than 14 days after entry of an  order admitting or denying admission of a will to probate or appointing  a representative, the representative or, if none, the petitioner must  mail a copy of the petition to admit the will  or for letters and a copy of the order showing the date of entry to each  of the testator's heirs and legatees whose names and post office addresses  are stated in the petition.  If the name or post office address of any heir  or legatee is not stated in the petition, the representative or, if none,  the petitioner must publish a notice once a week  for 3 successive weeks, the first publication to be not more than 14 days  after entry of the order, describing the order and the date of entry.  The  notice shall be published in a newspaper published in the county where the  order was entered and may be combined with a notice under Section 18-3.  When the petition names a trustee of a trust, it is not necessary to publish  for or mail copies of the petition and order to any beneficiary of the trust  who is not an heir or legatee.  The information mailed or published under  this Section must include an explanation, in form prescribed by rule of  the Supreme Court of this State, of the rights of heirs and legatees to  require formal proof of will under Section 6-21 and to contest the admission  or denial of admission of the will to probate under Section 8-1 or 8-2.  The petitioner or representative must file proof of mailing and publication,  if publication is required, with the clerk of the court.(b) A copy of the petition and of the order need not be sent to and notice  need not be published for any person who is not designated in the petition  as a minor or person with a disability and who personally appeared before the court  at the hearing or who filed his waiver of notice.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
755 ILCS 5/6-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-11)Sec. 6-11.         Omitted or unnotified heir or legatee.)  (a) If  it appears after entry of an order admitting or denying admission of a will  to probate that an heir or legatee was omitted from the petition to admit  the will to probate or, if included in the petition, that notice to him  was not mailed or published as provided in Section 6-10 or 6-20, whichever  is applicable, and that no waiver of notice was filed by the omitted or  unnotified heir or legatee, an amended petition shall be filed under Section  6-2 or 6-20 which shall include the omitted or unnotified heir or legatee.(b) If the amended petition is filed under Section 6-2, a copy of the  amended petition and the order admitting or denying admission of the will  to probate or notice thereof shall be mailed to or published for the omitted  or unnotified person as provided in Section 6-10, in the same manner as  if the order were entered at the time the amended petition was filed.  The  original order admitting or denying admission of the will to probate is  effective as to the omitted or unnotified person as of the date the amended  petition is filed and it is effective as to all other persons, including  creditors, as of the date of its entry.(c) If the amended petition is filed under Section 6-20, notice of the  hearing on the amended petition shall be mailed or published, as provided  in Section 6-20, to or for the omitted or unnotified person and to all persons  included in any prior petition.  In the absence of objections by the omitted  or unnotified person, evidence received at the hearing on the original petition  to admit the will to probate constitutes prima facie proof of the execution  of the will at the hearing on the amended petition.  An order admitting  the will to probate on an amended petition filed under Section 6-20 is effective  as to the omitted or unnotified person as of the date of its entry, but  the original order admitting the will to probate is effective as to all  other persons, including creditors, as of the date of its entry.    (Source: P.A. 81-213.)
755 ILCS 5/6-12
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-12)Sec. 6-12. Appointment of guardian ad litem.)   When an heir or legatee  of a testator is a minor or person with a disability who is entitled to notice under  Section 6-10 at the time an order is entered admitting or denying  admission of a will to probate or who is entitled to notice under Section  6-20 or 6-21 of the hearing on the petition to admit the will, the court  may appoint a guardian ad litem to protect the interests of the ward with  respect to the admission or denial, or to represent the ward at the hearing,  if the court finds that (a) the interests of the ward are not adequately  represented by a personal fiduciary acting or designated to act pursuant  to Section 28-3 or by another party having a substantially identical interest  in the proceedings and the ward is not represented by a guardian of his  estate and (b) the appointment of  a guardian ad litem is necessary to protect the ward's interests.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
755 ILCS 5/6-13
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-13)Sec. 6-13. Who may act as executor.)(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 person with a disability as defined in this Act  and has not been convicted of a felony, is qualified to act as executor.(b) If a person named as executor in a will is not qualified to act  at the time of admission of the will to probate but thereafter becomes  qualified and files a petition for the issuance of letters, takes oath  and gives bond as executor, the court may issue letters testamentary to  him as co-executor with the executor who has qualified or if no executor  has qualified the court may issue letters testamentary to him and revoke  the letters of administration with the will annexed.The court may in its discretion require a nonresident executor to furnish  a bond in such amount and with such surety as the court determines  notwithstanding any contrary provision of the will.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
755 ILCS 5/6-14
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-14)Sec. 6-14.         Power of executor before issuance of letters.) Before issuance of letters to  an executor his power extends to the carrying out of any gift of the decedent's  body or any part thereof, to the burial of the decedent, the payment of  necessary funeral  charges and the preservation of the estate; but if the will is not admitted to probate,  the executor is not liable as an executor of his own wrong, except for his refusal to  deliver the estate to the person authorized by law to receive it or for  waste or misapplication of the estate.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/6-15
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-15)Sec. 6-15.         Executor to administer all estate of decedent.) The executor or  the administrator with the will annexed shall administer all the testate  and intestate estate  of the decedent.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/6-16
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-16)Sec. 6-16.         Power of administrator with the will annexed.) Unless otherwise expressly  provided by the will, an administrator with the will annexed has all the  powers and duties of  the executor under the will, but this does not excuse the administrator  from giving security on his bond.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/6-17
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-17)Sec. 6-17.         Witness to appear for probate - penalty.) It is the duty of a witness to  any will executed in this State to appear before the court at the hearing  on the admission of  the will to probate and testify concerning the execution and validity of  the will unless proof  of will is made by another method as provided in this Act.  The court may  attach and punish by  fine and imprisonment, or either, any witness who, without a reasonable excuse, fails to  appear and testify when subpoenaed.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/6-18
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-18)Sec. 6-18.         Will as evidence.) An authenticated copy of a domestic or foreign will and  of the order admitting it or denying it to probate are evidence in any court  in this State.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/6-19
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-19)Sec. 6-19.         Judge as witness.) If a judge is a witness to a will which is required by  law to be proved before him, another judge shall be designated to take the  testimony of witnesses  to the will and to decide whether or not the will shall be admitted to probate.  The judge who  is the witness may proceed to administer the estate unless he is otherwise  precluded therefrom by this Act.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/6-20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-20)Sec. 6-20. Petition to admit will to probate on presumption of death  of testator - notice.)(a) Anyone desiring to have a will admitted to  probate on the presumption of death of the testator must file a petition  therefor in the court of the proper county.  The petition must state, in  addition to the information required by Section 6-2 (other than clauses  (a) and (b)), the facts and circumstances raising the presumption, the  name and last known post office address of the testator and, if known,  the name and post office address of each person in possession or control  of any property of the testator.(b) Not less than 30 days before the hearing on the petition the  petitioner must (1) mail a copy  of the petition to the testator  at his last known address, to each of the testator's heirs and legatees  whose names and post office addresses are stated in the petition and to  each person shown by the petition to be in possession or control of any  property of the testator, and (2) publish a notice of the hearing on the  petition once a week for 3 successive weeks, the first publication to be  not less than 30 days before the hearing.  The notice must state the time  and place of the hearing, the name of the testator and, when known, the  names of the heirs and legatees.  The petitioner shall endorse the time  and place of the hearing on each copy  of the petition mailed by him.  When the petition names a trustee of a trust,  it is not necessary to mail a copy of the petition to any beneficiary of  the trust who is not an heir or legatee, or to include the name of such  beneficiary in the published notice.  If any person objects to the  admission of the will to probate, the court may require that such notice  of the time and place of the hearing as it directs be given to any beneficiary  of the trust not previously notified.  The petitioner must file proof  of mailing and proof of publication with the clerk of the court.(c) A copy of the petition need not be sent to any person not  designated in the petition as a minor or person with a disability who personally  appears before the court at the hearing or who files his waiver of  notice.(d) When a will is admitted to probate on presumption of the  testator's death, the notice provided for in Section 6-10 is not  required.  (Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
755 ILCS 5/6-21
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

(755 ILCS 5/6-21) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 6-21)Sec. 6-21.         Formal proof of will.)  If a will has been admitted to probate  before notice in accordance with Section 6-4, any person entitled to notice  under Section 6-10 may file a petition within 42 days after the effective  date of the original order admitting the will to probate to require proof  of the will pursuant to this Section.  The court must set the matter for  hearing upon such notice to interested persons as the court directs.  At the hearing  the proponent must establish the will by testimony of the witnesses as provided  in subsection 6-4 (b) (1) or Section 6-5 or other evidence as provided in  this Act, but not as provided by subsection 6-4 (b) (2) or subsection 6-4  (b) (3), as if the will had not originally been admitted to probate.  If  the proponent establishes the will by sufficient competent evidence, the  original order admitting it to probate and the original order appointing  the representative shall be confirmed and are effective as to all persons,  including creditors, as of the dates of their entries, unless there is proof  of fraud, forgery, compulsion or other improper conduct, which in the opinion  of the court  is sufficient to invalidate or destroy the will.  The time for filing a  petition to contest a will under Section 8-1 is not extended by the filing  of the petition under this Section if the order admitting the will to probate  is confirmed, but if that order is vacated, the time for filing the petition  under Section 8-2 runs from the date of vacation of the order admitting  the will to probate.    (Source: P.A. 81-213.)
755 ILCS 5/Art. VII heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

 ARTICLE VII  PROBATE OF FOREIGN WILLS AND ESTATES OF NONRESIDENTS
755 ILCS 5/7-1
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 7-1)Sec. 7-1.         Foreign will admitted to probate.) A will signed by the testator when proved  as provided in this Article may be admitted to probate in this State when  (a) the will has  been admitted to probate outside of this State or (b) the will was executed outside  of this State in accordance with the law of this State, of the place where executed or  of the testator's domicile at the time of its execution.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/7-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 7-2)Sec. 7-2.         Procedure for probate of foreign will.) The provisions of this Act concerning  the procedure for the admission to probate of a domestic will govern the procedure for  the admission to probate of a foreign will sought to be admitted to probate as provided  by this Article, except for the manner of proof.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/7-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 7-3)Sec. 7-3.         Proof of foreign will by copy.) (a) A written will admitted to probate  outside of this State is sufficiently proved to admit it to probate in this State by  introducing in evidence an authenticated copy of the will and the probate thereof.(b) A written will from any state or country whose laws do not require  a will to be probated  is sufficiently proved to admit it to probate in this State by introducing in evidence  an authenticated certificate of the legal custodian of the will that the  copy is a true copy and  that the will has become operative by the laws of that state or country.(c) A notarial will from a state or country whose laws require the will  to remain in the  custody of a notary is sufficiently proved to admit it to probate in this  State by introducing  in evidence a copy of the will authenticated by the notary entitled to the  custody of the will.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/7-4
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 7-4)Sec. 7-4.         Original proof of foreign will in this State.) (a) A will executed  outside of this  State in accordance with this Act is sufficiently proved to admit  it to probate in this State when proved in this State in the manner provided by  this Act for proving wills executed in this State.(b) A will executed outside of this State in accordance with the law of  the place where  executed is sufficiently proved to admit it to probate in this State when proved  in this State in the manner provided by the law of the place where executed  for proving wills there executed.(c) A will executed outside of this State in accordance with the law of the  testator's domicile at the time of its execution is sufficiently proved to admit it to  probate in this State when proved in this State in the manner provided by the law of the  testator's domicile at the time of its execution for proving wills there executed.(d) A will proved as provided in this Section may not be admitted to probate when  there is proof of fraud, forgery, compulsion or other improper conduct which  in the opinion  of the court is deemed sufficient to invalidate or destroy the will.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/7-5
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

 (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 7-5)Sec. 7-5.         Effect of probate of foreign will.)  The admission to probate  in this State of a will executed and proved in the manner provided by this  Article has the same effect in all respects as the admission to probate  of a domestic will and letters of office may be issued unless the issuance  of letters is excused.    (Source: P.A. 81-788.)
755 ILCS 5/7-6
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VII - Probate Of Foreign Wills And Estates Of Nonresidents

(755 ILCS 5/7-6) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 7-6)Sec. 7-6.         Disposition of personal estate of nonresident decedent.) If a  nonresident decedent who is a citizen of the United States or a citizen or subject  of a foreign country, provides in his will that the testamentary  disposition of tangible or intangible personal estate having a situs within this  State as defined in Section 5-2, is to be construed and regulated by the laws of  this State, the validity and effect of such disposition shall be determined  by such laws.  In respect of a nonresident decedent's tangible or intangible personal estate having  a situs within this State, as defined in Section 5-2, the court may  direct and, in the case of a decedent who was at the time of his death a resident  of a foreign country, shall direct the representative appointed in this State to make  distribution directly to those designated by the decedent's will as beneficiaries  of the tangible or intangible personal estate or to the persons entitled to  receive the decedent's personal estate under the laws of the decedent's  domicile, as the  case may be.    (Source: P.A. 79-328.)
755 ILCS 5/Art. VIII heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VIII - Will Contests

 ARTICLE VIII  WILL CONTESTS
755 ILCS 5/8-2
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article VIII - Will Contests

(755 ILCS 5/8-2) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 8-2)Sec. 8-2. Contest of denial of admission of will to probate.(a) Within  6 months after the entry of an order denying admission to probate of a domestic  will in accordance with the provisions of Section 6-4 or Section 20-20 or 20-25 of the Electronic Wills and Remote Witnesses Act, or of a foreign will  in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of this Act, any interested person  desiring to contest the denial of admission may file a petition to admit  the will to probate in the proceeding for the administration of the  decedent's estate  or, if no proceeding is pending, in the court which  denied admission of the  will to probate.  The petition must state the facts required to be stated  in Section 6-2 or 6-20, whichever is applicable.(b) The petitioner shall cause a copy of the petition to be mailed or  delivered   to the representative, to his or her attorney of record, and to  each  heir and legatee whose name is listed in the petition to admit the will to  probate and in any amended petition filed in accordance with Section 6-11, at  the address stated in the petition or amended petition.  Filing a pleading  constitutes a waiver of the  mailing or delivery of the notice to the person  filing the pleading.  Failure to mail or deliver a copy of the petition to an  heir or legatee does not extend the time within which a petition to admit the  will  to probate may be filed under subsection (a) of Section 8-1 or  affect the validity of the judgment entered in the proceeding.(c) Any proponent or contestant may demand a  trial by jury.  An issue  shall be made whether or not the instrument produced is the will of the  testator.  The proponent shall in the first instance proceed  with proof to establish the validity of the will and may introduce any evidence  competent to establish a will.  Any interested person may oppose the petition  and may introduce any evidence admissible in a will contest under Section  8-1.  At the close of the contestant's case, the proponent may present further  evidence to sustain the will.(d) The right to institute or continue a proceeding to contest the denial  of admission of a will to probate survives and descends to the heir, legatee,  representative, grantee or assignee of the person entitled to institute  the proceeding.(e) The court may order the representative to defend a proceeding to probate  the will or prosecute an appeal from the judgment.  If the representative  fails or refuses to do so when ordered by the court, or if there is no  representative then acting, the court, upon its  motion or on application of any interested person, may appoint a special  administrator to do so in his stead.(f) A person named as executor in a will that has been denied admission  to probate has no duty to file or support a petition under Section 8-2.(g) This amendatory Act of 1995 applies to pending cases as well as cases  commenced on or after its effective date.  (Source: P.A. 102-167, eff. 7-26-21.)
755 ILCS 5/Art. IX heading
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 755 - ESTATES|755 ILCS 5/ - Probate Act of 1975.|Article IX - Letters Of Administration

 ARTICLE IX  LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION