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- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/2-1: Descent and Distribution
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/2-2: Children Born out of Wedlock
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/2-3: Posthumous Child
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/2-4: Adopted Child
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/3-1: No Sufficient Evidence of Survivorship
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-1: Capacity of Testator
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-3: Signing and Attestation
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-6: Beneficiary or Creditor as Witness
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-7: Revocation – Revival
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-8: Contract for Sale
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-9: Effect of Alteration
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-10: Effect of Child Born After Will
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-11: Legacy to Deceased Legatee
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-13: Effect of Order Admitting Will to Probate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-14: Intestate Estate of Testator
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4-15: Debtor as Executor
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4a-10: Presumption of Void Transfer
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/4a-15: Exceptions
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/5-1: Place of Probate of Will or of Administration of Estate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/5-3: Power to Ascertain and Declare Heirship
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-1: Duty to File Will – Altering, Destroying or Secreting
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-2: Petition to Admit Will or to Issue Letters
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-4: Admission of Will to Probate – Testimony or Affidavit of Witnesses
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-5: Deposition of Witness
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-6: Proof of Handwriting of a Deceased or Inaccessible Witness or a Witness With a Disability
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-7: Will to Remain With Clerk
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-9: Failure or Refusal to Qualify – Death, Resignation or Revocation of Letters – Non-Designation
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-10: Notice – Waiver
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-11: Omitted or Unnotified Heir or Legatee
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-12: Appointment of Guardian ad Litem
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-13: Who may act as Executor
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-14: Power of Executor Before Issuance of Letters
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-15: Executor to Administer all Estate of Decedent
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-16: Power of Administrator With the Will Annexed
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-17: Witness to Appear for Probate – Penalty
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-18: Will as Evidence
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-19: Judge as Witness
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-20: Petition to Admit Will to Probate on Presumption of Death of Testator – Notice
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/6-21: Formal Proof of Will
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/7-1: Foreign Will Admitted to Probate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/7-2: Procedure for Probate of Foreign Will
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/7-3: Proof of Foreign Will by Copy
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/7-4: Original Proof of Foreign Will in This State
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/7-5: Effect of Probate of Foreign Will
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/7-6: Disposition of Personal Estate of Nonresident Decedent
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/8-1: Contest of Admission of Will to Probate; Notice
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/8-2: Contest of Denial of Admission of Will to Probate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/9-1: Who may act as an Administrator
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/9-2: Issuance of Letters of Administration
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/9-3: Persons Entitled to Preference in Obtaining Letters
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/9-4: Petition to Issue Letters
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/9-8: Distribution on Summary Administration
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/10-1: Letters of Administration to Collect
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/10-2: Petition for Letters of Administration to Collect
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/10-3: Administrator to Collect for Missing Person – Notice
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/10-4: Powers and Duties of Aadministrator to Collect
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/11-6: Venue
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/11-8: Petition for Guardian of Minor
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/11-10.1: Procedure for Appointment of a Standby Guardian or a Guardian of a Minor
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/11-13: Duties of Guardian of a Minor
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/11-14-1: Revocation of Letters
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-1: Corporate Representative – Acceptance of Office
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-2: Individual Representative; Oath and Bond
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-3: Surety
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-4: When Security Excused or Specified
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-5: Amount of Bond
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-6: Waiver or Reduction of Bond of Representative of Ward in Certain Cases
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-7: Deposit in Lieu or Reduction of Bond
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-8: Joint or Several Bonds
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-9: Additional Bond for Proceeds of Sale or Mortgage
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-10: Further Bond or Security
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-11: Counter Security – Release of Surety
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-12: Notice to Representative of Action on Bond – Answer
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-13: New or Additional Bond
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-14: Bond on Appeal
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/12-15: Suit on Bond
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/14-1: Inventory
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/15-1: Spouse’s Award
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/15-2: Child’s Award
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/15-3: Allowance, Notice and Review of Award
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/15-4: Selection
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-1: Filing of Claims – Mailing or Delivery of Copies
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-1.1: Statutory Custodial Claim
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-2: Claim Form
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-3: Notice – Publication
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-4: Claims not due
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-5: Pleadings
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-6: Jury Trial
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-7: Procedure on Hearing of Claims
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-8: Claim of Representative or His Attorney
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-9: Costs
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/23-1: Resignation
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/23-2: Removal
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/23-3: Procedure on Removal
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-1: Duty to Account
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-2: Notice of Accounting – Effect
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-3: Order of Distribution, Abatement and Contribution on Settlement of Estate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-4: Distribution Before the Expiration of the Period When Claims are Barred
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-5: Distribution on Presumption of Death – Deposit in Court or in Depositaries
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-6: Filing of Bond
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-7: When Estate Does not Exceed Surviving Spouse’s Award
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-8: Accounting to Distributee
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-9: Reopening Estate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-10: Interest on Property Withheld by Representative of Decedent’s Estate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-11: Duty to Account – Ward’s Estate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-13: Accounting for a Deceased Representative or a Representative Under Legal Disability
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-14: Accounting by Surety on Bond of Representative
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-15: Stating an Account
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-16: Citation – Attachment
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-17: Devastavit
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-18: Liability for Mismanagement
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-19: Administration of Deceased Ward’s Estate
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-20: Deposit of Unclaimed Money
- Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/24-21: Deposit or Investment of Money of a Ward, Subject to Court Order
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