Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article IV - Wills

• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-1
  Capacity of testator.) Every person who has attained the age of 18 years and is of sound mind and memory has power to bequeath...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-2
  Testamentary powers of appointment. This Section applies only to powers of appointment exercisable by a will. (a) Capacity of holder of power. A power...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-3
  Signing and attestation. (a) Every will shall be in writing, signed by the testator or by some person in his presence and by his...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-4
  Testamentary additions to trusts.) By a will signed and attested as provided in this Act a testator may bequeath or appoint real and personal...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-5
  Insurance and death benefits payable to testamentary trustee.) A person having the right to designate a beneficiary of benefits payable under any insurance, annuity...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-6
  Beneficiary or creditor as witness.) (a) If any beneficial legacy or interest is given in a will to a person attesting its execution or...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-7
  Revocation - revival.) (a) A will may be revoked only (1) by burning, cancelling, tearing or obliterating it by the testator himself or by...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-8
  Contract for sale.) If after making his will the testator makes a contract for the sale or transfer of real or personal property specifically...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-9
  Effect of alteration. An addition to a will or an alteration, substitution, interlineation or deletion of any part of a will which does not...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-10
  Effect of child born after will.) Unless provision is made in the will for a child of the testator born after the will is...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-11
  Legacy to a deceased legatee.) Unless the testator expressly provides otherwise in his will, (a) if a legacy of a present or future interest...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-13
  Effect of order admitting will to probate.) Every will when admitted to probate as provided by this Act is effective to transfer the real...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-14
  Intestate estate of testator.) The real and personal estate of a testator that is not bequeathed by his will descends and shall be distributed...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 4-15
  Debtor as executor.) The appointment of the debtor of the testator as executor of his will does not extinguish any debt due from the...

Last modified: February 18, 2015