Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article VI - Probate Of Wills And Issuance Of Letters Of Office

• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-1
  Duty to file will - altering, destroying or secreting.) (a) Immediately upon the death of the testator any person who has the testator's will...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-2
  Petition to admit will or to issue letters.) Anyone desiring to have a will admitted to probate must file a petition therefor in the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-3
  Duty of executor to present will for probate.) (a) Within 30 days after a person acquires knowledge that he is named as executor of...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-4
  Admission of will to probate - testimony or affidavit of witnesses.) (a) When each of 2 attesting witnesses to a will states that (1)...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-5
  Deposition of witness.) When a witness to a will resides outside the county in which the will is offered for probate or is unable to...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-6
  Proof of handwriting of deceased, disabled or inaccessible witness.) (a) If a witness to a will (1) is dead, (2) is blind, (3) is...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-7
  Will to remain with clerk.) All original wills which are admitted to probate shall remain in the custody of the clerk, unless otherwise ordered...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-8
  Issuance of letters testamentary.) When a will is admitted to probate, letters testamentary shall be issued to the executor named in the will if...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-9
  Failure or refusal to qualify - death, resignation or revocation of letters - non-designation.) Unless otherwise provided by the will, (a) if one of...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 6-12
  Appointment of guardian ad litem.) When an heir or legatee of a testator is a minor or disabled person who is entitled to notice...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 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...

Last modified: February 18, 2015