Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article II - Descent And Distribution

• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-1
  Rules of descent and distribution. The intestate real and personal estate of a resident decedent and the intestate real estate in this State of...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-2
  Children born out of wedlock. The intestate real and personal estate of a resident decedent who was a child born out of wedlock at the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-3
  Posthumous child.) A posthumous child of a decedent shall receive the same share of an estate as if the child had been born in...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-4
  Adopted child. (a) An adopted child is a descendant of the adopting parent for purposes of inheritance from the adopting parent and from the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-5
  Advancements.) (a) In the division and distribution of the estate of an intestate decedent, real or personal estate given by him in his lifetime...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-6
  Person causing death. A person who intentionally and unjustifiably causes the death of another shall not receive any property, benefit, or other interest by...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-6.2
  Financial exploitation, abuse, or neglect of an elderly person or a person with a disability. (a) In this Section: "Abuse" means any offense described in...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-6.5
  Parent neglecting child. A parent who, for a period of one year or more immediately before the death of the parent's minor or dependent...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-6.6
  Person convicted of or found civilly liable for certain offenses against the elderly or a person with a disability. (a) A person who is convicted...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-7
  Disclaimer. (a) Right to Disclaim Interest in Property. A person to whom any property or interest therein passes, by whatever means, may disclaim the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-8
  Renunciation of will by spouse.) (a) If a will is renounced by the testator's surviving spouse, whether or not the will contains any provision...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 2-9
  Dower and Curtesy.) There is no estate of dower or curtesy. All inchoate rights to elect to take dower existing on January 1, 1972,...

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