Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article XIa - Guardians For Disabled Adults

• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-1
  Developmental disability defined.) "Developmental disability" means a disability which is attributable to: (a) an intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, epilepsy or autism; or to (b) any...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-2
  "Disabled person" defined.) "Disabled person" means a person 18 years or older who (a) because of mental deterioration or physical incapacity is not fully able...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-3
  Adjudication of disability; Power to appoint guardian. (a) Upon the filing of a petition by a reputable person or by the alleged disabled person...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-3.1
  Appointment of standby guardian. (a) The guardian of a disabled person may designate in any writing, including a will, a person qualified to act...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-3.2
  Short-term guardian. (a) The guardian of a disabled person may appoint in writing, without court approval, a short-term guardian of the disabled person to...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-4
  Temporary guardian. (a) Prior to the appointment of a guardian under this Article, pending an appeal in relation to the appointment, or pending the completion...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-5
  Who may act as guardian. (a) A person is qualified to act as guardian of the person and as guardian of the estate of a...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-6
  Designation of Guardian.) A person, while of sound mind and memory, may designate in writing a person, corporation or public agency qualified to act...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-7
  Venue.) If the alleged ward is a resident of this State, the proceeding shall be instituted in the court of the county in which...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-8
  Petition. The petition for adjudication of disability and for the appointment of a guardian of the estate or the person or both of an...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-8.1
  Petition for standby guardian of disabled person. The petition for appointment of a standby guardian of the person or the estate, or both, of...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-9
  Report.) (a) The petition for adjudication of disability and for appointment of a guardian should be accompanied by a report which contains (1) a description...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-10
  Procedures preliminary to hearing. (a) Upon the filing of a petition pursuant to Section 11a-8, the court shall set a date and place for hearing...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-10.1
  Domestic Violence: Order of Protection. An order of protection, as defined in the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, as amended, may be issued...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-10.2
  Procedure for appointment of a standby guardian or a guardian of a disabled person. In any proceeding for the appointment of a standby guardian...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-11
  Hearing. (a) The respondent is entitled to be represented by counsel, to demand a jury of 6 persons, to present evidence, and to confront and...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-12
  Order of appointment.) (a) If basis for the appointment of a guardian as specified in Section 11a-3 is not found, the court shall dismiss the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-13
  Costs in certain cases.) (a) No costs may be taxed or charged by any public officer in any proceeding for the appointment of a...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-14
  Legal disabilities of ward.) (a) An order appointing a limited guardian of the person under this Article removes from the ward only that authority...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-14.1
  Residential placement.) No guardian appointed under this Article, except for duly appointed Public Guardians and the Office of State Guardian, shall have the power,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-15
  Successor guardian.) Upon the death, incapacity, resignation or removal of a guardian of the estate or person of a living ward, the court shall...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-16
  Testamentary guardian.) A parent of a disabled person may designate by will a person, corporation or public agency qualified to act under Section 11a-5,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-17
  Duties of personal guardian. (a) To the extent ordered by the court and under the direction of the court, the guardian of the person shall...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-17.1
  Sterilization of ward. (a) A guardian of the person shall not consent to the sterilization of the ward without first obtaining an order from the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-18
  Duties of the estate guardian. (a) To the extent specified in the order establishing the guardianship, the guardian of the estate shall have the care,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-18.1
  Conditional gifts. (a) The court may authorize and direct the guardian of the estate to make conditional gifts from the estate of a disabled...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-18.2
  Duties of standby guardian of a disabled person. (a) Before a standby guardian of a disabled person may act, the standby guardian must be...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-18.3
  Duties of short-term guardian of a disabled person. (a) Immediately upon the effective date of the appointment of a short-term guardian, the short-term guardian...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-19
  Notice of right to seek modification. At the time of the appointment of a guardian the court shall inform the ward of his right...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-20
  Termination of adjudication of disability - Revocation of letters - modification.) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b-5), upon the filing of a petition by...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-21
  Hearing. (a) The court shall conduct a hearing on a petition filed under Section 11a-20. The ward is entitled to be represented by counsel,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-22
  Trade and contracts with a disabled person. (a) Anyone who by trading with, bartering, gaming or any other device, wrongfully possesses himself of any...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-23
  Reliance on authority of guardian, standby guardian, short-term guardian. (a) For the purpose of this Section, "guardian", "standby guardian", and "short-term guardian" includes temporary, plenary,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 11a-24
  Notification; Department of State Police. When a court adjudges a respondent to be a disabled person under this Article, the court shall direct the circuit...

Last modified: February 18, 2015