Illinois Compiled Statutes 755 Estates: Article XVIII - Claims Against Estates

• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-1
  Filing of claims - mailing or delivery of copies). (a) A claim against the estate of a decedent or ward, whether based on contract,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-1.1
  Statutory custodial claim. Any spouse, parent, brother, sister, or child of a disabled person who dedicates himself or herself to the care of the disabled...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-2
  Claim form.) Every claim filed must be in writing and state sufficient information to notify the representative of the nature of the claim or...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-3
  Notice - Publication. (a) It is the duty of the representative to publish once each week for 3 successive weeks, and to mail or...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-4
  Claims not due.) A claim against a decedent's estate that is not due may be filed and allowed and paid out of the estate...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-5
  Pleadings.) (a) The representative or any other person whose rights may be affected by the allowance of a claim or counterclaim may file pleadings...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-6
  Jury trial.) Any interested person may demand a jury to try the issue in accordance with the following, otherwise he waives a jury: (a)...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-7
  Procedure on hearing of claims.) (a) On the call of a claim it may be allowed, set for trial, continued or dismissed. A claim...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-8
  Claim of representative or his attorney.) If a representative or the representative's attorney has a claim against the estate, that person must file a...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-9
  Costs.) If a claim for which a filing fee is required to be paid is filed, the clerk of the court shall collect the...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-10
  Classification of claims against decedent's estate. All claims against the estate of a decedent are divided into classes in the manner following: 1st: Funeral...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-11
  Allowance and disallowance of claims by representative. (a) The representative may at any time pay or consent in writing to all or any part...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-12
  Limitations on payment of claims. (a) Every claim against the estate of a decedent, except expenses of administration and surviving spouse's or child's award,...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-13
  Priority of payment.) Except as provided in Section 19-6, the representative of a decedent's estate shall pay from the estate all claims entitled to...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-14
  Estate chargeable with legacies, expenses and claims.) All the real and personal estate of the decedent and the income therefrom during the period of...
• Illinois Probate Act of 1975. - 755 ILCS 5, Section 18-15
  Payment of claims against wards' estates.) Claims allowed against the estate of a ward shall be paid by the representative as he has funds...

Last modified: February 18, 2015